US Mercer SIRS® – Benchmark Survey: Executive Summary

Data and insights to enhance your workforce strategy


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Please note that this product is no longer being conducted. Tailoring your workforce strategy and budget to your company’s unique needs can be challenging. But with relevant HR data that provides distinctive insights and trends, you have the power to drive key decisions using comprehensive compensation information.

Competitively position your organization with key insights from the US Mercer SIRS® – Benchmark Survey: Executive Summary. This summary presents an overview of the SIRS Benchmark Survey results that includes a closer look into industries such as – Airline and Transportation, Consumer Products, High Technology – STEM, and Life Sciences. Analyze critical compensation trends such as:

  • Total cash pay mix
  • Job Family Analysis
  • Incentives
  • Geographic Differences
  • Year-Over-Year Movements
Do you have the data and insights to enhance your workforce strategy?

Participation Open: March – April

Results Publish: November

2019 Results Available

  Position List

  • Overview
  • Product Details
  • Survey Schedule
  • Position List
  • Participating Companies
  • Ordering
  • 2021 Participation

Overview

This survey is built upon a time-tested, level, and logical salary benchmarking system that helps clients maximize the potential of their compensation strategy, regardless of organizational structure. The SIRS system assesses organizational structure against industry norms, evaluating for external competitiveness while highlighting issues of internal equity.

Delivered in fully customizable formats
Survey results are delivered in Mercer WIN®, giving you access to the data through a variety of customizable parameters — including geography, industry, company size, and more. Efficiently organize and analyze the information with Mercer WIN, which enables you to:

  • Compare job descriptions side by side.
  • Change pay elements to support the right level of analysis.
  • Perform function and career-level analysis.
  • Export your data for integration into other systems (data also available as an Excel file).
  • Run presentation-quality detailed or summary reports.

Salary Survey Methodology
Mercer surveys are designed using the most accurate and up-to-date market data practices. Data is collected from HR professionals at participating organizations and then analyzed for validity, thoroughness, and market representation based on the organization's size, structure, geographic region, or a combination of these factors. A minimum number of incumbents, organizations, and distinct organizations are required in order to report each data element. If minimums are not met, the market data is suppressed, ensuring you the highest level of data confidentiality.

Product Details

Survey Methodology

Mercer surveys are designed using the most accurate and up-to-date market data practices. Data is collected from HR professionals at participating organizations (never employee self-reported) and then analyzed for validity, thoroughness, and market representation based on the organization's size, structure, geographic region, or a combination of these factors. A minimum number of incumbents, organizations, and distinct organizations are required in order to report each data element. If minimums are not met, the market data is suppressed, ensuring you the highest level of data confidentiality.

Data Reported

  • Market context
    • Industry Context
    • Compensation planning
  • Compensation trends
    • Total Cash Pay Mix
    • Job Family Analysis
    • Incentives
    • Geographic Differences
    • Year-Over-Year Movements

Survey Schedule

  • Participation Opens: March 5
  • Participation Deadline: April 15
  • Date Effective: April 1
  • Report Available: November

Position List

View the position list included in this survey.

