Watson Wyatt Data Services Releases 2009/2010 Canadian Survey Report on
Office Personnel Compensation
- Short-term incentive awards were most prevalent in the Non-Durable Goods Manufacturing Sector. - Office personnel in Manitoba/Saskatchewan received the highest average short-term incentive payment among the provinces surveyed.
The data are based on the responses of 278 organizations encompassing 1,068 locations reporting data on 26,881 incumbents. Data are presented on a total of 42 geographic areas and 103 industry classifications.
Bonus/Profit Sharing Trends
Bonus and/or profit sharing payments averaged 5.2 percent of salary for all salary levels combined, with an average of 37.9 percent of office personnel receiving a payment. Within the four salary level distinctions reported, the percentage of employees receiving short-term incentives varied by more than 20 percentage points - 46.4 percent of employees earning
In terms of industry, the largest short-term incentive awards were paid to 37.2 percent of employees working in the Non-Durable Goods Manufacturing Sector, averaging 5.7 percent of salary. Retail and Wholesale Trade followed at an average of 5.3 percent of salary paid to 32 percent of employees. Short-term incentive payments averaging less than 5 percent of salary were reported within Durable Goods Manufacturing, Insurance, Health Care, and Utilities and Energy sectors.
Employees in Ontario, Alberta and Manitoba/Saskatchewan represent the three largest groups of employees receiving a short-term incentive payment, at 43.9 percent, 40 percent and 38.5 percent, respectively. Of the three regions, employees in Manitoba/Saskatchewan fared the best receiving an average incentive payment of 5.6 percent of salary; Alberta employees followed at 5.1 percent of salary and Ontario at 4.9 percent of salary.
Office personnel in smaller organizations fared better than their counterparts in larger organizations. In organizations with fewer than 300 full-time employees (FTEs), 50.1 percent of employees received an average short-term incentive payment of 5.9 percent of salary; whereas in organizations with 2,500 FTEs or more, 28.8 percent of employees received an average of 4.7 percent of salary.
The 2009/2010 Canadian Survey Report on Office Personnel Compensation is available online, or as an online/printed report set.
About Watson Wyatt Data Services
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