General Industry Salary Survey

United States (with Canadian cuts)Edition: 2026Quote

The General Industry Salary Survey reports compensation data for 872 benchmark jobs across all industries, making it a perfect fit for those seeking a broad overview of salary information. Positions include top and middle management; supervisory; health care; professional; sales; technicians, para-professional and skilled craft; and field, shop, services, and clerical.

Incumbent-based, market-based pay data; submissions screened and normalized to common date — Annual; published in July. Effective data date March 31 of the given survey year. Data collection October–March

Base salaryShort-term incentivesBenefits

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Survey cycle

Annual

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1Participation opens
October
When employers can submit data
2Effective date
March 31
Data is reported “as of” this date
3Results published
July
When subscribers receive the dataset

Data collection runs October through March; effective date is March 31; published in July of the same survey year.

Positions in this report (872)

Benchmarks for these roles are included in General Industry Salary Survey. Click any position to see every report (from any vendor) that covers it.