Renew Your Participation in the Radford McLagan Compensation Database

Human Capital Analytics

Renew Your Participation in the Radford McLagan Compensation Database

Your trusted resource for compensation insights for the 2025-2026 survey season.

The Gold Standard in Compensation Data for More Than 50 Years

The Radford McLagan Compensation Database is the world’s leading source of benchmark compensation data designed to drive better workforce decisions. We’ve been empowering rewards teams across the globe for more than five decades, and our industry-leading features and market data refreshes are unrivaled. The culmination of the Radford and McLagan platforms in 2024 was an incredible accomplishment that was years in the making, but we recognize it required a significant amount of change for clients. While we will continue to enhance the client experience, we are not looking to introduce major changes from a product structure and methodology perspective in the coming year.

Today, we are excited to invite you to stay connected to the gold standard in compensation data for what promises to be an unforgettable survey season! We are stronger than ever before with the integration of our market-leading brands into a unified platform designed to meet your every need — no matter where you are located, which industry you work in or what you’re looking for.

Unified Expertise

Our Radford and McLagan offerings are now seamlessly combined, providing specialized data for the technology, life sciences and financial services industries, among others — all in one intuitive platform.
Comprehensive, Global Coverage

Our enhanced database now includes more than 9,000 organizations, 30 million employees, and data from 100+ countries. You’ll find in-depth coverage for companies of all sizes and structures, from start-ups to large global multinationals.
Data Quality You Can Trust

Our data is thoroughly reviewed and approved by Aon’s trusted experts, setting it apart from crowdsourced data. Rigorous quality checks mean you will receive verified, reliable data for strategic decision-making, so you can feel confident of every data point.
Detailed Job-Specific Insights

With extensive job coverage and role-specific data, you can drill down into the exact roles you’re targeting, segmented by industry and/or location – delivering the precise insights you need to drive your talent strategy.
Dedicated Support Team

From tailored guidance to quick answers, our team is here to enhance your experience every step of the way.

New Features for the Upcoming Survey Season

We are excited to introduce several new features, designed specifically with your organization’s needs in mind to enhance your experience and deliver greater value through the platform:

Improved Data Collection Template: In early 2025, you’ll receive a custom template based on your 2024 data submission, tailored to your industry and geographic participation.
Enhanced Analytics for Deeper Insights: We continue to invest and expand our market-leading analytics capabilities with the addition of Job Offers Data, allowing clients to access the latest hiring trends for in-demand roles. This feature leverages applicant tracking system data, fully aligned with the Radford McLagan Compensation Database job architecture, to provide timely insights into new hire pay trends.
Expanded Job Library: We’re adding over 500 new roles, with a focus on AI and machine learning, plus continued growth in executive, infrastructure, life sciences, technology, energy, healthcare, retail, media & gaming, financial services, and adjacent sectors.
New Participation and Analytics Bundles: We are introducing new bundles that will ensure you receive maximum benefit from your investment in data access and analytics.

Unrivaled Industry Coverage

Our compensation data undergoes a rigorous data quality review process by trusted professionals. In addition, we offer the most comprehensive and extensive job coverage and job specificity in the market, so you can drill down into the exact roles you are looking for, regardless of industry or location.

Technology

6.7 million employees at over 2,100 organizations
Life Sciences

2.4 million employees at over 1,800 organizations
Banking

3.5 million employees at over 800 organizations
Asset Management

300 thousand employees at over 500 organizations
Retail and E-Commerce

6.7 million employees at over 420 organizations
Manufacturing

2.6 million employees at over 710 organizations
Consulting and Professional Services

3.3 million employees at over 440 organizations
Insurance

300 thousand employees at over 300 organizations
Hospitality

1.2 million employees at over 120 organizations
Media and Gaming

450 thousand employees at over 180 organizations
Energy and Natural Resources

662 thousand employees at over 540 organizations
Community and Government Entities

533 thousand employees at over 360 organizations
Wealth Management

300 thousand employees at over 250 organizations
Healthcare

420 thousand employees at over 300 organizations
Financial Technology

600 thousand employees at over 300 organizations
Transportation

338 thousand employees at over 80 organizations
Private Companies

5.7 million employees at over 4,600 organizations

Whether you're dealing with a fire drill request to assess pay for a new hire or looking to streamline your annual planning cycle, we have you covered.

Fast Insights When You Need Them Most

Need answers fast? Our Quick Benchmarks tool allows instant exploration of compensation data for thousands of roles across any market. Advanced filters deliver actionable insights on-demand, with data dynamically rendered on screen and export-ready in seconds.

