Canada Retail Compensation and Benefits Survey

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  • Positions Surveyed: 1,870
  • Positions Published: 642
  • Organizations: 138
  • Observations: 523,985

Based on data from the 2022 Canada Retail Compensation and Benefits Survey. Data minimum and suppression rules account for the difference between the number of positions surveyed and published.

Data Collected

  • Annual base salary
  • Benefits
  • Compensation practices
  • Hourly wage rate
  • Incentive eligibility
  • Organization data
  • Part-time/Full-time status
  • Salary ranges
  • Sales incentive amounts
  • Total cash compensation
  • Turnover
  • Wage planning

Data Analyzed

Industry Sector

  • Apparel, fashion, footwear and accessories
  • Convenience
  • Department stores
  • Electronics, entertainment, communications, office
  • Grocery, pharmacy, general merchandise
  • Home, hardware, building and garden supplies
  • Restaurants
  • Specialty stores
  • Wholesale distribution
Subsector

 

  • Apparel/Accessories – Combination Stores
  • Apparel/Accessories – Family
  • Apparel/Accessories – Infants/Children
  • Apparel/Accessories – Men
  • Apparel/Accessories – Women
  • Automotive dealers
  • Automotive parts and services
  • Books/Music/Video
  • Building supplies
  • Combination electronics, etc., stores
  • Combination gas/petro and convenience
  • Combination grocery, etc., stores
  • Combination specialty stores
  • Communications stores
  • Convenience combination gas/petro
  • Department stores
  • Drug stores, pharmacies, general merchandise
  • Electronics stores
  • Entertainment stores
  • Fine dining
  • Footwear/Shoes
  • Furniture and home furnishings stores
  • Garden supplies
  • Gas/Petro
  • General merchandise
  • Gifts/Novelties
  • Grocery store
  • Hardware
  • Home goods and products
  • Jewelry
  • Luxury
  • Office supply stores
  • Other home products
  • Other specialty stores
  • Quick service, fast food
  • Restaurant chains
  • Salon/Personal care products
  • Sporting goods/Hobby
  • Wholesale trade – other or combination
  • Wholesale trade, durable goods
  • Wholesale trade, non-durable goods
Geographic area

 

  • National
  • Regional/Provincial
Size

 

  • Gross sales/Revenue
  • Square footage
Scope of Responsibility

 

  • Number of stores managed
  • Sales volume managed
  • Square footage managed

Position Families Analyzed

  • Administration, Facilities & Secretarial
  • Communications & Corporate Affairs
  • Construction
  • Creative & Design
  • Customer Service & Contact Center Operations
  • Finance
  • General Management
  • Healthcare/Pharmacy Services
  • Hospitality (Food Service & Lodging)
  • Human Resources
  • IT, Telecom & Internet
  • Legal, Compliance & Audit
  • Production & Skilled Trades
  • Project/Program Management
  • Real Estate Management, Property Development & Investment
  • Retail
  • Sales, Marketing & Product Management
  • Supply Chain
  • Transportation Services

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.

  • Annual base salary
  • Benefits
  • Compensation practices
  • Hourly wage rate
  • Incentive eligibility
  • Organization data
  • Part-time/Full-time status
  • Salary ranges
  • Sales incentive amounts
  • Total cash compensation
  • Turnover
  • Wage planning

Industry Sector

  • Apparel, fashion, footwear and accessories
  • Convenience
  • Department stores
  • Electronics, entertainment, communications, office
  • Grocery, pharmacy, general merchandise
  • Home, hardware, building and garden supplies
  • Restaurants
  • Specialty stores
  • Wholesale distribution

