Towers Watson Data Services Releases 2009/2010 Canadian Survey Report on
Logistics & Manufacturing Personnel Compensation
- Short-term incentive awards were most prevalent amongst employees earning $150,000 or more. - Logistics and manufacturing personnel in the Atlantic Provinces received the highest average short-term incentive payment among the regions surveyed.
The data are based on the responses of 225 organizations encompassing 943 locations reporting data on 27,021 incumbents. Data are presented on a total of 31 geographic areas and 84 industry classifications.
Bonus and Profit Sharing Trends
Bonus and/or other cash compensation averaged 8.5 percent of salary for all salary levels combined, with an average of 40.6 percent of logistics and manufacturing personnel receiving a payment. Within the six salary level distinctions reported, the percentage of employees receiving short-term incentives varied by more than 40 percentage points--70.2 percent of employees earning
In terms of industry, the largest short-term incentive awards were paid to 22.3 percent of employees working in the Utilities and Energy Sector, averaging 13.8 percent of salary, followed by the Retail and Wholesale Trade Sector (32.9 percent of employees received an average of 9.6 percent of salary). Following closely behind was the Non-Durable Goods Manufacturing Sector, in which 48.9 percent of employees were paid an average of 9.4 percent of salary.
Employees in Ontario, British Columbia and Manitoba/Saskatchewan represent the three largest groups of employees receiving a short-term incentive payment, at 47.8 percent, 41.3 percent and 37.3 percent, respectively. Of the three regions, employees in Manitoba/Saskatchewan fared the best receiving an average incentive payment of 8.9 percent of salary; Ontario employees followed with 8.4 percent of salary and British Columbia employees received 8.2 percent of salary. Employees in Atlantic
The 2009/2010 Canadian Survey Report on Logistics & Manufacturing Personnel Compensation is available online, or as an online/printed report set.
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