Mercer
83 compensation survey reports · General Industry / Cross-Industry · Global (100+ countries)
One of the largest and most widely used compensation databases globally. Modular design lets you purchase only the job families you need. Excellent for global benchmarking.
Best for: Large employers needing broad, cross-industry data across multiple geographies and job families
Mercer Survey Reports
Browse every compensation survey Mercer publishes. Each report links directly to the vendor’s product page.
Mercer Canadian Benchmark Database (MBD)
Mercer's Canadian cross-industry compensation database, national and regional cuts across functional roles.
Canada2025Mercer Canadian Contact Centre Survey
Canadian contact center and customer service compensation benchmarks.
Canada2025Mercer Canadian Energy Industry Survey
Canadian energy compensation, oil & gas, utilities, and renewables with Alberta and regional cuts.
Canada2025Mercer Canadian Finance, Accounting & Legal
Canadian finance, accounting, tax, audit, and legal compensation benchmarks.
Canada2025Mercer Canadian Financial Services Suite
Canadian financial services compensation, banking, insurance, and capital markets.
Canada2025Mercer Canadian Geographic Salary Differential
Provincial and metro-level pay differentials across Canada.
Canada2025Mercer Canadian Hotel Industry Compensation
Canadian hotel property management and F&B compensation.
Canada2025Mercer Canadian Incentive Plan Design
Incentive plan design practices for Canadian employers.
Canada2025Mercer Canadian Information Technology Survey
Canadian IT compensation benchmarks across software, infrastructure, and IT management roles.
Canada2025Mercer Canadian Logistics & Supply Chain
Canadian logistics, warehousing, and supply chain compensation.
Canada2025Mercer Canadian MBD Long-Term Incentive
Canadian long-term incentive and equity compensation benchmarks.
Canada2025Mercer Canadian Manufacturing Survey
Canadian manufacturing compensation, production, quality, and plant operations.
Canada2025Mercer Canadian Marketing & Sales Compensation
Canadian marketing and sales compensation benchmarks.
Canada2025Mercer Canadian New Graduate & Gen Z
Entry-level and Gen Z compensation benchmarks in Canada.
Canada2025Mercer Canadian Retail Survey
Canadian retail compensation, store operations, merchandising, and corporate roles.
Canada2025Mercer Canadian Short-Term Incentive
Canadian annual bonus and variable-pay benchmarks.
Canada2025Mercer Canadian Turnover Survey
Employee turnover and attrition benchmarks for Canadian employers.
Canada2025Mercer Comptryx, Global Tech Compensation
Mercer's global technology compensation benchmark, software, hardware, and tech functional roles.
Global2025Mercer Global Pay Summary
Cross-country salary increase budgets, inflation indicators, and labor-cost trends for multinational employers.
Global2025Mercer North America Mining Industry Survey Suite
Mining industry compensation, 250 positions covering corporate and mine-site roles across the US and Canada.
North America (US & Canada)2025156 positions43 participating orgsMercer Ontario Municipal Compensation Survey
Ontario municipal government compensation benchmarks, roles from clerks to senior management.
Ontario, Canada2025Mercer Severance Survey
Market intelligence on severance package practices, duration, benefit continuation, incentive treatment, and change-in-control provisions.
United States & Canada2024Mercer Total Remuneration Surveys (Global)
Global total remuneration benchmarks across 80+ countries, Mercer's flagship international comp series.
Global2025Mercer US Geographic Salary Differential Survey
Geographic pay differential tool, cost-of-labor indices and regional salary adjustments across US metros.
United States2025Mercer US Hourly Compensation Tool
Hourly-wage benchmarking tool, non-exempt production, skilled trades, and hourly support roles.
United States2025Mercer US Incentive Plan Design
Incentive plan design practices, metrics, leverage, and payout curves across US employers.
United States2025Mercer US New Graduate & Gen Z Compensation
Entry-level compensation benchmarks for new graduates and Gen Z workforce.
United States2025Mercer US Turnover Survey
Employee turnover and attrition benchmarks across US employers and industries.
United States2025Mercer/Gartner North America IT Jobs & Skills Survey
IT roles and skills compensation benchmarks from Mercer and Gartner partnership, North America.
United States2025US Contact Center and Customer Service Compensation Survey
Compensation benchmarks for contact-center and customer-service roles across 2,176 organizations, CSR, supervisor, and center-management positions.
United States (national, regional, metropolitan)202552 positions2,175 participating orgsUS FSS, Mercer Commercial Banking Survey
Commercial banking compensation, relationship management, credit, treasury, and corporate functions at US commercial banks.
United States (national, regional, metropolitan)2025113 positions339 participating orgsUS FSS, Mercer Consumer Finance
Consumer finance compensation, credit cards, installment lending, auto finance, and personal lending.
United States2025US FSS, Mercer Financial Operations
Financial operations and back-office roles across financial services employers.
