Compensation Glossary

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Wage Survey

A survey of employers in the same industry and/or the same area that shows the wages and salaries paid to their employees for benchmark jobs. Wage surveys are useful because they show the prevailing compensation in a given area, which may result in employers making upward or downward wage adjustments.

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