Western Growers’ compensation, HR survey available for purchase

Western Growers, Irvine, Calif., has released its Professional Compensation and HR Practices Surveys for 2017.

The surveys provide produce industry members with data on base pay, incentive pay, merit increases and health plan coverages in California and Arizona, according to a news release.

“For seven years, we have provided Western Growers members with the crucial data they need to keep compensation levels competitive and to stay on top of their recruitment and retention strategies,” Karen Timmins, senior vice president of human resources, said in the release. “This year, we have taken it a step further to include data from more companies and greater data points. To fill a void this year, we also included field jobs.”

This year’s survey includes data from more than 3,000 employees from 70 different roles across nearly 100 companies, according to the release.

“This survey is my trusted, go-to source of pay data that I use year-round for setting compensation for new hires, ensuring internal pay equity within groups of jobs, planning annual merit increases and comparing HR practices with similar companies,” Stephanie Thiessen, vice president of HR for The Munger Cos., said in the release.

The survey can be purchased online by Western Growers members.