2008 IPG Employee Benefits and Compensation Survey Input
Instructions for Survey Input
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Download your electronic input forms for the 2008 IPG Employee Benefits and Compensation Survey here. The forms come together in a zipped file, which you can unzip on your own PC. Be sure to read “Which Forms to Complete” before you start entering data into the forms.
If you need assistance in downloading the forms, or have questions about them, call Winnie Skeates at 603-924-7750, or email wskeates@ipgbenefits.com.
>>Download the Zip file
Files in the Downloadable Zip file:
- IPG 2008 Organization Information (MS Excel) – For inputting data about your organization and some HR trends.
- IPG 2008 Benefits (MS Excel) – For reporting your benefit plan provisions and costs.
- IPG 2008 Compensation (MS Excel) – For reporting your pay policies and practices, and pay rates for jobs.
- IPG 2008 Job Descriptions & Input Instructions (Adobe PDF) – Contains descriptions for the survey jobs, and instructions on how to enter data into the spreadsheet. Print this document if you are participating in the compensation section of the survey.
A note about the Excel files: These files contain macros, which were created to help you navigate easily from worksheet to worksheet. If you disable the macros, the input forms are still usable, but the navigation buttons on the worksheets will not work for you.
Be sure to save each file with a new file name that includes the name of your organization.
Input Dates
Please report all data in effect as of April 1, 2008. Return your completed files to IPG by email or on disk no later than Friday, June 6.
Which Forms to Complete
- If you are participating in the entire survey, print "IPG 2008 Job Descriptions & Input Instructions" for reference, and complete "IPG 2008 Organization Information," "IPG 2008 Benefits" and "IPG 2007 Compensation."
- If you are participating only in the benefits section, complete "IPG 2008 Organization Information" and "IPG 2008 Benefits."
- If you are participating only in the compensation section, print "IPG 2008 Job Descriptions & Input Instructions" for reference, and complete "IPG 2008 Organization Information" and "IPG 2008 Compensation."
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About the Survey
The survey covers employee benefit programs and direct pay. The benefits portion includes comprehensive data on program features and costs for health and dental plans, disability plans, life insurance, retirement plans, holidays, vacation and combined time-off plans. The compensation section provides pay rates for over 90 jobs commonly found in local organizations, including breakouts by geographic region and organization revenue size. In addition to pay rates, the survey also includes pay increases and budgets, salary ranges and FLSA exemption, on-call pay, shift differentials, work schedules and hours.
>> See complete list of jobs included
The survey covers the geographic region from the Hanover, New Hampshire area, south to Keene, NH and Brattleboro, VT on both sides of the Connecticut River; east into New Hampshire as far as Peterborough and Hillsborough, and west into Vermont to include Brattleboro, Springfield and towns like Grafton and Chester.
Organizations may choose to participate in either:
- The entire benefits and compensation survey, which includes a final report of over 200 pages of useful benefits and compensation information,
- The benefits section only, or
- The compensation section only.
The survey participation fee is the same, regardless of the option chosen. If an organization chooses to participate only in the benefits section or only in the compensation section, the organization will receive only that portion of the survey report for which it provided data. For example, if you provide input data for only the benefits questions, your final survey report will include only the benefits portion of the survey.
A note about participating organization size: We typically find that smaller organizations either do not have benchmark jobs, or pay them significantly lower or higher rates that larger organizations, which can skew the survey results. For this reason, we ask that organizations with fewer than 75 employees provide data input only for the benefits section of the survey. These organizations will still receive the entire report, including the compensation information.
The survey report is published in August.
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Who Participates
Participants over the past six years include more than 85 manufacturers, technology companies, healthcare providers, printers/publishers, banks, and other organization types.
>> See list of participating organizations
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Pricing
The 2008 survey participation fee is $249, which includes a final report of more than 230 pages of useful benefits and compensation information. Participants will be invoiced when the survey report is published. Non-participants will be able to purchase the survey report for a price of $499.
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Survey Participants in Past Six Years
- Alice Peck Day Health Systems
- Baudelaire Inc.
- Brattleboro Memorial Hospital
- C & S Wholesale Grocers
- Cedarcrest Center for Children with Disabilities
- Chamberlain Machine
- Cheshire County Commissioners
- Cheshire Medical Center
- Cheshire Oil Company, Inc.
- Claremont Savings Bank
- Clarke Distributors, Inc.
- Clifford of Vermont
- Concepts NREC
- Connecticut River Bank, N.A.
- Creare, Inc.
- Crotched Mountain Rehabilitation Center
- D.D. Bean & Sons Co. Inc.
- Dartmouth College
- Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center
- Dartmouth Printing Company
- Findings, Inc.
- Fluent Inc.
- Franklin Pierce College
- FUJIFILM Dimatix, Inc.
- Fulflex of Vermont
- Geokon Inc.
- Global Health Council
- GW Plastics, Inc.
