Mercer Severance Survey

Stay up-to-date with the latest in severance package offerings to better support terminated employees and position yourself competitively in the market.

Product Highlights

  • Benefit continuation
  • Change-in-control practices
  • Outplacement, mitigation, and restrictive covenants
  • Prevalence
  • Severance duration and type
  • Treatment of in-progress annual incentives
  • Treatment of in-progress long-term incentives
  • Voluntary separation

Type of organization

  • Government and Broader Public Sector
  • Joint Venture
  • Not-for-Profit
  • Privately Owned
  • Publicly Traded on a Stock Exchange
  • Services (Non-Financial)
  • Transportation Equipment

Revenue

  • Less than $500 million
  • $1 billion < $5 billion
  • $10 billion < $20 billion
  • $500 million < $ 1 billion
  • $5 billion < $10 billion
  • Over $20 billion

Industry

  • Banking/Financial Services
  • Consumer Goods
  • Energy
  • Health Care Services
  • High Tech
  • Insurance/Reinsurance
  • Life Sciences
  • Manufacturing
  • Retail & Wholesale
  • Services (Non-Financial)

Employee Levels

  • CEO
  • Management
  • Para-professional
  • Professional
  • Tier 1 Executives (direct reports to CEO)
  • Tier 2 Executives (next level of executive)

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  • Participation Start Date06/01/2026
  • Participation End Date07/31/2026
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  • Short DescriptionStay up-to-date with the latest in severance package offerings to better support terminated employees and position yourself competitively in the market.
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Product Highlights

  • Benefit continuation
  • Change-in-control practices
  • Outplacement, mitigation, and restrictive covenants
  • Prevalence
  • Severance duration and type
  • Treatment of in-progress annual incentives
  • Treatment of in-progress long-term incentives
  • Voluntary separation

Type of organization

  • Government and Broader Public Sector
  • Joint Venture
  • Not-for-Profit
  • Privately Owned
  • Publicly Traded on a Stock Exchange
  • Services (Non-Financial)
  • Transportation Equipment

Revenue

  • Less than $500 million
  • $1 billion < $5 billion
  • $10 billion < $20 billion
  • $500 million < $ 1 billion
  • $5 billion < $10 billion
  • Over $20 billion

Industry

  • Banking/Financial Services
  • Consumer Goods
  • Energy
  • Health Care Services
  • High Tech
  • Insurance/Reinsurance
  • Life Sciences
  • Manufacturing
  • Retail & Wholesale
  • Services (Non-Financial)

Employee Levels

  • CEO
  • Management
  • Para-professional
  • Professional
  • Tier 1 Executives (direct reports to CEO)
  • Tier 2 Executives (next level of executive)

Product Details

Business continuity and sustainable talent practices should be important to every organization. Having an established and comprehensive severance package is an important step in being prepared for tough and unexpected workforce changes.

Gain insight on US and CA severance practices from all revenue sizes and industries to help evaluate your organization’s severance benefits. Mercer’s severance survey includes market data on qualifying terminations, severance duration, treatment of incentives, benefit continuation, outplacement, and change-in-control practices to ensure that your severance plan is competitive.

View a list of the participating companies included in the Mercer Severance Survey here.

Survey results are delivered in a published PDF format to your imercer.com account under My Downloads.

Business continuity and sustainable talent practices should be important to every organization. Having an established and comprehensive severance package is an important step in being prepared for tough and unexpected workforce changes.

Gain insight on US and CA severance practices from all revenue sizes and industries to help evaluate your organization’s severance benefits. Mercer’s severance survey includes market data on qualifying terminations, severance duration, treatment of incentives, benefit continuation, outplacement, and change-in-control practices to ensure that your severance plan is competitive.

View a list of the participating companies included in the Mercer Severance Survey here.

Survey results are delivered in a published PDF format to your imercer.com account under My Downloads.

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Participation Window

Opens: June 2026

Closes: July 2026

Participation Window

Opens: 06/01/2026

Closes: 07/31/2026

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