February 8, 2010
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2009 – 2010 Association Compensation and Benefits Survey Intelligence Chicagoland associations need to stay current, credible and competitive.
Next to its members, volunteers and board leadership, an association’s greatest asset is its staff. Because if its leaders are its brain, experienced, educated and enthusiastic association professionals are its brawn. The lifeblood of any organization, employees keep things up, they keep things running and most importantly, they keep things working — for you and for your members. Unfortunately, stellar staff is always in short supply. Even now. Although the economic downturn has translated into a surplus of job applicants for open positions, smart associations know that quantity does not always ensure quality. The very best association employees are smart, savvy and fiercely loyal. Attracting them therefore takes more than a down market and a well-written job description. It takes action, and action requires information. The survey won’t only help you with your bottom line, however. It also will help you with regulations and compliance, as it’s designed to help Chicagoland associations complete IRS Form 990, which asks for information on how CEO compensation was established. Because the survey includes comparative data on dozens of association jobs — including executive-level posts — it makes IRS compliance easy. Since its inception, the Association Forum of Chicagoland has committed itself to giving associations and nonprofits the information they need to attract and retain top talent. For all but five of its 93 years, the Association Forum has therefore produced a compensation and benefits survey that measures and benchmarks salaries, benefits and office practices at Chicagoland associations and nonprofits. The result — human resources data that’s current, accurate, reliable and understandable — gives organizations critical intelligence they can use to make informed policy decisions that ensure fair and competitive compensation levels for current and future staff. Numbers You Want A must-read for association CEOs, CFOs, board members and HR professionals, the Association Forum’s 2009 – 2010 Association Compensation and Benefits Survey can help you fill open positions, conduct more equitable performance evaluations and negotiate a more attractive job offer, in case you’re looking for a new job yourself. However you plan to use the data, you can be confident trusting it, as a total of 139 organizations participated in this year’s survey. Collectively employing 7,790 full-time employees and 379 part-time staff, they provided data for 2,580 rates of pay in 72 different positions, as well as information on benefits such as:
Organized by budget, membership type, geographic scope of membership, job title and job location (city or suburban), the data promises to elevate your organization’s position within the local association marketplace. Numbers You Need The Association Forum’s 2009 – 2010 Association Compensation and Benefits Survey will help you attract new talent if you’re expanding, but it will also help you retain existing talent if you’re downsizing. Plus, because its benefits section includes information on turnover, severance and part-time positions, the survey can help your organization responsibly and effectively cut costs — a necessary reality for many associations and nonprofits given the 2009 – 2010 economic climate. This critical survey will help CEOs to comply with the IRS Form 990 that requires details on how CEO compensation is established. Numbers You’ll Use The Association Forum’s 2009 – 2010 Association Compensation and Benefits Survey will help you learn, but it will also help you act. That’s because the Association Forum is offering a Customized Comparison Report to organizations that participated in this year’s survey. Available for an additional $75, the report — customized specifically for your organization — will help you compare your salary and benefits offerings with other Chicagoland associations of similar size, scope and type so that you can better position yourself to compete for available talent, members and resources. How to Order To order a copy of the 2009 – 2010 Association Compensation and Benefits Survey, fill out the electronic order form. If you have questions, contact Diana Tapia at (312) 924-7041 or tapia@associationforum.org. For a list of participants, click here. |
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