Executive compensation has gained widespread public attention in recent years. The pay of top executives has reached unprecedented heights compared with the past. Golden parachutes, extraordinary noncontributory pension plans and other benefits have been offered to attract, maintain and retain top talent. Among the most dramatic excesses have been the exorbitant bonuses and compensation paid by financial service companies which have attracted a great deal of attention in the media and have been pushed to the top of the policy agenda in Europe and the US. Here we present a range of easy-to-use resources for keeping track of salary and wage trends around the world.

• Salaries
 
Informe CEINSA: remuneraciones España
Full text available at IESE Campus. Special password required which you can obtain from library staff.
Executives & staff remuneration in Spain.

Remuneraciones Informe. Ingenieros Consultores SA
Executives & staff remuneration in Spain. Request from the library desk.

Career and occupational guides include some broad references to expected earnings. Of particular interest are:

Vault Guides

WetFeet

• Databases

ExecuComp
Tracks executive compensation in S&P 1500 firms from 1991 to present. To access the database you need to obtain a WRDS account:
Go to WRDS, click on COMPUSTAT then drill down until “Executive Compensation”. Click on the option you need.

Thomson One Banker
Check the proxy statement of a company using the “Filings” search tool.

• Reports
 
The Conference Board. Top Executive Compensation Report
The Conference Board Task Force on Executive Compensation publishes an annual study. A special password is required, which you can obtain from library staff.

ADDECO. Los + buscados de 2009
Outlines the types of job positions most frequently posted by Spanish companies in 2009 as well as which profiles receive the best remuneration.

ILO Global Wage Report
Indicators of wage trends in a number of countries around the world.

• Articles & Books

You can also consult articles or books for background information on executive compensation.

Library catalog

Business Source Complete

• Recommended journals

Management publications and journals frequently present articles on executive salaries.

EIU Country Commerce
For data on managerial and white-collar positions go to Business Source Complete. Search under Publications for “Country commerce”. Choose the country you are interested in and then consult the “Human Resources” section of the “Main Report” for wages, benefits, and compensation data.

Report on Salary Surveys
The leading source of information on setting and managing compensation.

Forbes.com
Search Forbes’ site for “executive compensation”.

Business Week
Search their site for “executive pay” or “CEO pay”.

• Web pages

WageIndicator
WageIndicator, a joint initiative of FNV (Dutch Confederation of Trade Unions), the University of Amsterdam/AIAS and Monster, provides accurate wage and wage-related information.

Tu Salario
Spanish version of WageIndicator.

If you are looking for information on IPOs, the best place to begin your search is Thomson One Banker.

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