Wholesale/Distribution Benchmarking Report

Supplying Success with Compensation and Benefits Benchmarks

Get invaluable insights and build a strong competitive advantage – benchmark your wholesale-distribution company’s compensation and benefits against 47 regional companies. Data collection for the biennial report was completed in August 2020, so you’re up to speed with what’s happening in the market right now.

The 46-page report includes compensation and benefits by position, compensation strategies, and industry trends for companies with more than 50 employees as well as those with fewer than 50 employees, so you can easily compare against similarly-sized companies.

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Report Highlights

• One-third of respondents will hire additional employees this year.
• A warehouse manager at a company with more than 50 employees earns a base salary of $74,359, with nearly half of respondents providing a bonus on top of that amount.
• The number one issue facing wholesaler-distributors is the impact of COVID-19, followed by hiring and retention.
• The average Return on Total Assets (ROTA) is 10.35%, with ROTA equaling 9.5% for smaller companies and 11.9% for companies with greater than 50 employees.
• 89% offer a 401(k) plan, a decrease from 93% in 2018.

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