Surveys & Products: Total Remuneration Surveys (TRS)

Total Remuneration Surveys (TRS)

The key to making competitive compensation decisions for 2010 using consistent, high quality and customizable market data

Consider these questions...

Do you have an easy-to-use source for comparing compensation and benefits across geographies?
Are you able to evaluate the competitive position of each of your total remuneration elements?
Is your pay strategy consistent while ensuring external competitiveness and maintaining internal equity?

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Obtain the right solution Key features Positions and functions surveyed What do you receive? View TRS 2009 participant lists by country (In order to view these lists you will need to log-in/register on imercer.com)	2010 prices in EURO and schedule 2010 prices in US$ and schedule 2009 prices in EURO and schedule 2009 prices in US$ and schedule	Global Benchmarks 2010 Asia TRS brochure 2010 Europe TRS brochure 2010 US TRS brochure
Contact Information For further information on how to participate or to order the reports, please contact your local Mercer Consultant.

Obtain the right solution

As budgets and resources remain restricted for 2010, HR executives have to challenging task of ensuring their reward packages remain competitive.
Mercer’s Total Remuneration Survey is the most widely used, cost-effective solution that provides companies with an eye on the market.
Our comprehensive market data allows you to easily gauge market competitiveness, value and reward the right jobs.
Keep track of which jobs other companies are focusing their budgets on, conduct ‘what if’ analyses using Mercer proprietary online tools to identify talent risks in an uncertain market or review employee turnover and other economic indicators related to critical staff decisions.

Mercer Total Remuneration Survey (TRS) report will provide you with comprehensive information on compensation and benefits across the globe. Human resource professionals from some of the world’s leading organizations obtain this information from Mercer because it provides consistent, accurate, high-quality data covering the full reward package.

Wherever you have operations, you need reliable, up-to-date information on market pay rates and benefits prevalence to ensure that your reward packages remain cost-effective and competitive in the marketplace.

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Evaluate the total rewards package

Mercer’s Total Remuneration Surveys (TRS) is made up of five components providing a complete picture of total remuneration data.

Positions and functions surveyed

Mercer’s Total Remuneration Survey covers an average of 400 benchmark positions, from senior management to administrative level, in the following functions:

Administration

Communications

Consulting

Contact Center

Corporate Affairs

Engineering

Finance

Finance & Adminstration

Human Resources

Information Technology

IT Analysis & Design

IT Deployment & Support

Knowledge Management

Legal

Manufacturing

Marketing

Project Engineering

Quality

Repair & Maintenance

Research & Development

Sales

Sales & Marketing

Supply & Logistics

Top Management

TRS – designed to help you make informed decisions for 2010.

Consistency – the same methodologies are applied to an average of 400 general, industry or market specifi c jobs in most countries, so you use one consistent data source locally, regionally and globally.
Coverage – allows you to access about benchmarks in more than 80 countries.
Reliability – consistent participation by organizations creates a solid representation of multi-national and local companies in each country.
Versatility – online tools allows you to analyze survey data according to your individual needs and conduct ‘what if’ analyses to instantly measure your competitiveness in specific markets.

What do you receive?

Online access – data delivered online through Mercer PayMonitor®, accessible anywhere, at anytime. Fully customize searches and statistics according to your individual needs, and receive instant comparisons of your organization’s data against the market.

Survey overview – a general review of typical salary practices and compensation mix, employment trends and other economic indicators related to human resource management decisions.
Benefits & prevalence summary – information on benefit practices and typical provisions including retirement, such as company cars and club memberships.
Actual market data – detailed market analysis of individual positions within job families, helping you to determine which positions and families are paid a premium in the market and which are paid below overall market levels.
Market regression – regression statistics and graphs by Mercer position class (IPE job level) and functional area (e.g. finance, human resources) for each of the major components of total remuneration.
Custom analyses – you can generate custom statistics tailored to your needs, based on peer groups, revenue size, total employees and more, using Mercer PayMonitor®.