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US Mercer SIRS® Benchmark Survey Suite

United States (national, regional, metropolitan)Edition: 2025$$$$

Mercer's Survey of Industrial and Research Scientists (SIRS), compensation data across 23 industry-specific and cross-industry job families for high-technology and life sciences employers.

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Job families covered

Positions in this report (749)

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Participating organizations (955)

These organizations submit compensation data that feeds this report. Compare market peers by participation footprint.

  • 1-800-Contacts
  • 4Front Engineered Solutions US
  • 8th Avenue Food & Provisions, Inc.
  • ABB U.S.
  • ABC Fitness Solutions, LLC
  • ADAMA US
  • AECOM Technology
  • AMPAC Fine Chemicals, LLC
  • APi Group, Inc.
  • ASML USA
  • AT&T
  • AT&T Executive
  • AbbVie, Inc.
  • Abbott Laboratories
  • Abbott Laboratories - Nutrition
  • Abnormal Security
  • Abt Global
  • Accenture Federal Services, LLC
  • Accenture, Inc.
  • Acentra Health
  • Acushnet Holdings Corporation
  • Advanced MedTech Corporate
  • AeroData
  • AgReserves, Inc.
  • Agile Sports Technologies, Inc. (Hudl)
  • Airbus Americas, Inc.
  • Alastin Skincare, Inc.
  • Alcon
  • Alcon Laboratories, Inc.
  • Aldrich-APL USA
  • Alen USA, LLC
  • Alfasigma USA, Inc.
  • Alight Solutions
  • Alithya USA, Inc.
  • Alkermes, Inc.
  • All-Clad Metalcrafters, LLC
  • Allegion US Holding Company, Inc.
  • AlloSource
  • Amazon.com, Inc.
  • Amentum - Nuclear Waste Partnership
  • American Honda Motor Co., Inc.
  • American Regent, Inc.
  • American Systems
  • Amgen, Inc.
  • Amneal Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
  • Amplifon (USA)
  • Amplitude, Inc.
  • Amy's Kitchen, Inc.
  • Analog Devices, Inc.
  • Anaplan, Inc.
  • Angelini Pharma, Inc.
  • Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago
  • Apotex Corp.
  • Appfolio, Inc.
  • Applied Digital
  • Aptos, LLC
  • Arc Institute
  • Arctic Slope Regional Corporation - ASRC Federal Holding Company
  • Arctic Wolf Networks, Inc.
  • Arete Associates
  • Argonne National Laboratory
  • Armis, Inc.
  • Arrow Electronics, Inc.
  • Arthrex, Inc.
  • Ascend Learning
  • Ascom North America
  • Aspire Bakeries, LLC
  • Astellas Pharma US, Inc.
  • AstraZeneca US
  • Atlassian Pty Ltd.
  • AtriCure, Inc.
  • Avanos Medical, Inc.
  • Avnet, Inc.
  • B. Braun Medical
  • BA Sports Nutrition, LLC
  • BAE Systems, Inc.
  • BASF Corporation
  • BISSELL Homecare, Inc.
  • BMW - DesignworksUSA, Inc.
  • BSH Home Appliances Corporation
  • BSN Medical, Inc.
  • BWX Technologies, Inc.
  • Bacardi U.S.A., Inc.
  • BairesDev
  • Bandwidth
  • Baptist Health South Florida
  • Bar-S Foods
  • Barry Callebaut USA, LLC
  • Basis Technologies, Inc.
  • Battelle Memorial Institute
  • Baxter International, Inc.
  • Bayer AG - Bayer Corporation
  • Bayer AG - Consumer Health Division
  • Bayer AG - CropScience
  • Bayer AG - North American Pharmaceutical Division
  • Bazaarvoice, Inc.
  • Beam Suntory
  • Bechtel Global Corporation
  • Bechtel Plant Machinery, Inc.
  • Beckman Coulter - Diagnostics
  • Beckman Coulter - Life Sciences
  • Becton, Dickinson and Company
  • Beiersdorf, Inc.
  • Bel Americas
  • Belkin International, Inc.
  • Bell Textron, Inc.
  • Benevity, Inc.
  • Bentley Systems, Inc.
  • Bethlehem Shared Services, LLC
  • Beyond Gravity Space USA
  • BeyondTrust Corporation
  • Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
  • Bimbo Bakeries USA, Inc.
  • BioBridge Global
  • BioControl Systems USA
  • BioFire Diagnostics, Inc.
  • BioMarin Pharmaceutical, Inc.
  • BioNTech US
  • BioReliance Corporation USA
  • Biogen, Inc.
  • Biotage
  • Black & Veatch Corporation
  • Black & Veatch Corporation - B&V Special Projects Corp.
  • BlackBerry Limited
  • BloomReach, Inc.
  • Bloomerang
  • Blue Diamond Growers
  • Blue Origin, LLC
  • Bob Evans Farms, Inc.
  • Boehringer Ingelheim Animal Health USA, Inc.
  • Boehringer Ingelheim Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
  • Boehringer Ingelheim USA Corporation
  • Bombardier Aerospace (USA)
  • Booking Holdings
  • Booz Allen Hamilton Holding Corporation
  • Boston Scientific Corporation
