ERI Economic Research Institute

Recent data from January 2011 collected and analyzed by ERI Salary Surveys now details employer responses to the uncertainties and ever-increasing costs of health care

While the 2010 SEC reports coming in still show declines in executive compensation from the prior year, the rate of decline has slowed.

The newly released 2010 All Nonprofit Organizations Compensation Survey by Abbott, Langer Association Surveys provides market-based pay data for 174 benchmark jobs, ranging from support staff to executive positions.

A new report by Abbott, Langer Association Surveys, Inc., entitled 2010 Benefits in Nonprofit Organizations, Tenth Edition, provides current data on health plan costs and benefit practices in nonprofit organizations.

The U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics recently reported that March unemployment rates (not seasonally adjusted) for Iraq and Afghanistan war veterans is 14.7%, compared to the overall civilian unemployment rate of 10.0%.

The most recent data – from January 2010 - reveal that most employers have continued to absorb some of the increases but also to shift some to employees by increasing what employees pay monthly for coverage as well as reducing benefit levels.

A new study by the Economic Research Institute shows that the average total compensation of the highest-paid executives in U.S. publicly help companies dropped by 11.8 percent from February 2009 to February 2010 — lowest since 2005.

REDMOND, WA - Rapid increases in the federal government's Consumer Price Index (CPI) often bring expectations of salary increases at least equal to the "cost of living." But the recently released CPI numbers show some startling economic trends.

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