It is essential to monitor and benchmark your company’s pay policies for competitiveness. To do this you need local and current wage and benefit information.

The results of compensation and benefits surveys will assist you to:

• determine your position in the local employment market
• attract and retain employees with competitive compensation and benefits
• make informed decisions about pay practices and change in base pay policies
• identify issues of external market or internal pay equity

Why Should You Fill Out the WNY Compensation Survey?

1. Up to date information is essential to monitor and benchmark your organization’s pay and benefits policies for competitiveness. 
2. Survey is part of a local community research project with the Buffalo Niagara Partnership & Chautauqua County Chamber. with a follow up to the Buffalo Niagara Enterprise Labor Market Assessment
3. This is most comprehensive local survey in WNY- over 125 jobs (entry level to executive in 15 functional areas) and details for 15 benefits and pay practices
4. Confidential online survey tool is organized to reduce your completion time (paper version and training and assistance is also available)
5. Survey report is greatly discounted for participants and for BNP & Chautauqua Chamber members
6. Early participants will receive a free Trend Report (a $99 value with the purchase of the final report)

About the WNY Compensation and Benefits Survey

How to participate

Instructions are provided on the survey blanks (document links above). We provide password-protected website form to submit your compensation and benefits data, plus a paper or telephone submission option. Once your data is summarized, it typically takes about 30 minutes to complete the survey online.

Data submission options

Online: Go to our survey website to login and enter your data

Telephone: Schedule a phone interview with our compensation specialist

Mail: A blank survey document is available for compiling your data and mail submission (blank document links above)

Assistance: Our compensation specialists can assist you with data compilation, training or assistance with how to complete the survey, or even a phone interview to submit your data.

Sign up: Visit the survey website to request a username and password

Survey Timeline

Buffalo/Niagara - Data collection is open July 18 to September 30. The final report will be available in mid October. Participants who complete the survey by 9/2 will receive a bonus Trend Report free of charge with the purchase of the final report.

Chautauqua - Data collection September 15th to October 31st. The final report will be available late November. Participants who complete by 10/7 will receive a bonus Trend Report free of charge with the purchase of the final report.

Survey Reports and Pricing

#Participant price: You must provide compensation data for the majority local employees and complete benefits section by the survey deadline to receive this 50% discount off the list price.

*Price reflects discount for Buffalo Niagara Partnership (BNP) & Chautauqua Chamber members
@List price is for non-participants to the survey.