The primary focus of TRS is to provide market data for cross-industry jobs and industry specific data is also available through TRS industry supplements.
![]() |
CONSISTENCY — The same methodologies are applied across our TRS in all countries, so you will have access to consistent data when analyzing the survey results within a country, region or even globally. |
![]() |
COVERAGE — TRS gives you access to close 8,000 cross-industry jobs and is available in more than 130 countries covering the full remuneration package. Industry specific data is also available through TRS Industry Supplements. |
![]() |
RELIABILITY — Consistent participation each year which creates a solid representation of the market trends. |
![]() |
VERSATILITY — Through Mercer WIN® you can conveniently analyze the survey results according to your particular needs, then conduct careful "what-if" analysis to instantly measure the competitiveness of your compensation strategy against the market. |
Mercer TRS covers close to 8,000 cross-industry jobs, from executives to para-professional level, in the following job families:
|
|
|
|
Mercer's Total Remuneration Survey is made up of five components providing a complete picture of total remuneration data.
1 | BASE SALARYAnnual base salary (Monthly base salary times the number of months guaranteed) |
2 | TOTAL GUARANTEED CASH COMPENSATIONBase salary plus the annualized value of guaranteed allowances |
3 | TOTAL CASH COMPENSATIONTotal guaranteed cash compensation plus the annualized value of short-term incentive, sales incentive, profit sharing or other incentive awards |
4 | TOTAL DIRECT COMPENSATIONTotal cash compensation plus the annualized value of any long-term incentive awards, valued using Black-Scholes methodology for appreciation-based awards |
5 | TOTAL REMUNERATIONTotal direct compensation plus the annualized value of benefits |
![]() |
ONLINE ACCESSThe survey results are delivered through Mercer WIN®. This intuitive system allows you to easily create custom views, analyze data across markets simultaneously, create unlimited peer groups, refine the market, compare your data vs. the market*, combine jobs, export to Excel, and much more! |
![]() |
SURVEY OVERVIEWAn overview of the market pay trends relative to the prior year as well as a summary of the economic, political and labor trends in the selected country. |
![]() |
POLICY & PRACTICE REPORTAccess a summary of organizations’ remuneration policies, which includes salary budget forecasts, compensation mix by employee groups, short-term and long-term incentive practices, as well as benefits. |
![]() |
ACTUAL MARKET DATADetermine which jobs are more competitive within the market with market analysis by job, inclusive of all remuneration values. |
![]() |
MARKET REGRESSION AND RELATED POSITION CLASS REPORTMercer's International Position Evaluation (IPE) methodology for job evaluation allows organizations to analyze markets by their position class for each of the major components of total remuneration. |
*(only available for participants)
To maintain a thorough and robust database that accurately reflects current compensation trends in the market, organizations are asked to provide their remuneration data and in return they receive a preferential price (or participant price) for the TRS results, which is significantly lower than the non-participant price.
Survey results may be purchased by organizations that do not submit data to the survey as well. The non-participant price will apply.
To continue producing a survey with high quality data, participating organizations are expected to:
|
|
Pricing varies by country and by an organization’s participation status (did or did not submit data for the survey). View available countries and pricing.
Purchase Individual Countries
To purchase TRS in one or more countries, you can place an order using the options below. Select your participation status (Participant or Non-participant) and then select the region and the countries that you would like to purchase. It’s that easy!
2018 Reports
We’re eager to speak with you. Please provide your details below.