North America Mining Industry Survey Suite

Redefine your HR strategy in the face of volatility

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With commodity volatility and economic disruption, your workforce is likely in a constant state of flux. But amidst the confusion are opportunities to redefine your HR strategy. Gain a competitive advantage by developing adaptable and scalable talent and compensation strategies.

The North America Mining Industry Survey Suite is the premier source of compensation data for mining organizations — featuring both corporate and site locations. With the US portion of this survey, analyze your compensation strategy for your geographic area, type of mine, commodity mined, and mine and organization size. Ensure your workforce strategies, both for the office and the field, are as strong as possible, with data for 184 positions. 

Are you ready to redefine your HR strategy?

Participation open: March – April

Data effective: April 1

Results publish: September

2023 results available

  • 184 positions published
  • USD 4,000 – 12,000
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Position list

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  • Position List & Sample Report
  • Related Articles
  • 2023 Survey Participation

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Survey Statistics

Survey Modules # Positions Surveyed # Positions Published # Organizations # Incumbents
General Benchmark 829 101 45 5,596
Exploration and Technical 433 63 43 4,980
Mine Site Operations 296 20 29 17,836

Based on data from the 2023 US version of the North America Mining Industry Survey Suite. Data minimum and suppression rules account for the difference between the number of positions surveyed and published.

Data Collected

  • Base Salary
  • Compensation Policies & Practices
  • Long-term Incentive Eligibility and Estimated Grant Values
  • Salary Range
  • Short-term Incentive Eligibility and Amounts

Data Analyzed

  • Base Salary
  • Commodity Mined
  • Corporate Revenues
  • Estimated Value of LTI
  • Geographic Area: National, Regional
  • Site of Mine (# of employees)
  • Total Cash Compensation
  • Type of Mine

Benchmark Families Analyzed

Corporate Surveys

  • Accounting and finance
  • Field technicians
  • Geology and geophysics
  • HR
  • IT
  • Legal
  • Metallurgy
  • Project development
  • Top executive and VP level
  • Transportation

Mine Site Surveys

  • Environment, health and safety
  • Industrial relations
  • Inventory
  • Planning and materials management
  • Site accounting
  • Site engineering
  • Site geology and geophysics
  • Site management
  • Site operations
  • Technologists

This survey features two distinct questionnaires — US and Canada — in order to gather and report information most relevant to each country. If your organization has offices and/or mine sites in both the US and Canada, please plan to participate in and utilize both editions for the appropriate locations. If you have business operations in Canada learn more about our Canada survey.

This survey is powered by Mercer Job Library. View Mercer Job Library FAQs for more details. Survey results are delivered in Mercer WIN®, giving you access to the data through a variety of customizable parameters. Your survey purchase includes access for three (3) Mercer WIN® users. If you need additional users, they can be added during checkout.

Pricing

Product Participant Non-Participant
2023 US Mining General Benchmark USD 4,000 USD 12,000
2023 US Mining Exploration and Technical USD 4,000 USD 12,000
2023 US Mine Site Operations USD 4,000 USD 12,000

 

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  • Survey purchase includes access for three (3) users. Additional users may be added during checkout for USD 200 each per user/module. Hard copies are USD 350 per module.
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  • 2023 results are now available for purchase.

Participating Companies

View a list of the participating companies included in the US version of the North America Mining Industry Survey Suite here.

Position List & Sample Report

Position List

View the position list and descriptions included in this survey.

Sample Report

View a sample report of this survey for a glimpse at what’s included.

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2023 Survey Participation

2023 survey participation is now closed. The act of submitting data to a survey is known as survey participation and your company is then viewed as a participant. Survey participation is open to all organizations and is not required to purchase results.

Key Dates:

  • Participation opens March 1, 2023
  • Participation closes May 4, 2023

Why should you participate?

  • Align your pay to the market
  • Maximize your budget by making informed decisions to ensure you are not overpaying or underpaying
  • Receive invitations to exclusive participant-only events

Product Participant Non-Participant
2023 US Mining General Benchmark USD 4,000 USD 12,000
2023 US Mining Exploration and Technical USD 4,000 USD 12,000
2023 US Mine Site Operations USD 4,000 USD 12,000

To learn more about how you can become a participant, please contact us.

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