2021 Regional Pay Survey Results Now Available

The 2021 Regional Pay Survey reports are now available! This year, 553 organizations participated from across Oregon and Washington, representing data for 41,467 employees. From that data we were able to report on 527 positions overall. Of the 553 participants, 192 were nonprofits, which resulted in 195 positions being reportable in the Nonprofit Report.

Survey Highlights

Some positions saw large changes in average pay compared to last year. Positions such as Clinical Case Managers and Production Assistants saw a 26% increase in base pay. Other positions such as Mechanic Helper and Construction Project Manager saw a 17% decrease in base pay. Because of these swings, now is a great time to use this survey to review positions in your organization.

Unfortunately, we also saw a drop in participation this year (down 22%). Based off of responses to email and phone invitations, this appeared to be due to many organizations having a reduced ability to participate as a result of a smaller workforce and heavier workloads for those individuals that normally respond.

Additionally, Cascade noticed an increased rate in new survey contacts, which may have led to confusion about the survey and participation. So, if you’re starting to realize this survey is important and you didn’t participate, click here to learn more about the survey, or contact us if you would like to know more about your organization’s participation in the past.

2021 Changes

New positions are added annually based on feedback we hear from survey participants and our compensation team. This survey included four new positions (Director of Equity and Inclusion, Sustainability Manager, Creative Director, and Email Marketing Specialist); however, we only received enough data to report on the Creative Director position. If there are any positions that you believe are relevant to your industry and that are not currently surveyed, let us know your suggested additions. Make sure you encourage your network to participate so we can continue to report on these newer positions.

This year, the survey also includes a specific data cut for the public sector. While we did not have many positions that were reportable in the cut this year, we hope in the years to come we will be able to expand this data set.

Finally, we made changes to the “Index of Jobs Surveyed” in the Methodology and Demographic report. This index now includes if a job had enough data to be reported, and if so, where it can be found in the report. This change provides better clarity for those who wish to purchase the reports and allow easier searching for current users.

2022 Preparation

We are ever working to make sure this survey is a reliable and comprehensive compensation tool for our participants. To that end, we want to make sure this survey is collecting the data you need from organizations you want to compare yourself with. If there are positions we should consider adding, or if you have partner organizations you think should be participating, send that information our way.

We look forward to the opportunity to expand our survey in both data collection and participation.