Participating Companies

  • Abbott Laboratories
  • AbbVie, Inc.
  • Acelity L.P., Inc.
  • Aerojet Rocketdyne Holdings, Inc.
  • Agilent Technologies, Inc.
  • Air Methods Corporation
  • Alaska Air Group, Inc.
  • Alaska Airlines, Inc.
  • Alfasigma USA, Inc.
  • Alkermes, Inc.
  • Allergan, Inc.
  • Alnylam Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
  • American Regent, Inc.
  • Amgen, Inc.
  • Apotex Corp.
  • Arete Associates
  • Arthrex, Inc.
  • AstraZeneca US
  • Atlas Air, Inc.
  • Avanir Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
  • Avanos Medical, Inc.
  • BAE Systems, Inc.
  • BAE Systems, Inc. - Electronic Systems
  • BAE Systems, Inc. - Intelligence & Security
  • BAE Systems, Inc. - Platforms & Services
  • Ball Corporation - Ball Aerospace & Technologies Corp.
  • Bayer AG - Animal Health Division
  • Bayer AG - Consumer Health Division
  • Bayer AG - CropScience
  • Bayer AG - North American Pharmaceutical Division
  • Bayer AG - Radiology Division
  • Bayer Corporation
  • Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
  • Biogen, Inc.
  • BioMarin Pharmaceutical, Inc.
  • Boehringer Ingelheim Animal Health USA
  • Boehringer Ingelheim Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
  • Bombardier Transportation US
  • Boston Scientific Corporation
  • Bristol-Myers Squibb Company
  • Califia Farms, LLC
  • Cardiovascular Systems, Inc.
  • CH2M Hill BWXT West Valley, LLC
  • Charles River Laboratories
  • Cipla USA, Inc.
  • Clif Bar & Company
  • Colgate-Palmolive Company
  • COLSA Corporation
  • Convatec, Inc.
  • Covance, Inc.
  • CROPP Cooperative
  • CSL Behring
  • Daiichi Sankyo, Inc.
  • Danaher Corporation
  • Danaher Corporation - Beckman Coulter - Diagnostics
  • Danaher Corporation - Beckman Coulter - Life Sciences
  • Danaher Corporation - Cepheid
  • Danaher Corporation - ChemTreat
  • Danaher Corporation - Dental Consumables Group Staff
  • Danaher Corporation - Hach Company
  • Danaher Corporation - IDT
  • Danaher Corporation - KaVo
  • Danaher Corporation - Kerr
  • Danaher Corporation - Pall Corporation
  • Danaher Corporation - Sciex
  • Danaher Corporation - TAS
  • Danaher Corporation - VideoJet Technologies Inc.
  • Dr. Reddy's Laboratories, Inc.
  • Draeger Medical Systems, Inc.
  • Edwards Lifesciences Corporation
  • Eisai, Inc.
  • EMD Serono, Inc.
  • Exactech, Inc.
  • Exelixis, Inc.
  • F. Hoffmann La-Roche, Ltd. - Genentech, Inc.
  • F. Hoffmann La-Roche, Ltd. - Roche Diagnostics Corporation
  • F. Hoffmann La-Roche, Ltd. - Roche Molecular Systems, Inc.
  • F. Hoffmann La-Roche, Ltd. - Ventana Medical Systems, Inc.
  • Federal Aviation Administration
  • Ferring Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
  • First Solar, Inc.
  • Fresenius Kabi USA
  • Fresenius Medical Care North America
  • Frontier Airlines, Inc.
  • Gables Engineering, Inc.
  • Galderma Laboratories L.P.
  • GE Aviation
  • General Electric Company - Power
  • General Electric Company - Renewable Energy
  • Gilead Sciences, Inc.
  • GlaxoSmithKline
  • Hawaiian Airlines, Inc.
  • Hookipa Pharma, Inc.
  • Horizon Air
  • Horizon Pharma, Inc.
  • Huntington Ingalls Industries, Inc.
  • Huntington Ingalls Industries, Inc. - Ingalls Shipbuilding
  • Huntington Ingalls Industries, Inc. - Newport News Shipbuilding
  • Huntington Ingalls Industries, Inc. - Technical Solutions
  • Incyte Corporation
  • Integer Holdings Corporation
  • Integra LifeSciences Holdings Corporation
  • Intercept Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
  • Ipsen Biopharmaceuticals, Inc
  • Ipsen Bioscience, Inc
  • IQVIA Holdings Inc.
  • JetBlue Airways Corporation
  • Johnson & Johnson
  • Keurig Dr Pepper
  • Kimberly-Clark Corporation
  • Kimberly-Clark Corporation - Consumer
  • Kimberly-Clark Corporation - K-C Professional
  • Kremers Urban Pharmaceuticals Inc.
  • Kyowa Kirin Pharmaceutical Development, Inc
  • Laboratory Corporation of America Holdings
  • Lannett Company, Inc.
  • Leadiant Biosciences, Inc.
  • Leidos Holdings, Inc.
  • LEO Pharma, Inc.
  • Lockheed Martin - Aeronautics
  • Lockheed Martin - Missiles and Fire Control
  • Lockheed Martin - Rotary & Mission Systems
  • Lockheed Martin - Space
  • Lockheed Martin Corporation
  • Lundbeck US
  • Mallinckrodt Pharmaceuticals
  • ManTech International Corporation
  • Maquet Getinge Group
  • Mattel, Inc.
  • MedImmune, LLC
  • Medtronic, PLC
  • Merck & Co., Inc.
  • Merck & Co., Inc. - Animal Health Division
  • Merck & Co., Inc. - Global Human Health
  • Merck & Co., Inc. - Manufacturing Division
  • Merck & Co., Inc. - Research Laboratories
  • Meridian Bioscience - Life Sciences
  • Millipore Sigma
  • Mitsubishi Motors North America, Inc.
  • Mitsubishi Tanabe Pharma America, Inc.
  • Mylan N.V.
  • N3B
  • National Renewable Energy Laboratory
  • Nelson Laboratories, LLC
  • Nestle USA, Inc.
  • Northrop Grumman Corporation
  • Northrop Grumman Corporation - Aerospace Systems
  • Northrop Grumman Corporation - Enterprise Shared Services
  • Northrop Grumman Corporation - Innovation Systems
  • Northrop Grumman Corporation - Mission Systems
  • Northrop Grumman Corporation - Technology Services
  • Novartis Institutes for BioMedical Research, Inc.
  • Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corporation
  • Noven Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
  • Novo Nordisk, Inc.
  • Olympus America, Inc.
  • Ortho Clinical Diagnostics, Inc.
  • Otsuka America Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
  • Otsuka Pharmaceutical Development & Commercialization, Inc.
  • Panduit Corporation
  • PAREXEL International Corporation
  • Peraton Corp
  • Pharmaceutical Product Development, LLC
  • PRA Health Sciences, Inc.
  • Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory
  • Raytheon
  • Raytheon - Integrated Defense Systems
  • Raytheon - Intelligence, Information & Services
  • Raytheon - Missile Systems
  • Raytheon - Space & Airborne Systems
  • RB Health (US), LLC
  • Regeneron Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
  • Renaissance Lakewood, LLC
  • Sandoz
  • Sanofi - Genzyme Corporation
  • Sanofi US
  • Savannah River Remediation, LLC
  • Servier Pharmaceucticals
  • Shionogi, Inc.
  • Shire Pharmaceuticals Ltd.
  • Siemens Healthcare Diagnostics Inc.
  • Siemens Medical Solutions USA, Inc.
  • Sierra Nevada Corporation
  • Smiths Medical, Inc.
  • Sotera Health, LLC
  • Southwest Airlines Co.
  • Space Exploration Technologies Corporation
  • Spirit Airlines, Inc.
  • Sterigenics US, LLC
  • Stryker Corporation
  • Sun Pharmaceutical Holdings USA, Inc
  • Sunovion Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
  • Syneos Health, Inc.
  • Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc.
  • Teva Pharmaceutical USA, Inc.
  • Textron Specialized Vehicles
  • Textron, Inc.
  • Textron, Inc. - Airborne Solutions
  • Textron, Inc. - Bell Helicopter
  • Textron, Inc. - Kautex
  • Textron, Inc. - Textron Aviation
  • Textron, Inc. - Textron Financial Corporation
  • Textron, Inc. - Textron Systems
  • Textron, Inc. - TRU Simulation & Training
  • The Boeing Company
  • The Boeing Company - Boeing Commercial Airplane
  • The Boeing Company - Defense, Space, and Security
  • The Boeing Company - Global Services
  • The Cooper Companies, Inc. - CooperVision
  • The Honest Company, Inc.
  • The Johns Hopkins University - Applied Physics Laboratory
  • The Medicines Company
  • Therapeutics Solutions Division
  • Triumph Group, Inc.
  • Triumph Group, Inc. - Triumph Aerostructures, LLC
  • Triumph Group, Inc. - Triumph Integrated Systems
  • Triumph Group, Inc. - Triumph Product Support
  • U.S. Food and Drug Administration
  • United Continental Holdings, Inc.
  • United Technologies Corporation
  • United Technologies Corporation - Climate, Controls & Security
  • United Technologies Corporation - Otis Elevator Company
  • United Technologies Corporation - Pratt & Whitney
  • United Technologies Corporation - UTC Aerospace Systems
  • United Technologies Corporation - UTC Research
  • United Therapeutics Corporation
  • Upsher-Smith Laboratories, LLC
  • US WorldMeds, LLC
  • Vertex Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
  • Virbac Corporation
  • Virgin Orbit
  • Wayne Farms, Inc.
  • Wright Medical Group N.V.
  • Zimmer Biomet Holdings, Inc.
  • Zimmer Biomet Holdings, Inc. - Biomet Microfixation, LLC
  • Zimmer Biomet Holdings, Inc. - Biomet Spine, LLC
  • Zimmer Biomet Holdings, Inc. - Synvasive Technology, Inc.

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    • Short DescriptionTotal direct compensation data for executive roles in life sciences.
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