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Staying Competitive for Hiring: Data-Driven Decisions Make an Impact

In today's dynamic and competitive marketplace, staying competitive for hiring requires more than just intuition; it requires data-driven decision-making. The Croner Company offers an invaluable resource that could significantly impact your business strategy: industry-specific compensation surveys. A compensation survey offers extensive market analysis, enabling companies to fine-tune their compensation strategies [...]

2024-03-29T15:15:59-07:00March 29th, 2024|Attracting and Retaining Talent, News & Trends|

HR Learning Series: Industry-Specific Compensation Benchmarks & Trends – Live Webinar

C2HR Content & Connectivity Human Resources HR Learning Series: Industry-Specific Compensation Benchmarks & Trends Live Webinar on March 14, 2024 at 2:00 ET Compensation continues to be in the spotlight as pressure to ensure pay equity and the implementation of pay transparency laws continues. In several states, employers can no [...]

2024-03-05T10:48:52-08:00March 5th, 2024|News & Trends|

Does Participation in a Compensation Survey Make Sense for Your Company?

Why participate in a compensation survey? Compensation survey results provide defensible data for market practices for all components of the pay proposition, including base salaries, bonuses, equity awards and sales incentives. Compensation survey results provide insight for how to attract and retain valued skills and employees in competitive markets, including [...]

2024-01-08T12:30:35-08:00January 8th, 2024|News & Trends|

Salaries for Software Gaming Talent Continued to Grow in 2023

The recently published 2023 Croner Software Games Survey – North America shows that salaries for software gaming talent experienced steady compensation growth year over year. The greatest increase in salaries for software gaming jobs was for executive-level positions. The increase was driven by strong growth in short-term incentives. Considered the [...]

Entertainment Jobs Experience Steady Compensation Growth

The annual Croner Entertainment Survey provides comprehensive compensation data for entertainment jobs, including film, television, music, digital and other entertainment such as live events and theme parks. It includes data for positions at all organizational levels, from executive to hourly, across a broad range of job families. In the recently [...]

Steady Growth in Pay for Animation and Visual Effects Salaries in the U.S. and Canada

The recently published results of the 2023 Croner Animation and Visual Effects Survey shows noteworthy trends in compensation from the past year for animation and visual effects salaries from leading companies in the industry. Croner’s annual report provides in-depth market data for jobs specific to the producing animation and visual [...]

Upward Trend Continues in Hiring Hybrid and Fully Remote Employees in the U.S.

The recently published 2022 Croner Software Games Survey – North America shows that jobs at U.S. software gaming companies experienced material compensation growth in the past year. Noteworthy findings from the 2022 report include [...]

C2HR Surveys Show Pandemic Continues to Impact Pay

The Content & Connectivity Human Resources (C2HR) Association’s annual Compensation Surveys revealed that pay at content developers rose substantially across all employee levels in 2022, with executives achieving the largest gains. Among connectivity providers, pay growth was modest; however, hourly and sales positions achieved [...]

Salaries for Software Gaming Talent Continued to Grow in 2022

The recently published 2022 Croner Software Games Survey – North America shows that jobs at U.S. software gaming companies experienced material compensation growth in the past year. Noteworthy findings from the 2022 report include [...]