The key to designing competitive pay packages worldwide.
The Mercer Total Remuneration Surveys (TRS) provide comprehensive market data on compensation and benefits around the globe. Results are easily accessible through our online platform, Mercer WIN®, to help you optimize your compensation plans.
This easy-to-use source for comparing compensation and benefits data consistently across geographies provides accurate, high-quality data covering the full rewards package. This gives you a complete picture – from base pay to total remuneration and benefits – at your fingertips.
Mercer's TRS is made up of five components providing a complete picture of total remuneration data;
Base salary
Monthly base salary times the number of months guaranteed
Total guaranteed cash compensation
Base salary plus the annualized value of guaranteed allowances
Total cash compensation
Total guaranteed cash compensation plus the annualized value of short-term incentive, sales incentive, profit sharing or other incentive awards
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
Total remuneration
Total direct compensation plus the annualized value of benefits
Mercer TRS covers over 140 countries around the world!
In today’s talent-demand economy, ensuring your compensation plans are aligned to the market – locally, regionally, and globally – is critical to securing the talent you need to be successful. Mercer provides most comprehensive compensation and benefits databases in the world to assist you with compensation planning and policies development.
The Mercer Total Remuneration Surveys (TRS) provide comprehensive market data on compensation and benefits around the globe. Results are easily accessible through our online platform, Mercer WIN®, to help you optimize your compensation plans.
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Coverage |
TRS covers over 8000 cross-industry jobs from executives to para-professional levels in more than 140 countries, covering the full remuneration package.
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Consistency |
TRS provides data on compensation & benefits around the globe with the same methodology applied in all countries. TRS is underpinned with Mercer Job Library position coding and International Position Evaluation (IPE) systems for global consistency.
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Reliability |
Consistent participation each year which creates a solid representation of the market trends.
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Versatility |
Through Mercer WIN you can analyze the survey results according to your needs and conduct “what if” analysis to instantly measure your competitiveness against the market.
If you would like to purchase TRS, please contact your Mercer representative. For country coverage and pricing click here.
Need data for more than one location? Choose to get access to the entire global database or a flexible package based on the countries you select. Learn more about the advantages of a Mercer TRS Membership which include:
Register for our upcoming Total Remuneration Post-Survey webinar by clicking HERE.
The kick off meetings at the beginning of the survey data collection process and the post survey meetings once the survey results are published. However, due to the current situation we have cancelled all our face-to-face meetings and moved to virtual ones. Click here to watch the replay of the survey launch webinar.
For more information or if you’d like to have a quick chat about any of our services, please contact:
Ahmed Moharram
+966 547728040
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