Subsector

  • Apparel/Accessories – Combination Stores
  • Apparel/Accessories – Family
  • Apparel/Accessories – Infants/Children
  • Apparel/Accessories – Men
  • Apparel/Accessories – Women
  • Automotive dealers
  • Automotive parts and services
  • Books/Music/Video
  • Building supplies
  • Combination electronics, etc., stores
  • Combination gas/petro and convenience
  • Combination grocery, etc., stores
  • Combination specialty stores
  • Communications stores
  • Convenience combination gas/petro
  • Department stores
  • Drug stores, pharmacies, general merchandise
  • Electronics stores
  • Entertainment stores
  • Fine dining
  • Footwear/Shoes
  • Furniture and home furnishings stores
  • Garden supplies
  • Gas/Petro
  • General merchandise
  • Gifts/Novelties
  • Grocery store
  • Hardware
  • Home goods and products
  • Jewelry
  • Luxury
  • Office supply stores
  • Other home products
  • Other specialty stores
  • Quick service, fast food
  • Restaurant chains
  • Salon/Personal care products
  • Sporting goods/Hobby
  • Wholesale trade – other or combination
  • Wholesale trade, durable goods
  • Wholesale trade, non-durable goods

Geographic area

  • National
  • Regional/Provincial

Size

  • Gross sales/Revenue
  • Square footage

Scope of Responsibility

  • Number of stores managed
  • Sales volume managed
  • Square footage managed
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  • Participation Start Date03/03/2025
  • Participation End Date05/05/2025
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  • Sub TitleThe data that you want to get the talent that you need within an evolving industry
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  • widget1Publish Date ~ September 2024
  • widget2Positions Published ~ 560
  • widget3Organizations ~ 163
  • widget4Observations ~ 547,118
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Product Highlights

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.

  • Positions Surveyed: 1,870
  • Positions Published: 642
  • Organizations: 138
  • Observations: 523,985

Based on data from the 2022 Canada Retail Compensation and Benefits Survey. Data minimum and suppression rules account for the difference between the number of positions surveyed and published.

Data Collected

  • Annual base salary
  • Benefits
  • Compensation practices
  • Hourly wage rate
  • Incentive eligibility
  • Organization data
  • Part-time/Full-time status
  • Salary ranges
  • Sales incentive amounts
  • Total cash compensation
  • Turnover
  • Wage planning

Data Analyzed

Industry Sector

  • Apparel, fashion, footwear and accessories
  • Convenience
  • Department stores
  • Electronics, entertainment, communications, office
  • Grocery, pharmacy, general merchandise
  • Home, hardware, building and garden supplies
  • Restaurants
  • Specialty stores
  • Wholesale distribution
Subsector

 

  • Apparel/Accessories – Combination Stores
  • Apparel/Accessories – Family
  • Apparel/Accessories – Infants/Children
  • Apparel/Accessories – Men
  • Apparel/Accessories – Women
  • Automotive dealers
  • Automotive parts and services
  • Books/Music/Video
  • Building supplies
  • Combination electronics, etc., stores
  • Combination gas/petro and convenience
  • Combination grocery, etc., stores
  • Combination specialty stores
  • Communications stores
  • Convenience combination gas/petro
  • Department stores
  • Drug stores, pharmacies, general merchandise
  • Electronics stores
  • Entertainment stores
  • Fine dining
  • Footwear/Shoes
  • Furniture and home furnishings stores
  • Garden supplies
  • Gas/Petro
  • General merchandise
  • Gifts/Novelties
  • Grocery store
  • Hardware
  • Home goods and products
  • Jewelry
  • Luxury
  • Office supply stores
  • Other home products
  • Other specialty stores
  • Quick service, fast food
  • Restaurant chains
  • Salon/Personal care products
  • Sporting goods/Hobby
  • Wholesale trade – other or combination
  • Wholesale trade, durable goods
  • Wholesale trade, non-durable goods
Geographic area

 

  • National
  • Regional/Provincial
Size

 

  • Gross sales/Revenue
  • Square footage
Scope of Responsibility

 

  • Number of stores managed
  • Sales volume managed
  • Square footage managed

Position Families Analyzed

  • Administration, Facilities & Secretarial
  • Communications & Corporate Affairs
  • Construction
  • Creative & Design
  • Customer Service & Contact Center Operations
  • Finance
  • General Management
  • Healthcare/Pharmacy Services
  • Hospitality (Food Service & Lodging)
  • Human Resources
  • IT, Telecom & Internet
  • Legal, Compliance & Audit
  • Production & Skilled Trades
  • Project/Program Management
  • Real Estate Management, Property Development & Investment
  • Retail
  • Sales, Marketing & Product Management
  • Supply Chain
  • Transportation Services

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.

