The world's largest and most comprehensive employee compensation resource

In today's rapidly evolving workplace landscape, employers face challenges such as economic fluctuations, remote work dynamics, and a persistent labor shortage. Determining competitive and fair employee compensation through effective salary benchmarking has become increasingly intricate and vital.

Mercer has the world's largest and most comprehensive workforce rewards data – so that you make the right data driven remuneration decisions.

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Navigating the complexities of employee compensation and benefits decisions

It’s a complicated time to attract and retain talent. When it comes to employee compensation and benefits – a fundamental tool in the workforce rewards toolbox – there are now arguably more factors to consider than at any other time:

  • How do you know you are paying fairly across your geographically diverse locations?
  • Are you over- or under-paying against industry standards?
  • How do you balance market-wide wage stagnation with compensation becoming a resignation impetus?
  • How do you assemble the elements you need to build a market-leading employee rewards program?
  • When is the right time to conduct an employee compensation audit? How do you calculate the increase of employee wages in the budget forecast for the year ahead? 
  • What are the industry standard employee benefit policies on travel, leave and other inclusive benefits? 
  • How has remote working impacted on workspaces? What flexible arrangement policies could you offer your employees? 
  • Can you justify your employee compensation decisions?
  • What does a good employee compensation strategy look like now?
  • Given all the factors in flux, do you need the expertise of a compensation consultant?

The global talent scarcity means your employee compensation and workplace benefits plans need not only to be robust but also to stand out – locally, regionally, and across the world.

Mercer can partner with you to answer all these critical questions and more, leveraging our total remuneration data and consulting services to enhance your rewards strategy.

50,000

participating organizations worldwide

25

million incumbents

400,000

referencing roles

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The compensation and benefits data the world uses to remunerate

Mercer’s Total Remuneration Survey (TRS) is built on more than 20 years of experience and expertise. It is the world's largest and most comprehensive employee total remuneration resource, including benefits data – in 140 locations.

TRS has its foundations in exceptional data. But more than data, TRS is backed by the latest Mercer insights and research, so you can be certain that you are making considered employee compensation decisions based on expert knowledge.

Mercer TRS provides timely, accurate, and high-quality remuneration information, wherever and whenever you need it.
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Total Remuneration Survey

The world's largest and most comprehensive remuneration resource.
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Why do organizations around the world choose Mercer for their employee salary benchmark and benefits strategy? 

Mercer’s TRS results give you access to comprehensive employee total remuneration survey featuring 50,000 participating organizations worldwide, 25 million incumbents and 400,000 jobs at all levels — locally, regionally and globally. TRS provides consistent, accurate, high-quality data covering the full employee rewards package, everything from base pay to total remuneration and benefits. Explore our brief brochure or our full handbook. View the product sample to learn what you will receive.

Mercer’s TRS applies the same methodology globally regardless of location. The entire database is underpinned with Mercer Job Library catalog and position coding, as well as the International Position Evaluation (IPE) systems for global consistency. Mercer Job Library is a globally consistent catalog for Mercer's compensation and benefits surveys, providing benchmarking analysis approach covering nearly every job existing on the market.

Through Mercer’s TAAP+, access insights, data and tools to better understand employee benefits and prevalence policies. Complimenting the salary benchmarking data, this platform offers insights into salary budget forecasts, HR policies including flexible working, short-term and long-term incentive practices, transportation allowances, employee benefits (including health and medical) and more. Individual reports available. 

You will have a chance to attend survey meetings happening twice a year and network with other HR professionals facing similar issues. The kick-off survey meeting at the beginning of the survey data collection process and the post-survey meeting once the survey results are published. Here you can see the upcoming events schedule.

Easy online data submission with Mercer Data Connector which allows you to share your survey data with us faster with seamless importing, online job matching, and real-time tracking. Using millions of data points, Mercer Data Connector uses a proprietary algorithm to search and compare your position titles to the Mercer Job Library. It is the first component of the Data-as-a-Service portal that revolutionizes online data acquisition.

The survey results are delivered through Mercer WIN® which allows you to create custom statistics tailored to your needs, based on peer groups, revenue size, total number of employees, and more. Analyze data across markets simultaneously, create unlimited peer groups, refine the market, compare your data vs. the market, combine jobs, export to Excel, and much more. All at no additional cost!

As a client of Mercer you have exclusive access to the Mercer Resources Center - a dedicated space with a complete library of training and information resources about Mercer’s survey incl. TRS and other solutions - all in one place - to get you ready to become a participate and take full advantage of the survey results.

Our Total Remuneration Membership Program enhances the value of the information services we provide. Being a member unlocks a discounted rate as well as a personal client relationship where we partner with you to meet your organizational goals.

Your options:

  • Complete access to the entire global database, and the TRS Global Membership Package is offering a discount of over 50%! 
  • Choose a flexible TRS Regional Package, including countries of your choice.

Benefits of Mercer’s Total Remuneration Membership Program:

  • Access the largest and highest quality employee compensation resource with special pricing arrangements.
  • Move away from typical "vendor relationships" and enjoy the benefits of a true partnership with your information supplier.
  • Global administration and coordination of participation, invoicing, and delivery.
  • A dedicated client relationship manager to act as a single point of contact, plus local contacts where desired.
  • Attendance at annual meetings with an opportunity to network with colleagues addressing similar issues.
  • Webcast "refresher courses" on Mercer Data Connector – our online survey participation application tool and Mercer WIN® – our online data analysis and survey results delivery tool.

To find out more about the Total Remuneration Membership Program, contact a specialist and we’ll help you work out the best plan for your organizational goals and employee locations. 

Testimonials

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    I use other data providers consultants and Mercer stands out as the most user-friendly option and my top recommendation for other C&B professionals.

    - Corporate HR Compensation & Benefits, Chemical industry

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    We (also) value the insights from the articles and papers on relevant topics - e.g, employee experience, and pay transparency and pay equity. The Learning section is also great for our HR Team.

    - Global Head of Human Resources, international professional services firm on Talent All Access Portal

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    Using the Mercer Data Connector for the first time, I found the process of collecting information to be highly practical. I continue to recommend Mercer to my colleagues.

    - HR Director, Consumer Goods industry

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    This has been one of the best experiences with completing a compensation survey. 

    - Total Rewards Manager, Engineering on Total Remuneration Survey

Need to know employee compensation specific to your industry?

Mercer’s industry experts continually evaluate market challenges and trends, delivering fresh perspectives and innovative approaches to address your most pressing people challenges. Our combined experience, industry insights, comprehensive data and analytical capabilities help organizations customize their strategies to achieve their goals and deliver successful outcomes.

When you need to go deep into your industry, we can. Mercer specialize in employee compensation and benefits benchmarking, analytics, and insights with everything from market surveys through to custom analysis.

  • Agriculture
  • Automotive
  • Consumer Goods
  • Digital
  • Education
  • Energy
  • Financial Services
  • High-Tech
  • Life Sciences
  • Logistics
  • Shared Services
  • Media & Entertainment
  • Professional Services
  • Real Estate
  • Retail
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Whatever industry you are in, having the right employee compensation data will help you attract the talent you need. 

Get in touch with any questions about our Global Compensation & Benefits data.