Canada MBD: Mercer Benchmark Database

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As an HR leader, you have the ability to help your employees' careers with an effective rewards strategy. How you design and deliver this strategy could be the difference between your company's success and your competitor's.

Evaluate and create competitive compensation plans with the Canada MBD: Mercer Benchmark Database. Use this data to analyze 458,800+ employee observations across 21 position families to understand exactly how to pay. Benchmark your compensation strategy against all organizations, or narrow the data by:

  • Industry
  • Geographic location
  • Company size (assets, gross premiums, net revenue, operating expenses/budget, revenue/sales, total employment)

These compensation metrics are available within nine survey modules to ensure you have the vital market data for the position(s) that you need.

Rethink your employee rewards strategy to unlock your workforce potential.
Survey Modules # of Positions Surveyed # of Organizations
Corporate Services and HR 1,495 994
Engineering and Design 886 624
Executive 2,036 733
Finance, Accounting, and Legal 1,627 974
Logistics and Supply Chain 743 762
Manufacturing and Operations 875 655
Mercer/Gartner IT 1,893 837
Sales, Marketing, and Communications 1,359 938

Participation Open: February – April

Results Publish: August

2019 Results Available

  • 5,585 positions published
  • CAD 8,100 – 18,300

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  • Product Details
  • 2022 Survey Participation
  • Pricing / Buy Now
  • Position List & Sample Report
  • Participating Companies
  • 2018 Participation

Product Details

Survey Statistics

  • # Positions Surveyed: 10,288
  • # Positions Published: 4,115
  • # Organizations: 1,170
  • # Observations: 712,154

Based on data from the 2021 Canada MBD: Mercer Benchmark Database. Data minimum and suppression rules account for the difference between the number of positions surveyed and published.

Data Collected

  • Base Pay
  • Long-term Incentive Eligibility and Grants
  • Organization Data
  • Salary Ranges
  • Short-term Incentive Eligibility and Amounts
  • Years in Organization
  • Years in Position

Data Analyzed

Industry

  • Banking/Financial Services
  • Chemicals
  • Consumer Goods
  • Energy
  • High Tech
  • Insurance/Reinsurance
  • Life Sciences
  • Logistics
  • Mining & Metals
  • Other Manufacturing
  • Other Non-Manufacturing
  • Retail & Wholesale
  • Services (Non-Financial)
  • Transportation Equipment

Geographic Area

  • Metropolitan
  • National
  • Regional

Career Streams Analyzed

  • Executive
  • Management
  • Para-Professional
  • Professional

Organization Size

  • Assets
  • Gross Premiums
  • Net Revenue
  • Net Sales Revenue
  • Number of Employees
  • Operating Expenses/Budget

Position Families Analyzed

  • Administration, Facilities & Secretarial
  • Communications & Corporate Affairs
  • Construction
  • Consumer & Commercial Banking
  • Creative & Design
  • Data Analytics/Warehousing & Business Intelligence
  • Engineering & Science
  • Finance
  • General Management
  • Healthcare/Pharmacy Services
  • Hospitality (Food Service & Lodging)
  • Human Resources
  • Insurance
  • IT, Telecom & Intranet
  • Legal, Compliance & Audit
  • Production & Skilled Trades
  • Project/Program Management
  • Quality Management
  • Real Estate Management, Property Development & Investment
  • Sales, Marketing & Product Management
  • Supply Chain

This survey is powered by Mercer Job Library. Learn more or 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.

2022 Survey Participation

Data Submission Tools

Participate Online
Job matching booklet

Participation is open March 1 to May 13 with results available in September. All organizations with matching jobs are invited to participate using the links above.

What’s new in the 2022 survey?

  • Policy questions are now included, giving you a more holistic view of the total rewards package.
  • Data will be collected through Mercer Data Connector, an online platform for easy data importing, real-time data validation, and more.

Why become a participant?

With rapid movement in the market, having current, relevant salary data that reflects the changes is essential to establishing a sustainable pay strategy that protects your existing workforce and attracts new talent. As a participant, easily see how your pay aligns to the results so that you can:

  • Identify hot jobs that may require greater investment
  • Right-size pay across your organization
  • Address inequities within your workforce

As a participant, you’ll receive discounted pricing on the survey results.

Product Participant Non-Participant
2022 Canada MBD: Mercer Benchmark Database CAD 11,200 CAD 22,400

For individual module pricing please visit the module page.

Want to learn more? Attend a live participation webinar or view a recorded session on-demand for more details on the submission process and the data collected. Find a webinar

Pricing

Product Participant Non-participant
2021 Canada MBD: Mercer Benchmark Database CAD 10,500 CAD 21,000

Want to save on your order? Contact us today to learn how you can qualify for additional discounts.

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Please note:

  • Additional users may be added during checkout for CAD 220 each per module/survey.
  • Individuals or companies using Mercer data for consulting services or commercial purposes are subject to different rates. Please call for more information.
  • 2019 results will be available upon survey release (late August)

Position List & Sample Report

Position List

View the position list and descriptions included in this HR compensation survey to optimize your ongoing compensation and benchmarking efforts.

Sample Report

View a sample report of this survey to see what´s included and learn how easy it is to streamline your salary benchmarking efforts.

Participating Companies

View a list of the participating companies included in the 2017 Canada MBD: Mercer Benchmark Database here.

2018 Participation


2018 Survey Participation is now closed. View the Survey Schedule tab for your next opportunity to participate. Survey participation is open to all organizations with matching jobs and is not required to purchase results. To learn more about how you can become a participant, please contact us. As a survey participant, you do receive key benefits:

  • A discount on survey results!
  • An exclusive invitation to survey events - attend results webcasts and meetings where Mercer consultants will review the results and identify market trends and factors. You'll also be able to ask questions directly related to your organization.
  • Ensure your data is included in the market results - easily determine your market position with customized reports that compare your company data to your peers.
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