Culpepper Northwest Technology Compensation Survey

The Culpepper Northwest Technology Compensation Survey provides the data IT and technology organizations in the Pacific Northwest need to attract, retain, and motivate key talent in technology companies and IT organizations. Comprehensive data is provided on base salaries, incentives, allowances, total cash compensation, equity-based compensation, as well as job descriptions.

Benchmark Against Other Organizations in the Pacific Northwest
The Northwest Technology Compensation Survey includes data from over 300 participating organizations across Washington, Oregon, and Idaho... providing robust compensation data for the Pacific Northwest market. (List of Participants)

Precise and Relevant Geographic Data for the Pacific Northwest
Geographic data cuts are available for eight different northwestern metro and rural locations, including:

Seattle, WA

Tacoma/Olympia, WA

Spokane, WA

Portland, OR

Boise, ID

Non-Metro/Rural Idaho

Non-Metro/Rural Oregon

Non-Metro/Rural Washington

Note: Unlimited access to multiple countries and additional geographic locales is available in our core compensation surveys (i.e., Executive, Life Sciences, Operations, Sales, and Technical).

Wide Range of Jobs
The Northwest Technology Compensation Survey includes over 150 job families covering all major job functions found in IT and technology organizations, including executives, operations, sales, information technology, and technology R&D. (List of Job Families)

Note: Hundreds of additional job families are available in our core compensation surveys (i.e., Executive, Operations, Sales, and Technology).

Cash Compensation Reports
Download standard, pre-built reports in Excel and PDF formats with cash compensation data for multiple jobs and the most relevant data cuts. (Learn More)

Custom Compensation Reports
After you complete participation requirements, you can request an unlimited number of custom web-based and Excel reports at no additional fee with salary, incentive, allowance, and equity data by job. You can select preferences for data cuts; benchmark groups; data aging; effective salary date; components of compensation; statistical metrics; and allowance & incentive eligibility. (Learn More)

Subscribe today and access the data you need to need to establish competitive pay levels for your employees in the Pacific Northwest.

Annual Online Subscriptions Include

Standard Compensation Reports
Download standard, pre-built reports in Excel and PDF formats with cash compensation data for multiple jobs and the most relevant data cuts.
Custom Compensation ReportsAfter you complete participation requirements, you can request an unlimited number of online custom reports at no additional fee with salary, incentive, allowance, and equity data by job.
Comprehensive Job Descriptions and Level-Cutter Guides
We provide comprehensive job descriptions and level-cutter guides to help you match your jobs and create your own custom descriptions.
Compensation Survey Guide
The Culpepper Compensation Survey Guide provides valuable information to facilitate job matching, survey participation, and compensation benchmarking. Subscribers can download this book in PDF format or purchase a printed copy in a three-ring binder.
TalkPay E-mail Discussion Group

A private, moderated, opt-in e-mail discussion group for Culpepper participants to ask questions, discuss emerging trends and share valuable new ideas and solutions.

Two Online User Licenses

Advantages of using Culpepper Surveys
Learn why Culpepper is a trusted provider of compensation survey market data.

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Survey Methodology
We collect data directly from HR professionals and our analysts carefully verify all data before entry into our database. You can use our data with confidence in both the source and survey methodology.

	Surveys Designed for Business Use by Employers Do not collect data from consumers.
	Source of Data Only use data collected directly from Culpepper participants.
	Data Integrity All survey data is carefully reviewed by Culpepper analysts.
	Survey Cycle Data is collected, updated, and audited throughout the year.
	Legal Compliance Adhere to privacy laws and antitrust safe harbor survey guidelines.

Participation Requirements
Participation is required in Culpepper Compensation Surveys. You must submit current compensation data for all employees matching jobs covered in each survey and location you choose to include in your subscription.

To ensure that we are collecting current data, we require annual participation in our compensation surveys. For companies that review salaries on a common annual focal date, we require data submission as soon as possible after your salary reviews. For companies that review salaries on the anniversary of an individual employee’s date of hire, we require data submission within 90 days of the start of your subscription. However, if needed, a deferred participation date can be arranged if mutually agreed to at the time of subscription purchase.

Confidentiality
We fully recognize the sensitivity of participant data and hold individual company and employee data in strictest confidence. Any and all survey data submitted to Culpepper is not disclosed to or resold by third-parties. Survey data is only published in aggregate form and is never displayed or released by Culpepper in such a way that a participant's pay levels, practices, or personally identifiable information (PII) could be determined.

Price / Subscription Options / Order Form
Technology companies that only need data for locations in the Pacific Northwest, should consider the following survey options.

Northwest Technology Compensation Survey Library
$1,595 USD ($1,695 Effective January 1, 2010)
Order Form

IT and Technology organizations that need data for locations or countries outside of the Pacific Northwest, should consider our Technology Survey Library.

Technology Survey Library

Survey Packages for Start-ups and Small Technology Companies
Designed to meet the needs of technology companies with less than 100 employees that only need to benchmark compensation data for one geographic location. They include a limited cross-section of 150+ job families from our core compensation surveys.

Start-up (<15 employees)
$495 USD ($545 Effective January 1, 2010)

Small Company (<50 employees)
$995 USD ($1,045 Effective January 1, 2010)

Small Company Plus (<100 employees)
$1,595 USD ($1,695 Effective January 1, 2010)

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