In field Thursday 13 August until 2 September 2026
As the Australian data, insights and research industry body dedicated to employers and businesses, ADIA is committed to providing members with specific and exclusive benchmarking information.
Dear members,
ADIA is pleased to launch the Salary Survey 2026, our annual benchmarking initiative conducted in partnership with Forsta. Participation is open and free to all ADIA members and provides a valuable opportunity to benchmark your organisation's remuneration against the market. Now including up to 12 years of comparative data, the Salary Survey Report remains a key resource for understanding sector-wide pay trends and informing workforce decisions.
THE INVITATION
ADIA invites all members to take part in the annual salary survey at no cost. Every submission strengthens the dataset, and we encourage members to share what's happening with pay, benefits, and industry trends.
To improve the accuracy of industry benchmarking, the Salary Survey is open to the broader industry, thereby increasing the sample size and validity of the data.
- An invitation will be sent from adia-salarysurvey@aus.hxplatform.com
to ADIA CEOs/2ICs and HR directors tomorrow – Thursday, 13 August 2026. Please check your junk mailbox if you don't receive the invitation. - The survey is open until Wednesday, 2 September 2026.
TO PARTICIPATE
All participating members receive a free Salary Survey Report (valued at $600) and access to the Forsta interactive dashboard.
The Salary Survey Report includes:
- Executive summary report
- A summary of data tables
- Average remuneration graphs
- Average salary summaries, including current, 3-year, and 5-year comparisons.
The results are an invaluable tool for:
- Benchmarking within the market and social research, data and insight sector
- Planning for new budgets
- Assisting with pay reviews
- Assessing your existing terms and conditions and benefits packages.
Complete confidentiality and anonymity of the survey data are assured. All data is aggregated and used only to produce the final report. Confidentiality is maintained at all times, and no information identifying any individual or their responses will be published.
ADIA thanks the Benchmarking Committee - George Zdanowicz (Taverner Research), Kylie Brosnan (SRC), Joshua Flack (Wallis) and Grant Lester (SRC) - for their advisory support.
This member service is generously sponsored by long-term partner Forsta.
Tim Paterson of Page Paterson Co. analyses the data.
For further information, please contact ADIA on 0460 012 092.
