Recruiting and Salaries

Recruiting and compensation often go hand in hand both in setting policies and understanding the context of the labour market. This resource guide provides links to the best reports on salaries in the Canadian charitable and nonprofit sector, as well as documentation on specific types of positions and responsibilities, setting benefits, and more.

Compensation Planning

HR Sector Council: Compensation and Benefits Toolkit. An online toolkit to several issues on how to understand compensation and benefits in the Canadian charitable and nonprofit sector.
Getting paid what you're worth : a guide for chief staff officers of not-for-profit organizations on how to negotiate a competitive compensation package (Stapleton, 2006) [available online]

Salaries and Compensation studies

Use the Working in Canada tool to produce a detailed report based on an occupation and location of your choice.
2008/2009 Association executive benefits and compensation report : the benchmark report for associations, charities and other not-for-profit organizations. (CSAE, 2008) [in print only]
2010 CEO compensation study. (Charity Navigator, 2010) [available online]
Compensation review for charitable organizations in Alberta and Saskatchewan : project report (Adsit & Mah, 1998) [in print only]
National compensation survey for management and administration in not-for-profit arts organizations (Cultural Human Resources Council, 2003) [available online]
A portrait of Canadian fundraising professionals : results of the AFPN/CPRN Survey of fundraisers 2002 (McMullen, 2003) [available online]

The most current data available on the revenues and expenditures (including HR costs) of Canadian nonprofit organizations are available in the following new reports: