Animal Welfare Professionals

Ever wonder how the salaries and benefits you offer stack up against others? Are you, like almost everyone else it seems, have difficulty recruiting and retaining diverse talent? Are you committed to ensuring your salaries are equitable and competitive?  The 2023 Compensation & Benefits Benchmarking Study, the only one of its kind in animal welfare, can help solve these challenges.

Register and complete 80% of your organization's data for calendar year 2022 (data as of 12/31/22) by May 15 and earn free premium access to reporting and comparative data. In case you're a smart shopper, the cost goes up to $150/members and $250/all others after May 15. There's another price increase after June 15, so learn more and participate today.

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Valerie Sheppard
Senior Director, Professional Development
The Association for Animal Welfare Advancement
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I applaud any effort for animal organizations to survey, gather data and produce a report related to employee salaries.  Unfortunately, smaller nonprofits or municipalities may not reference this as budgets are tight.  As we are aware, the different market demographics and geographies across the country impact nonprofits' ability to hire. The private sector employers often hire candidates away with bigger salaries and benefits. It truly is a challenge. 

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Lisa Pearce
Senior Grants Administrator
Charleston Animal Society
North Charleston, SC
843-329-0769
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Thanks for your comments, Lisa.  I'm not sure I'll ever see a day when animal welfare organizations, ranging from non-profits to government agencies to rescues, won't compete with private sector employers for candidates. Our benchmarking study offers multiple filters for organizations to use to better understand how their compensation and benefits packages compare to others – of similar org type, size, budget, etc.  Having this data is the first, crucial, step to being able to create equitable and compelling hiring choices.  We appreciate Charleston Animal Society's participation!

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Valerie Sheppard
Senior Director, Professional Development
The Association for Animal Welfare Advancement
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Original Message:
Sent: 04-27-2023 05:33 AM
From: Lisa Pearce
Subject: 2023 Compensation & Benefits Benchmarking Study

I applaud any effort for animal organizations to survey, gather data and produce a report related to employee salaries.  Unfortunately, smaller nonprofits or municipalities may not reference this as budgets are tight.  As we are aware, the different market demographics and geographies across the country impact nonprofits' ability to hire. The private sector employers often hire candidates away with bigger salaries and benefits. It truly is a challenge. 

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Lisa Pearce
Senior Grants Administrator
Charleston Animal Society
North Charleston, SC
843-329-0769
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