National magazine compensation study launched

A national compensation study for the Canadian magazine industry has been launched by Magazines Canada. With support of the Cultural Human Resources Council (CHRC), Mercer Limited has been engaged to gather data on market compensation levels for approximately 40 benchmark positions, including base salary, annual incentives, long-term incentives, pensions, benefits and other perquisites.

The study will include small, medium and large publications, profit and not-for-profit, consumer and business media titles and results are expected by year's end.Magazines Canada General Manager Barbara Zatyko will provide logistical support.

“We are delighted that the Cultural Human Resources Council (CHRC) has agreed to support this important study,” said Magazines Canada CEO Mark Jamison. “The magazine industry has expressed the need for this work for many years and with today’s changing technological environment and market conditions, to name a few issues, timing for this study could not be better.”