  • Bridgestone Americas, Inc.
  • Bristol-Myers Squibb Company
  • British American Tobacco - Reynolds American, Inc.
  • Broadcom, Inc.
  • Brooks Automation US, LLC
  • Brown and Caldwell
  • Brown-Forman
  • Bullhorn, Inc.
  • Bunge North America
  • Burns & McDonnel, Inc.
  • Butterball, LLC
  • C2FO Pollen, Inc.
  • CACI International
  • CAE USA, Inc.
  • CGI Technologies and Solutions, Inc.
  • CROPP Cooperative
  • CS DISCO, Inc.
  • CSL Behring, LLC
  • Cable One, Inc.
  • Callaway Golf Company
  • Camlin United States
  • Campari America
  • Cardinal Health, Inc.
  • Cargill Incorporated
  • Carl Zeiss Industrial Metrology, LLC
  • Carl Zeiss Industrial Quality Solutions, LLC
  • Carl Zeiss Meditec Production, LLC
  • Carl Zeiss Meditec USA
  • Carl Zeiss Meditec, Inc.
  • Carl Zeiss Microscopy, LLC
  • Carl Zeiss SBE, LLC
  • Carl Zeiss SMT, Inc.
  • Carl Zeiss Vision, Inc.
  • Carl Zeiss X-ray Microscopy, Inc.
  • Carl Zeiss, Inc.
  • Cell Marque Corp.
  • CentralSquare Technologies, LLC
  • Cepheid
  • Cerilliant Corporation USA
  • Ceva Animal Health
  • Charter Communications, Inc.
  • ChemTreat
  • Chobani Global Holdings, LLC
  • Cimpress, PLC
  • City of Hope
  • Civica Rx
  • Claro Enterprise Solutions
  • Clearcaptions, LLC
  • Cleveland Clinic
  • Coalition, Inc.
  • Coca-Cola Bottlers' Sales & Services Company, LLC
  • Coca-Cola North America
  • Coca-Cola Southwest Beverages
  • Cochlear Americas
  • Cognizant Technology Solutions Corporation
  • Coinstar, LLC - Coinstar Procurement, LLC
  • Colgate-Palmolive Company
  • Coloplast Corporation - US
  • Comcast Cable Communications, LLC
  • Command Alkon Incorporated
  • Commvault Systems, Inc.
  • ConAgra Brands
  • Confluence Technologies, Inc.
  • Consolidated Nuclear Security Y-12
  • Constellation Brands, Inc.
  • Continental Automotive Systems, Inc.
  • Convatec, Inc.
  • Convey Health Solutions
  • Cook Medical, Inc.
  • Cooler Master
  • Cooper's Hawk Winery & Restaurants
  • Corcym UK (Holding) Limited
  • Corewell Health
  • Cornell University
  • Cornerstone OnDemand, Inc.
  • Corning, Inc.
  • Corteva Agriscience
  • Coty, Inc.
  • Couchbase, Inc.
  • Cprime, Inc.
  • Crane Company
  • Crayola, LLC
  • Crayon
  • Crestron Electronics
  • CrowdStrike, Inc.
  • Crown Castle, Inc.
  • Curtiss-Wright Corporation
  • Cystic Fibrosis Foundation
  • Cytiva
  • D-Wave Quantum Inc.
  • DECKERS OUTDOOR CORPORATION
  • DISH Network Corp.
  • Daiichi Sankyo, Inc.
  • Dairy Farmers of America, Inc.
  • Dana-Farber Cancer Institute
  • Danaher Corporation
  • Danone North America
  • Dart Container Corporation
  • Dawn Food Products, Inc.
  • DeLaval, Inc.
  • Deere & Company
  • Definitive Healthcare, LLC.
  • Del Monte Foods, Inc.
  • Delinea
  • Dell Technologies, Inc.
  • Demant
  • Diageo North America, Inc.
  • Dialpad, Inc.
  • Dicerna Pharmaceuticals Inc.
  • Diebold Nixdorf, Inc.
  • Digital Science & Research Solutions
  • Diligent Corporation
  • DirecTV Group Holdings, LLC
  • Discovery Life Sciences
  • Diversified Systems LLC
  • Domino's Pizza, Inc.
  • Dow, Inc.
  • Draeger Medical Systems, Inc.
  • Draper
  • Driven Brands Holdings, Inc.
  • Duke Clinical Research Institute
  • Duke University
  • Duracell, Inc.
  • Dynatrace, LLC
  • E.& J. Gallo Winery
  • EBSCO Information Services
  • EMD Biotech, LLC
  • EMD Digital, Inc.
  • EMD Millipore Corporation USA
  • EMD Performance Materials Corp.
  • EMD Serono Research & Development Institute, Inc.
  • EMD Serono, Inc.
  • ESAB Corporation
  • ESI Group
  • EY, LLP
  • Eaton Corporation (US)
  • Edgewell Personal Care Company
  • Edwards Lifesciences Corporation
  • Eisai, Inc.
  • Elanco Animal Health, Inc.
  • Elbit Systems of America
  • Electrolux
  • Elekta, Inc.
  • Eli Lilly & Co.
  • Ellucian Company, LLC
  • Emerson Electric Co.
  • Emerson Electric Co. - National Instruments Corporation
  • Emory University
  • Encora Digital LLC
  • Endo International, PLC
  • Energizer Holdings, Inc.
  • Envision Pharma, Inc.
  • Envista
  • Equinix, Inc.
  • Esko
  • Essilorluxottica USA, Inc.
  • Essity North America, Inc.
  • Etsy, Inc.
  • Eugia US Manufacturing, LLC
  • Evident Scientific
  • Evotec
  • Excelitas Technologies
  • Exelead, Inc., USA
  • Exelixis, Inc.

Showing 300 of 955 participating organizations.