The most comprehensive and credible source of compensation data available, the Mercer Benchmark Database provides the information you need today to ensure organizational success in the future. Utilizing this database, you will compete for talent more effectively and make better, more informed pay decisions. Consisting of eight modules, the MBD provides: Base pay, incentive, and total direct compensation information for more than 900 positions Analyses by revenue/sales, total employment, industry, geographic region, and metropolitan area Long-term incentive prevalence and valuation Data from over 2,700 organizations on over 1,400,000 incumbents

All 2007 results will be delivered in Mercer PayMonitor®, our online data analysis tool.

Overview

As the economy improves, experts agree the competition for talent will be fierce. Getting the information you need to effectively attract, retain, and motivate critical resources can mean the difference between business success and potential failure when the talent war erupts.

Combining data from Mercer's top general industry modules into a single data source, the Mercer Benchmark Database covers positions in these functional areas:

• E-commerce

• Executive

• Finance, Accounting, and Legal

• Human Resources

• Information Technology

• Logistics and Supply Chain

• Marketing and Communications

• Metropolitan Benchmark
  (nonexempt/lower-level exempt positions
  across all functions, including select industries)

Delivered online via Mercer PayMonitor in one database, users can select positions from one functional area or multiple functional areas, establish user-defined, custom views of the market, and generate statistics for a customized compensation report. Published reports of predefined, prepackaged statistics from the respective modules are also included in an easy-to-print format. To ensure confidence in the quality of the data, a complete list of Mercer Benchmark Database participants is provided.

Mercer Benchmark Database Update

Participants may purchase individual modules of the Mercer Benchmark Database at the participant rate. The entire Mercer Benchmark Database may be purchased by participants at a discounted rate of $6,250.

Nonparticipants may purchase individual modules of the Mercer Benchmark Database at the nonparticipant rate. The entire Mercer Benchmark Database may be purchased by nonparticipants for $18,750 — a savings of over $5,000.

Note:
Purchase of the entire US Mercer Benchmark Database (MBD) allows additional users to access MBD through PayMonitor @ $1,000 per person.