Trusight produces a group of member oriented compensation surveys and related reports, covering jobs of local and regional market interest. In addition we collaborate with other members of the Employer Associations of America (EAA) to produce a series of national compensation and benefit surveys. Our surveys are conducted using best practices and follow methodology that makes them acceptable as alternative sources of prevailing wage. A complete list of our surveys, along with descriptions and ordering information, is below.
Our North Central Region Survey is organized into four reports. Data is broken out by major industry, sales volume, and by geographic region. Data includes base, bonus, merit ranges and step progression ranges. Reports are:
- Office, Clerical, & Technical
- Managerial, Supervisory, & Professional
- Production Trades
- Nonprofit & Public Sector
Other specialty surveys include:
- Minnesota Wage Trend – Conducted at 6 month intervals, this survey captures salary, wage and range increases granted and projected. The report summarizes freezes and reductions and projected freezes and reductions for the following year. Data is displayed by five different levels of employees.
- Minnesota Turnover Rate – Conducted annually, this survey measures the number of quits, discharges and layoffs compared to the number of full-time employees per month. Broken out by major industry group and geographic area.
- Holiday – Designated dates for holidays granted by employers for the coming year.
National surveys include:
- EAA National Executive Compensation Survey – Data for top executive jobs, from a large number of organizations, including hard-to-get data from small and mid-sized privately owned firms.
- EAA National IT & Engineering Survey – Data for information technology, engineering, and scientist jobs with data from over 220 jobs.
- EAA Sales Compensation – Data for a full sales force from executives to telemarketing sales rep. The salary reports include base pay, variable pay, and total compensation. The report includes commission and bonus plan summaries and expense allowance practices.
- EAA National Personnel Policies & Benefits Survey – Data describing employee/community relations, pay practices, working conditions, health and welfare benefits, retirement benefits, part-time benefits, recruitment, and training and development policies. A Minnesota edition of the report is available.
- EAA National Pay Trends – Detailed information on actual pay and range adjustments and projected pay and range adjustments by different employee job groups. Job groups include hourly production, maintenance, material handling & service jobs (union and non-union); non-exempt office, clerical, & technical jobs; exempt supervisory, managerial, & professional jobs; and executive/officer jobs. Data is from diverse sizes of organizations and is broken out by region, industry segment, and then by specific industry. Report includes a historical adjustment summary.
- EAA National Wage & Salary – This survey is a compilation of data from multiple associations. Where the data has been collected using approved standard descriptions and job families. It contains data on 150 “benchmark” job classifications. These include managerial and professional jobs; office, clerical and technical jobs; and production and maintenance jobs.
To purchase surveys, print and complete the following order form, or contact the survey department at 763-253-9153 or [email protected].
Survey Order Form
Custom Surveys
If you are in a specialized industry or you need detailed information to give you an edge in attracting and retaining high quality employees, you may wish to consider conducting a custom survey. Trusight has the skill and experience to handle all aspects of the survey process, and because we are a neutral third party, we are often able to gather information that others might not share directly with your organization.
Our Compensation Survey consultant: George Gmach