- Hanover Consumer Cooperative, Inc.
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- Health Care & Rehabilitation Services of Southeastern Vermont
- Holstein Association USA, Inc.
- Home Healthcare, Hospice & Community Services, Inc.
- Hypertherm, Inc.
- Keene, City of
- Keene School District, SAU 29
- Keene Sentinel
- Keene State College
- Kendal at Hanover
- Kennedy Information
- King Arthur Flour Company, Inc.
- Kingsbury Corporation
- Label Art, Inc.
- Lake Sunapee Bank
- Len-Tex Corporation
- Luminescent Systems Inc. (Astronics)
- Lyme Timber Company
- MARKEM Corporation
- Mascoma Savings Bank
- Mikros Manufacturing
- Millard Group, Inc.
- Millipore Corporation
- Monadnock Community Hospital
- Monadnock Family Services
- Monadnock Paper Mills, Inc.
- Mt. Ascutney Hospital & Health Care
- National Grange Mutual Insurance Company
- New England Industries, Inc.
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- New Hampshire Ball Bearings, Inc.
- New London Hospital Association
- NewsBank, inc.
- OSRAM Sylvania Inc.
- PCM Image-Tek
- Precitech, Inc.
- Red River Computer Company, Inc.
- Resource Systems Group, Inc.
- RiverMead
- SDE, Inc.
- Simon Pearce, Inc.
- Smiths Medical ASD, Inc.
- SoVerNet, Inc.
- Springfield Medical Care Systems
- Sturm Ruger & Co., Inc.
- Tele Atlas North America
- Teleflex Medical
- Thermal Dynamics Corporation
- Tidland Corporation
- Timken Aerospace
- Timken Super Precision
- Traditional Management Company
- Valley Regional Hospital
- Vision Financial Corporation
- Visiting Nurse Association and Hospice of VT & NH
- W.S. Badger Company, Inc.
- Whitney Blake Company
- World Learning
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Jobs Included In The Survey
Accounting
- Accounting Assistant/Clerk
- Senior Accounting Assistant/Clerk
- Payroll Assistant/Clerk
- Payroll Supervisor
- Accountant
- Senior Accountant
- Accounting Supervisor
- Controller
- Senior Financial Analyst
Administrative/Clerical
- Administrative Assistant I
- Administrative Assistant II
- Executive Admin Assistant
- CEO Assistant
- Receptionist/Switchboard Operator
- Receptionist
- Switchboard Operator
- Data Entry Operator
- Senior Data Entry Operator
- Mail Clerk/Assistant
- Office Services Manager
Customer Service/ Sales/Marketing
- Order Administration Assistant
- Customer Service Representative I
- Customer Service Representative II
- Banking Customer Service Representative
- Bank Teller
- Customer Service Supervisor
- Marketing Manager
- Customer Service Manager
- Marketing Assistant
- Marketing Manager
- Graphic Artist
- Technical Writer - Intermediate
Engineering
- Engineering Technician
- Senior Engineering Technician
- Manufacturing/Industrial Engineer I
- Manufacturing/Industrial Engineer II
- Manufacturing/Industrial Engineer III
- Mechanical Engineer I
- Mechanical Engineer II
- Mechanical Engineer III
- Software Engineer I
- Software Engineer II
- Software Engineer III
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Health Care
- Health Care Billing Representative
- Licensed Nursing Assistant
- Licensed Practical Nurse (Staff)
- Registered Nurse (Staff)
- Physical Therapist
- Dietician
- Housekeeper (Health Care)
Human Resources
- Benefits Assistant
- Human Resources Assistant
- Human Resources Representative - Intermediate
- Human Resources Manager
- Human Resources Director
- Safety Specialist
- Occupational Health Nurse
Information Systems
- Computer Operator
- Senior Computer Operator
- Microcomputer (PC) Support Technician
- Network Administrator
- Programmer/Analyst
- Senior Programmer/Analyst
Maintenance
- Electrician
- HVAC Technician
- Plumber
- Tool and Die Maker
- Mechanic
- Senior Mechanic
- General Maintenance Worker
- Janitor
- Security Guard
- Facilities Manager
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Material and Distribution
- Purchasing Assistant
- Buyer
- Senior Buyer
- Material Handler/Shipper/Receiver
- Non-CDL Driver
- Shipping/Receiving Supervisor
- Purchasing Manager
Production
- Assembler - Entry
- Assembler - Skilled
- Production Machine Operator - Entry
- Production Machine Operator - Skilled
- Machinist - General
- CNC Machinist
- CNC Programmer
- Lead Production Worker
- Production Supervisor
- Production Manager
- Production Technician
- Senior Production Technician
- Production Planner
Quality
- Quality Control Inspector - Skilled
- Quality Control Technician
- Quality Engineer I
- Quality Engineer II
- Quality Engineer III
- Quality Manager
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