PayWell 2024

Salary and Benefits Survey

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PayWell Salary and Benefits 2024 Survey

PayWell is a platform created to assist HR professionals and decision-makers to develop competitive HR policies that attract, motivate and retain talent & support the business strategy.

The 2024 edition gathered more than 160 participants from the following sectors: Banking, Pharmaceuticals, Retail, Industry, Technology,  BPO/SSC. 

 

Results are available on PwC’s interactive, user-friendly platform that includes not just extensive salary statistics but also insightful analytics, such as:

  • Intuitive PowerBI dashboards that allow customized data drill-downs, by sector, region, city or various demographics (gender, age, tenure, performance etc.) for unique positions or combination of positions 

  • Salary trends for 3 years analyzed at overall or individual position level

  • Individual market positioning report

  • Qualitative reports on compensation and benefits practices, macro-economic and labour market indicators, executive summary ready to present to various stakeholders, quarterly HR Barometers

  • Annual report on gender pay gap (individual analysis and benchmarking)

  • Data collection & validation enhanced by technology 

The insights available on the PayWell platform can equip your team with a valuable input and help you decide what are the best workforce strategies for your company. Find out more bellow. 

Explore the key findings

Private sector gross wages increase

10.45%

increase in 2024

7%

increase expected in 2025


The sectors with the highest salary increases

Out of the sectors represented in the study, the Industry sector recorded the highest average salary growth (17.2%) in 2024. 

That was followed by the Retail sector (11.1%), Pharmaceuticals (10.9%) and Technology (7.4%).

 


Staff categories

At an overall market level, the highest paid staff category is 13 times higher than the lowest paid, slightly lower than in 2023. The difference between the highest and lowest average salary by staff category ranges between 3 and 13 times, depending on sector.

 


Top benefits

5 benefits that increased the most in 2024: life insurance, sport subscription, bookstore, medical subscription, flex time. Top 5 benefits that decreased in 2024: coffee and refreshments, meal tickets, discounts for company products, holiday vouchers, team buildings. In 2024, 43% of companies have given each employee the flexibility to choose benefits from a set budget vs. 25% in 2023.

Medium and long-term challenges

covid-19 pandemic measures

The EU's Pay Transparency Directive requires HR to ensure compliance with new reporting requirements and accurate data management. Key challenges include reevaluating pay structures to ensure fairness, developing strategies to reduce gender pay gaps, and fostering a culture of transparency. Additionally, leveraging HR analytics and technology for ongoing monitoring, adapting to future regulatory changes, and implementing robust talent retention strategies are essential for long-term success.



Why PayWell

One of the best tools to analyze and understand reward data are Paywell dashboards. These are highly versatile and customizable, which makes them incredibly useful: 

  • Trends Dashboard offers an overview into the evolution of salaries over the last 3 years. 

  • Category Dashboard presents an insightful analysis of salary data depending on demographic variables such as Gender, Generation, Performance and Tenure. 

  • Gender Pay Gap Dashboard calculates own metrics and allows benchmark analysis

  • Participants can access the Market Positioning Dashboard that explores in multiple graphic views your company's benchmark positioning.

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Through its comprehensive reports and dashboards, which will help you aggregate information on multiple levels, together with an experienced account management team, Paywell 2024 is a powerful tool that will help you develop or adjust your Total Rewards strategy. 


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Gabriela Batîr

Gabriela Batîr

Senior Manager, Workforce Consulting, PwC Romania

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