  • Annual base salary
  • Benefits
  • Compensation practices
  • Hourly wage rate
  • Incentive eligibility
  • Organization data
  • Part-time/Full-time status
  • Salary ranges
  • Sales incentive amounts
  • Total cash compensation
  • Turnover
  • Wage planning

Industry Sector

  • Apparel, fashion, footwear and accessories
  • Convenience
  • Department stores
  • Electronics, entertainment, communications, office
  • Grocery, pharmacy, general merchandise
  • Home, hardware, building and garden supplies
  • Restaurants
  • Specialty stores
  • Wholesale distribution

Subsector

  • Apparel/Accessories – Combination Stores
  • Apparel/Accessories – Family
  • Apparel/Accessories – Infants/Children
  • Apparel/Accessories – Men
  • Apparel/Accessories – Women
  • Automotive dealers
  • Automotive parts and services
  • Books/Music/Video
  • Building supplies
  • Combination electronics, etc., stores
  • Combination gas/petro and convenience
  • Combination grocery, etc., stores
  • Combination specialty stores
  • Communications stores
  • Convenience combination gas/petro
  • Department stores
  • Drug stores, pharmacies, general merchandise
  • Electronics stores
  • Entertainment stores
  • Fine dining
  • Footwear/Shoes
  • Furniture and home furnishings stores
  • Garden supplies
  • Gas/Petro
  • General merchandise
  • Gifts/Novelties
  • Grocery store
  • Hardware
  • Home goods and products
  • Jewelry
  • Luxury
  • Office supply stores
  • Other home products
  • Other specialty stores
  • Quick service, fast food
  • Restaurant chains
  • Salon/Personal care products
  • Sporting goods/Hobby
  • Wholesale trade – other or combination
  • Wholesale trade, durable goods
  • Wholesale trade, non-durable goods

Geographic area

  • National
  • Regional/Provincial

Size

  • Gross sales/Revenue
  • Square footage

Scope of Responsibility

  • Number of stores managed
  • Sales volume managed
  • Square footage managed

Product Details

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With fewer brick and mortar locations, increase in online services, and supply chain challenges, rapid change has hit the retail industry hard. This is putting new pressure on employers when it comes to finding and keeping talent - the ones that lay the groundwork for your organization to thrive. Building your retail talent foundation begins with competitive pay and benefits, which starts with insightful and trusted market data.

Motivate and attract top talent based on data from the Canada Retail Compensation and Benefits Survey, which provides data for 642 jobs across numerous position families, including central administration, distribution, e-commerce, finance/accounting, and much more. Evaluate your retail pay rates and compensation strategy against all 138 organizations, or narrow the data by individual parameters such as industry sectors, company size, and location. Go beyond pay for your retail employees, with survey data on:

  • Short-term incentive amounts
  • Incentive eligibility
  • Total cash compensation

View a list of the participating companies included in the 2020 Canada Retail Compensation and Benefits Survey here.

Sales promotion image Sales promotion image

With fewer brick and mortar locations, increase in online services, and supply chain challenges, rapid change has hit the retail industry hard. This is putting new pressure on employers when it comes to finding and keeping talent - the ones that lay the groundwork for your organization to thrive. Building your retail talent foundation begins with competitive pay and benefits, which starts with insightful and trusted market data.

Motivate and attract top talent based on data from the Canada Retail Compensation and Benefits Survey, which provides data for 642 jobs across numerous position families, including central administration, distribution, e-commerce, finance/accounting, and much more. Evaluate your retail pay rates and compensation strategy against all 138 organizations, or narrow the data by individual parameters such as industry sectors, company size, and location. Go beyond pay for your retail employees, with survey data on:

  • Short-term incentive amounts
  • Incentive eligibility
  • Total cash compensation

View a list of the participating companies included in the 2020 Canada Retail Compensation and Benefits Survey here.

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