United States2025US FSS, Mercer Financial Services Suite
Mercer's financial-services compensation database, 1,568 positions across seven industry modules (commercial banking, retail banking, consumer finance, insurance, trust/private, fintech, financial ops).
United States (national, regional, metropolitan)2025488 positions363 participating orgsUS FSS, Mercer Fintech
Fintech compensation, engineering, product, compliance, and commercial roles at financial-services tech firms.
United States2025US FSS, Mercer Insurance Survey
Insurance-sector compensation, 240+ jobs from 300+ organizations across P&C, life, and health insurance carriers.
United States (national, regional, metropolitan)202561 positions315 participating orgsUS FSS, Mercer Retail Banking Survey
Retail banking compensation, ~50,000 employee observations across branch operations, consumer lending, and corporate roles at US retail banks.
United States (national, regional, metropolitan)202538 positions202 participating orgsUS FSS, Mercer Trust & Private Banking
Trust, private banking, and wealth management compensation.
United States2025US Hotel Industry Compensation Survey
Mercer's hotel industry survey, 83 property-management positions across 3,000 US hotel properties.
United States (national, metropolitan)2025130 positions43 participating orgsUS IHN, Mercer Advanced Practice Clinicians & Nurses
IHN cut for advanced practice clinicians and nursing roles across hospitals and health systems.
United States2025US IHN, Mercer Healthcare Compensation Survey Suite
Mercer's Integrated Healthcare Network (IHN) compensation survey suite covering 23 healthcare position families, clinical, physicians, executives, management, informatics.
United States2025720 positions2,844 participating orgsUS IHN, Mercer Healthcare Individual Contributors
Individual contributor roles across clinical, technical, and support functions in healthcare organizations.
United States2025US IHN, Mercer Healthcare Informatics & Technology
Healthcare IT, informatics, EHR, and analytics roles, technical staff through leadership.
United States2025US IHN, Mercer Healthcare Management & Supervisory
Management and supervisory roles across clinical and non-clinical healthcare functions.
United States2025US IHN, Mercer Healthcare System & Hospital Executives
Executive and senior leadership compensation for US hospitals and health systems.
United States2025US IHN, Mercer Home Health & Hospice
Compensation for home health, hospice, and palliative care providers and corporate staff.
United States2025US IHN, Mercer Physician Practices & Clinics
Compensation for physician practices and outpatient clinics, physicians, APPs, and practice management.
United States2025US IHN, Mercer Skilled Nursing & Assisted Living Facilities
Compensation for skilled nursing facilities, rehab, and assisted living, nursing, therapy, and administration.
United States2025US IHP, Mercer Health Insurance Survey Suite
Mercer's Integrated Health Plan (IHP) compensation survey, salary data from 128 health insurance and managed-care organizations across claims, provider networks, medical, and corporate roles.
United States2025171 positions128 participating orgsUS IHP, Mercer Health Plan Executives
Executive compensation for health insurance carriers and managed-care organizations.
United States2025US IHP, Mercer Health Plan Operations
Operations and claims-processing roles at health insurance/managed-care organizations.
United States2025US IHP, Mercer Health Plan Sales & Marketing
Sales and marketing compensation at health insurance and managed-care organizations.
United States2025US MBD, Mercer AI & Emerging Technology Add-on
Mercer MBD add-on module covering AI, data science, and emerging technology roles across industries.
United States2025US MBD, Mercer Benchmark Database (Full Suite)
Mercer's flagship US cross-industry compensation database, approximately 7,120 positions and 8+ million employee records organized across nine functional modules.
United States (national, regional, metropolitan)2025991 positions3,241 participating orgsUS MBD, Mercer Engineering & Design Survey
MBD's engineering & design module, mechanical, electrical, civil, chemical, and industrial engineering roles.
United States2025US MBD, Mercer Executive Compensation Survey
Executive total-remuneration benchmarks across US industries, 2,838 participating organizations, 23 position families.
United States (national, regional, metropolitan)2025590 positions2,837 participating orgsUS MBD, Mercer Finance, Accounting & Legal Surveys
MBD's FAL module, finance, accounting, tax, treasury, audit, and corporate legal roles.
United States2025US MBD, Mercer Human Resources Survey
MBD's HR module, HR business partners, talent acquisition, total rewards, and learning & development.
United States2025US MBD, Mercer Information Technology Survey
MBD's IT-specific module, software engineering, infrastructure, data, security, and IT management roles.
United States2025US MBD, Mercer Logistics & Supply Chain Survey
MBD's logistics & supply chain module, procurement, planning, distribution, and logistics roles.
United States2025US MBD, Mercer Long-Term Incentive & Equity Report
MBD's LTI report, stock options, RSUs, performance shares, and equity vesting practices.
United States2025US MBD, Mercer Manufacturing Survey
MBD's manufacturing module, production, quality, maintenance, and plant operations.
