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Total Remuneration Survey (TRS)

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Keeping up with today's blistering pace of change in the workforce can be a challenge. Modifying your total reward approach is no exception, especially knowing how diverse pay practices are across the world. Ensuring your remuneration levels are aligned to the market – whether you’re hiring locally, regionally, or globally - is critical to securing the talent you need to be successful.

The Mercer Total Remuneration Surveys (TRS) provide high quality and comprehensive market data on compensation and benefits from around the globe. From base salary and short-term incentives, to benefits and total remuneration evaluate your competitive position across the full rewards package. Whether you're struggling to find the talent you need or keep those that you have, the high quality data within this comprehensive survey gives you a leg up in managing pay for an evolving workforce.

Keeping up with today's blistering pace of change in the workforce can be a challenge. Modifying your total reward approach is no exception, especially knowing how diverse pay practices are across the world. Ensuring your remuneration levels are aligned to the market – whether you’re hiring locally, regionally, or globally - is critical to securing the talent you need to be successful.

The Mercer Total Remuneration Surveys (TRS) provide high quality and comprehensive market data on compensation and benefits from around the globe. From base salary and short-term incentives, to benefits and total remuneration evaluate your competitive position across the full rewards package. Whether you're struggling to find the talent you need or keep those that you have, the high quality data within this comprehensive survey gives you a leg up in managing pay for an evolving workforce.

Your data will be delivered in Mercer WIN®, an online delivery platform that gives you access to the data through a variety of customizable parameters. In just a few clicks, you can:

  • Benchmark compensation for traditional jobs and hybrid jobs
  • Compare your compensation strategy to a specific set of peers or competitors
  • Set metrics exactly as you want them
  • Benchmark off cycle
  • Identify the six most common skills associated with a role
  • Download .xls data files for easy importing into your comp management system

Your survey purchase includes access for up to three (3) users at your company. Additional users can be added during checkout.

We also offer integration with select third party compensation systems making it easy to access Mercer data wherever you prefer to do your market pricing activities.

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Additional countries are available; please contact us to purchase.

  • IsOrderingSetYes
  • Ordering TypeMultiLevelMultiSelection
  • Enable ParticipationNo
  • Participation Start Date03/02/2026
  • Participation End Date10/30/2026
  • Sub TitleComprehensive insights on compensation and benefits from around the world
  • RegionGlobal
  • Short DescriptionHigh quality and comprehensive market data on compensation and benefits from around the globe.
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  • Enable WidgetsYes
  • widget1Publish Date ~ Aug-Dec 2025
  • widget2Positions Published ~ 400,000
  • widget3Organizations ~ 50,000+
  • widget4Observations ~ 25 million
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Product Highlights

All elements of total remuneration

  • Annual base salary – Monthly base salary times the number of months guaranteed
  • Annual total cash compensation – Total guaranteed cash compensation plus the annualized value of short-term incentive, sales incentive, profit sharing, or other incentive awards
  • Annual total remuneration – Total direct compensation plus the annualized value of benefits
  • Total guaranteed cash compensation – Base salary plus the annualized value of guaranteed allowances
  • Total direct compensation – Total cash compensation plus the annualized value of any long-term incentive awards, valued using Black-Scholes methodology for appreciation-based awards

Additionally, the following is available:

  • An overview of the market pay trends relative to the prior year as well as a summary of the economic, political, and labor trends in the country
  • Market regression – Market analysis by Position Class (Mercer’s International Position Evaluation (IPE) methodology for job evaluation) for each of the major components of total remuneration
  • Benefits & prevalence summary – A summary of organizations’ remuneration policies, which includes salary budget forecasts, compensation mix by employee groups, short-term and long-term incentive practices, as well as benefits

The Mercer Total Remuneration Survey is available in 140+ countries. The 15 most popular global Surveys are available for purchase online. To purchase the Total Remuneration Survey for any other market, please contact us using the form below.

Request Details

TRS Industry Supplements are available in 70 countries and have been designed for organizations that need data for industry-specific jobs (in addition to the cross-industry jobs included in TRS). The schedule (data submission, effective dates and delivery of results) for TRS Industry Supplements is the same as for TRS, so there is no need for additional steps!

