Mining Industry Salary Surveys

Since 1992, Coopers Consulting and PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP have been conducting the premier measure of salaried staff compensation practices for the North American mining industry. Our 2011 survey reports were released on August 15, 2011.

We believe our particular surveys to be the largest of their kind and the most representative of salaried staff compensation practices in the North American mining industry. The success of our efforts can be measured in terms of our sample. The 2011 reports contain data for 154 North American based companies; of the 154, Canada based incumbent data is provided for 111 companies and United States based incumbent data for 68 companies. Our total 2011 North America mining industry salary survey database contains salaried staff compensation information for 17,329 incumbents (compared to 15,980 in 2010/13,676 in 2009/11,410 in 2008 and 9,606 in 2007). Of the 2011 survey year incumbents reported: 7,800 are based in Canada; and 9,529 in the United States. Within this group, data is provided for more than 245 Canada and United States based mining operations (97+ in Canada and 148+ in the United States).

The reports contain multiple sorts of the data: by company size for executive and other corporate positions (as measured by revenue and employee headcount); and, for mine site based positions, by size of mine site (as measured by employee headcount), by major region within each of Canada and the United States, and by commodity mined (again, for each of Canada and the United States).

Please follow the link Mining Industry Salary Surveys 2011.pdf for further background about the surveys, the topics/positions covered, and the type of available reports. Reports are made available to participants only and will be of interest to mining companies with either mine sites and/or executive/corporate/exploration offices in either Canada or the United States.

Should you have any questions or require further information, please do not hesitate to contact Lou Vujanich at [1]604.632.4611 or via e-mail addressed to lou.vujanich@coopersconsulting.com.