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Effortless Market Comparisons, Anytime

Streamline your annual focal planning with Market Queries. Create, save, and download comprehensive benchmarking reports tailored to your specific talent markets - all in just minutes.

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Real-Time Employee vs. Market Insights

Gain clarity with real-time comparisons. Select an employee population, match it against market data, and identify retention risks using actionable insights from our robust analytics.

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Tailored Executive Pay Solutions

Finding the right executive pay benchmarks has never been easier. Our Executive Regression feature uses statistically validated methodologies to tailor executive pay levels specific to your organization’s size.

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Job Matching Made Simple

Accurate job matching is critical for effective benchmarking. Use our Job Matrix to browse Aon's comprehensive job library, access detailed job descriptions, and confirm organizational matches in seconds.

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By combining our immense database with sophisticated machine learning and predictive analytics, we give clients a new perspective on talent trends.

Job Offers Data

Stay competitive in the job market with our new Job Offers Data tool, which will enable you to attract top talent by validating candidate demands, crafting competitive offers, refining retention strategies, and addressing salary gaps.
Location Analytics

With remote and flexible working models on the rise, our Location Analytics feature allows you to compare talent availability, compensation levels, and pay differentials around the world. Select a job, click on the map, and begin exploring.

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SkillsGraph

Powered by generative artificial intelligence (AI) technology, SkillsGraph is a dynamic workforce skills library from Aon that provides clients with a proven methodology for classifying and managing the most sought-after skills in the talent market.

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Talent Intelligence

With new jobs emerging, talent showing up in diverse locations, and the rapid evolution of workforce skills, robust market data for the job offers you need to make is not always available. Talent Intelligence harnesses machine learning to predict pay and solve this challenge.

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Talent Metrics

We provide clients with vital talent metrics to inform their compensation and workforce planning activities, including salary increase budgets, turnover rates, and gender and ethnicity (U.S. only) distributions, among many other items.

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Beyond Pay: Market Practice Studies

Determining how much to pay an employee is only half the battle. Total rewards professionals also need reliable information on the design of compensation programs. When you agree to participate in and purchase the Radford McLagan Compensation Database, you’ll also be invited to join our ongoing series of market practice studies. These studies will round out your understanding of the talent market and include:

The Salary Increase and Turnover Study provides clients with actionable insights to ensure their annual salary budgets and retention strategies are aligned with overall market trends.
The Short- and Long-Term Incentive Design Study delivers data on the design and structure of annual bonus plans and cash- and equity-based multi-year incentives.
The Intern, New Graduate and Pay Administration Study offers insights into how companies can become and remain a destination of choice for early career talent.
The Employee Experience and Paid Time-Off Study provides a broad overview of the tools clients can use to boost engagement, from culture and values to sabbaticals and various paid time off programs.
The Sales Incentive Practices and Car Policy Study focuses on the intricacies of sales compensation plan design for commercially focused employees.
The Severance and Change-in-Control Study gives clients access to hard-to-find data on payout policies for executives and non-executives in a variety of not-for-cause termination scenarios.
Our portfolio of Private Market Studies gives clients at venture-backed, private equity owned, family-owned, and closely-held companies access to data on equity ownership levels for founders and non-founders, equity grant practices by stage of development, and board of director pay.
Our portfolio of Financial Services Studies gives clients access to critical industry-specific data on new graduate pay, deferred equity practices, and more.

Leadership Backed By Experience — Our Database Growth Over 5 Decades

We have been partnering with the world’s leading companies across industries and geographies for more than 50 years — and our compensation database coverage by industry continues to grow. Today it includes: technology, life sciences, banking, asset management, retail and e-commerce, media and gaming, energy and renewables, manufacturing, and more.

Client Growth Over the Years

We continue to build upon our foundation of strength in all industry sectors, having added over 3,000 organizations to the Radford McLagan Compensation Database since 2020.

3000+

Organizations added to the database since 2020

Employee Growth Over the Years

As the number of participating organizations grows, so too does the number of employees matched to benchmark job codes. Since 2020, the total number of employees included on our platform has grown by over 17 million.

17m+

Million employees added to our database since 2020

Human Capital Analytics Knowledge Base

An on-demand, digital knowledge base that easy to navigate and contains helpful articles, resources, and on-demand training videos
Training Sessions

We provide an extensive amount of both live and recorded training sessions covering data collection, publications, market practices, and broader talent opportunities
Direct Assistance

Every client is assigned a Client Success Manager who can provide support as required and a globally monitored help desk for submitting questions or requests for assistance