Please contact us for additional details on available options or to place your industry supplement order.

Request Details

Position Families

  • Administration, Facilities & Secretarial
  • Artificial Intelligence
  • Asset/Investment Management
  • Capital Markets/Investment Banking
  • Communications & Corporate Affairs
  • Construction
  • Consumer & Commercial Banking
  • Creative & Design
  • Customer Service & Contact Center Operations
  • Data
  • Drilling, Exploration & Operations
  • Education
  • Energy Generation & Supply
  • Engineering & Science
  • Finance
  • General Management
  • Healthcare/Pharmacy Services
  • Hospitality (Food Service & Lodging)
  • Human Resources
  • Insurance
  • IT, Telecom & Internet
  • Legal, Compliance & Audit
  • Media
  • Outsourcing & Global Capability Centers
  • Production & Skilled Trades
  • Project/Program Management
  • Quality Management
  • Real Estate Management, Property Development & Investment
  • Retail
  • Sales, Marketing & Product Management
  • Supply Chain
  • Trading & Dealing
  • Transportation Services

Product Highlights

All elements of total remuneration

  • Annual base salary – Monthly base salary times the number of months guaranteed
  • Annual total cash compensation – Total guaranteed cash compensation plus the annualized value of short-term incentive, sales incentive, profit sharing, or other incentive awards
  • Annual total remuneration – Total direct compensation plus the annualized value of benefits
  • Total guaranteed cash compensation – Base salary plus the annualized value of guaranteed allowances
  • Total direct compensation – Total cash compensation plus the annualized value of any long-term incentive awards, valued using Black-Scholes methodology for appreciation-based awards

Additionally, the following is available:

  • An overview of the market pay trends relative to the prior year as well as a summary of the economic, political, and labor trends in the country
  • Market regression – Market analysis by Position Class (Mercer’s International Position Evaluation (IPE) methodology for job evaluation) for each of the major components of total remuneration
  • Benefits & prevalence summary – A summary of organizations’ remuneration policies, which includes salary budget forecasts, compensation mix by employee groups, short-term and long-term incentive practices, as well as benefits

The Mercer Total Remuneration Survey is available in 140+ countries. The 15 most popular global Surveys are available for purchase online. To purchase the Total Remuneration Survey for any other market, please contact us using the form below.

Request Details

TRS Industry Supplements are available in 70 countries and have been designed for organizations that need data for industry-specific jobs (in addition to the cross-industry jobs included in TRS). The schedule (data submission, effective dates and delivery of results) for TRS Industry Supplements is the same as for TRS, so there is no need for additional steps!

Please contact us for additional details on available options or to place your industry supplement order.

Request Details

Position Families

  • Administration, Facilities & Secretarial
  • Artificial Intelligence
  • Asset/Investment Management
  • Capital Markets/Investment Banking
  • Communications & Corporate Affairs
  • Construction
  • Consumer & Commercial Banking
  • Creative & Design
  • Customer Service & Contact Center Operations
  • Data
  • Drilling, Exploration & Operations
  • Education
  • Energy Generation & Supply
  • Engineering & Science
  • Finance
  • General Management
  • Healthcare/Pharmacy Services
  • Hospitality (Food Service & Lodging)
  • Human Resources
  • Insurance
  • IT, Telecom & Internet
  • Legal, Compliance & Audit
  • Media
  • Outsourcing & Global Capability Centers
  • Production & Skilled Trades
  • Project/Program Management
  • Quality Management
  • Real Estate Management, Property Development & Investment
  • Retail
  • Sales, Marketing & Product Management
  • Supply Chain
  • Trading & Dealing
  • Transportation Services
Participation
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Participating in the survey

You tell us what’s happening in your organization – from what you pay to how you pay – for your positions and we’ll give you a discount on the results. Survey participation is open to all organizations with matching jobs. Missed this year’s participation window? Contact us to learn how you can participate in the next edition.

Participation Window

Opens: 03/02/2026

Closes: 10/30/2026

Participation Window

Opens: 03/02/2026

Closes: 10/30/2026

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