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SHRM’s Benefits Survey Benchmarking Tool makes it easy to see how your organization’s benefits stack up. With just a few clicks, you can explore up to five years of results and filter data by industry, organization size, and location.

Whether you’re running a health care practice in California or managing a mid-sized trucking company in the South, you’ll find results tailored to organizations like yours. To begin, simply choose a benefits category from the section above or the navigation bar on each page.

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  1. Select a benefit type from the navigation bar.
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  4. Export results to CSV, image, or PDF.
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(i) That the Society for Human Resource Management is the exclusive provider and owner of the Interactive Online Tool and exclusive copyright owner of the Results and Report.

 

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