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20-Year Trends in Variable
Compensation Plans
ewards & Performance

2. 2 20-Year Trends in Variable Compensation Plans | 2016
Variable Pay Awards for Salaried Employees (as a percentage of payroll)
Variable Pay Awards Merit Increases
7.5%
4.1%
72%increase in variable
pay awards over
the past 20 years for
salaried employees.

3. Expanding
more like senior level individual contributors in however, the types of
contributor and many
20-Year Trends in Variable Compensation Plans | 2016 3

4. Prevalence of Types of Variable Compensation Plans
Business Incentives
Cash Profit Sharing Plans
20-Year Trends in Variable Compensation Plans | 2016

5. Prevalence of Types of Variable Compensation Plans
Gain Sharing/Productivity Plans
Special Recognition Plans

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