Global Pay Summary

Global Compensation Planning Report

Sales Salaries around the World

Labour cost – a major expenditure item – is a factor companies carefully weigh before deciding on a location in which to expand their operations. Many factors determine employee cost or salary levels, including labour demand and supply, cost of living, quality of living and tax rates.

Mercer's 2013 International Geographic Salary Differentials report supports this decision making by providing information on the gross salary, tax and net pay variations for six employee levels across 75 countries. It also helps companies with active expatriate programmes to make equitable, competitive salary allocations, recognise cost-saving opportunities and evaluate the real value of salaries by providing information on:

• Pay levels across locations (cities, states or provinces) in most countries and domestic pay differentials for cities within17 countries
• Pay across six employee levels: general para-professional, skilled para-professional, junior professional, senior professional, lower-middle management and upper-middle management
• The supply-and-demand dynamics that can affect compensation
• International pay rankings, rankings of effective tax and social security charges, and comparisons of cost of living and purchasing power

* All prices are subject to applicable taxes.

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