United States2025US MBD, Mercer Metropolitan Benchmark
Metro-level compensation cut of Mercer's MBD covering major US metropolitan areas.
United States2025US MBD, Mercer Sales, Marketing & Communications
MBD's sales/marketing/comms module, field sales, product marketing, brand, PR, and comms roles.
United States2025US MBD, Mercer Short-Term Incentive Report
MBD's STI module, annual bonus, variable pay, and performance incentive plan design.
United States2025US MTCS, Mercer Energy Cross-Segment Compensation
Cross-segment compensation view spanning upstream, midstream, downstream, oilfield, and energy trading.
United States2025US MTCS, Mercer Energy Field & Hourly
Non-exempt field and hourly compensation across the energy sector, operators, technicians, skilled trades.
United States2025US MTCS, Mercer Energy General Benchmark
General professional and managerial benchmarks for the energy sector.
United States2025US MTCS, Mercer Energy Policy Practices
Pay policies and practices specific to energy-sector employers, incentive programs, allowances, and shift differentials.
United States2025US MTCS, Mercer Energy Sector Chemical Survey
Chemical-industry compensation cut, 141 positions covering specialty and commodity chemical manufacturers.
United States (10 regions)202529 positions264 participating orgsUS MTCS, Mercer Energy Sector Upstream & Midstream
US MTCS cut for upstream (exploration & production) and midstream (transportation) oil & gas operations.
United States (10 regions)202526 positions138 participating orgsUS MTCS, Mercer Energy Sector Utilities
Utilities compensation, generation, transmission, distribution, and customer operations at US utilities.
United States2025US MTCS, Mercer Energy Trading
Energy trading and marketing compensation, quantitative analysts, traders, originators, and risk roles.
United States2025US MTCS, Mercer Total Compensation Survey for the Energy Sector (All Modules)
Mercer's energy-sector total compensation database, 2,016 positions from 379 organizations across upstream, midstream, downstream, oilfield services, utilities, and energy trading.
United States (10 regional cuts)2025458 positions379 participating orgsUS MTCS, Mercer Total Compensation Survey for the Energy Sector (Downstream and Oilfield Services)
Pay data for professional, managerial and executive roles specific to the downstream and oilfield services segments of the US energy sector. Includes base pay, short-term incentives (STI), long-term incentives (LTI), and organizational metrics across 116 critical roles from 238 organizations.
United States202551 positions238 participating orgsUS Mercer SIRS® Benchmark Survey Suite
Mercer's Survey of Industrial and Research Scientists (SIRS), compensation data across 23 industry-specific and cross-industry job families for high-technology and life sciences employers.
United States (national, regional, metropolitan)2025749 positions955 participating orgsUS Mercer SIRS® Benchmark, High Technology (STEM)
SIRS cut specialized for high-technology / STEM employers, 23 industry-specific and cross-industry job families.
United States (national, regional, metropolitan)2025578 positions422 participating orgsUS Mercer SIRS® Benchmark, Life Sciences
SIRS cut for life sciences, pharma, biotech, medical devices, diagnostics, and agricultural/animal health. 3,365 positions from 389 organizations.
United States (national, regional, metropolitan)2025534 positions389 participating orgsUS Mercer SIRS®, Medical Device Sales Compensation Survey
Specialized cut for medical-device sales roles, salaries, quotas, and commission structures across device product lines.
United States202512 positions84 participating orgsUS Pharmacy Compensation Survey
Pharmacy-industry compensation benchmarks, pharmacists, technicians, interns, and management across retail and hospital pharmacy at zip-code, metro, and national levels.
United States (national, metropolitan, zip-code)202537 positions317 participating orgsUS Restaurant Compensation and HR Practices Survey
Mercer's restaurant industry compensation survey, 180,000+ employee observations across catering, franchising, restaurant management, and field operations.
United States (national, metropolitan)2025309 positions76 participating orgsUS Retail Compensation and Benefits Survey
Mercer's comprehensive US retail compensation and benefits survey across corporate, store operations, and supply-chain roles.
United States (national, regional, metropolitan)2025264 positions351 participating orgsUS Transportation, Logistics & Warehousing Industry Survey
Salary and benefits data specific to transportation, logistics, and warehousing, 237 positions from 92 organizations.
United States (national, regional, metropolitan)2025149 positions92 participating orgs
About Mercer
- Industry focus
- General Industry / Cross-Industry
- Geographic scope
- Global (100+ countries)
- Countries / regions
- US, Canada, UK, Europe, APAC, LATAM, MEA
- Pricing model
- Annual subscription; tiered by # of benchmark jobs selected
- Participation required
- Optional
- Participation discount
- Yes — significant discount for participants
- Delivery format
- Online platform (Mercer WIN), Excel downloads
- Update frequency
- Annual (with some modules updated semi-annually)
- Data lag
- ~6 months (effective-dated to prior year)