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Executive compensation

The number of metrics in LTI plans in US and Canada 

Mercer’s 2025/2026 Year End Executive Incentive & Benefits Survey asked publicly-traded organizations in United States and Canada how many standalone metrics they use in their performance-based LTI plans.

United States public companies are more likely to use multiple standalone metrics in their performance-LTI plans than their Canadian counterparts. About three-quarters of US companies use at least two metrics in their performance-based LTI plans.
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Executive pay levels and pay programs are continuously under scrutiny by shareholders of publicly traded companies.

Mercer has Executive Compensation experts that advise clients in the United States, Canada, and dozens of other markets globally.  We help clients develop the right compensation structure for their executives using a market-informed, individually tailored approach. 

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