HR Vendors Guide 2015
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Compensation — Salary Surveys
Real Property Association of Canada
Website: www.realpac.ca
Cost: $5,000 for non-members;
$3,000 for members
Canadian Real Estate Compensa-
tion Survey of association members
provides information on base sal-
ary, annual incentives and long-term
incentives for positions commonly
found in real estate organizations.
Robert Half International
Website: www.rhi.com/salary-guides
Cost: Free
Annual salary guides for finance and
accounting, technology, legal and cre-
ative professions, as well as adminis-
trative positions.
SalaryExpert
Website: www.salaryexpert.com
Cost: Varies
Global Salary Calculator provides
broad range and personal salary re-
ports on more than 45,000 positions
in 8,000 cities in 69 countries. Search
by job title and location for free basic
reports; detailed reports available for
purchase.
Statistics Canada
Website: www.statcan.gc.ca
Cost: Varies
See Labour area of federal govern-
ment's website for specific informa-
tion on employment and wages.
For example, hourly wages, average
earnings by region and education
level, and average weekly earnings
by industry.
Supply Chain Management Association
www.scmanational.ca
Cost: Free (members), $399 (non-
members)
SCMA conducts the Annual Survey
of the Canadian Supply Chain Profes-
sional in partnership with Canadian
Shipper, MM&D and PurchasingB2B
magazines. The most comprehensive
study of the state of the supply chain
profession in Canada, the survey
pegs average rates of pay by vari-
ables such as geographic location,
industry, gender, education, and years
of experience, and identifies key
issues facing supply chain profession-
als.
Toronto Region Board of Trade
Website: www.bot.com/surveys
Cost: Varies, discount for members
and participants.
Conducts and publishes annual and
ad hoc surveys on compensation,
benefits and employment prac-
tices in the GTA. Offers five specific
compensation reports on executive
compensation; middle management;
professional, supervisory and sales;
IT; and administrative and manufac-
turing positions. Also one Benefits
and Employment Practices Report
that identifies trends in benefits and
employment practices.
Towers Watson
Website: www.towerswatson.com,
www.twdataservices.com
Cost: Varies
Global data centre covers 100 coun-
tries across six continents. Annual
survey reports on the pay, benefits
and employment practices of local
and multinational companies across
major industries.
Western Compensation & Benefits
Consultants
Website: www.wcbc.ca
Cost: Ranges from $450 to $3,000
per survey for non-participants
Annual compensation surveys pro-
vide information on salaries, salary
ranges, total cash and other types
of remuneration in six job families:
clerical/administrative, middle man-
agement and professional, infor-
mation technology, marketing and
sales, engineering and technical, and
production and distrbituion.
WorldatWork
Website: www.worldatwork.org
Cost: $235 to $265
Annual Salary Budget Survey cov-
ers base salary increases (for 17
countries) and merit budgets, salary
structure, adjustments, promotional
increases, variable pay plans for U.S.
and Canada. salary increase data
covering a wide variety of public and
private organizations. Arranged in a
matrix format according to geograph-
ic area, industry group, employee
category and type of organization.
Subscribers receive the Executive Re-
port & Analysis as well as online ac-
cess to all the survey data. Available
in one- or two-year subscriptions.
Wow Jobs
Website: www.wowjobs.ca/salary.aspx
Cost: Free
Canada Salary Search is an online
searchable database of more than
five million job postings. You can
search by job title, skill and location.
Wynford Group
Website: www.wynfordgroup.com/
wynfordsurveys
Cost: $100 to $1,000 (participants),
$1,800 to $2,700 (non-participants)
Annual, comprehensive Canadian
Salary Surveys with detailed salary
analysis, perks, incentives and em-
ployers' practices with more than 200
participants. Surveys include more
than 700 positions in 75 job families,
technical, executive and director, sup-
ply chain and manufacturing, profes-
sional and administrative (including
marketing and inside sales), contact
centre, mining and construction.
