Registration open — 2026 & 2027 surveys
Reliable salary data, in the places where it doesn’t exist yet.
We are MSF’s in-house centre of expertise for labour market intelligence. Our analysts go to the country, collect the data and put it in context — so that HR decisions rest on evidence rather than guesswork.
Taking part, in short
One interview with your organisation. The finished report in return, free of charge.
- 70+
- countries with MSF programmes, surveyed on a rotation cycle
- 100+
- labour market study reports in the archive
- 2 yrs
- between full surveys in each country
- €0
- cost to participants — we do not sell our data
An invitation
Join the 2026 and 2027 benchmark surveys
Our surveys work because organisations share. Employers who take part shape the comparator panel for their own country — and receive the finished study as soon as it closes. If your country is not on this year’s list, tell us and we will plan it.
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Tell us where you employ
Pick the countries where your organisation could join the comparator panel. One form, a few minutes.
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One interview
A trained remuneration analyst walks through salaries, allowances and benefits with you. Your figures stay anonymous in the aggregate.
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The report comes back to you
Every participant receives a free copy of the results as soon as the survey is concluded.
Registration for the 2027 cycle is open now, and some 2026 surveys can still take new participants.
What we do
Impartial labour market intelligence, built in the field
Setting salaries that are competitive but not disruptive is hard when reliable information on pay and the cost of living simply isn’t published. We produce that information ourselves, to a tested methodology, for every independent section of MSF and for the organisations that survey alongside us.
Salary & benefits benchmarks
Basic salaries, allowances, benefits and total compensation by labour market segment — so you can see where your pay sits against comparable employers.
Living wage & cost of living
An estimate of minimum household expenditure in several locations per country, so decision makers can show that the salaries they set are liveable.
Economic scanning
Inflation, exchange rates and market trends read in their local context — the background a salary revision needs to stay defensible over time.
What you get
Free and open sharing, not a data product
Our surveys and studies are based on free and open sharing of information. We do not commercially market or sell our data to non-participants — what you contribute comes back to you.
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The full country report, free
Delivered to every participant as soon as the survey concludes.
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Access to the archive
Organisations that commit to regular participation across several countries get the full archive of more than 100 studies.
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A dashboard, in development
We are building an interactive view of the results to make them easier for participating organisations to use.
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A standing exchange with peers
We keep close contact with INGOs on remuneration practice, methodology and market questions between survey rounds.
How we work
We visit the market before we publish the number
Our studies combine field and desk research. To put the data in context and make sure it is read correctly, our analysts also talk to people, visit markets and observe household practices — the only way to understand a labour market properly.
The Benchmarking Unit works as an internal service provider to all independent sections of MSF, both by mandate and on request, and as an open survey partner to other employers in the same markets.
Benchmark reports
An archive of more than 100 comprehensive labour market studies: market trends, basic salaries, allowances and benefits, total compensation, and economic and cost of living indicators. Free access for cooperation partners.
Become a Remuneration Analyst
Conduct a field-based salary study and market analysis in a country with MSF programmes, and build the picture of common market practice that our reports are made of.
Put your country on the 2027 list
Tick the countries where your organisation employs people. If something is missing from the list, tell us — we plan the cycle around where the need is.
