Executive Summary

• Transit Windsor has a policy of being a median paying employer and employing a median pay line in the development of its pay policy.
• Transit Windsor's average percentile ranking for 2017 was 31.5%, and 44% in 2018. Both years' averages are below the 50th percentile pay policy for Transit Windsor.
• In 2017, there was a 63% response rate for data, meaning that there were 90 cases (data points) returned out of a possible 144.
• 15 positions were surveyed in 2017 and 16 were surveyed in 2018. 2 positions were removed from the survey in both years because of lack of appropriate data (3 or less data points). One position, Planning Supervisor, was added in 2018. Therefore, in 2017, 13 positions with valid data were included in the survey and in 2018, 14 position with valid data were included in the survey.
• In 2017, 15% (2/13) of Transit Windsor's salaries surveyed were above the median. In 2018, 29% (4/14) were slightly above the median.
• In 2017, 77% (10/13) of Transit Windsor's salaries surveyed were below the median. In 2018, 64%, (9/14) were below the median.
• 8% (1/13) positions was at the median or 50th percentile. In 2018, 7% (1/14) were at the median or 50th percentile.
• The average salary increases for the participating transit organizations in 2017 was 1.7%. The average salary increases in 2018 for participating transit organizations was 2.0%. Transit Windsor's increases are given in two stages. 1% in April and 1% in October for 2017 and in 2018, 1% in April and 1.25% in October.
• Transit Windsor requires retroactive increases for 2017 of approximately 5.4% and a 0% increase for 2018 to meet a 50% pay policy. 0% is required in 2018 because once retro active 2017 payments are made to salaries; these increases once applied to the 2018 survey are enough to push the percentile ranking to above the 50th percentile in 2018. See Table 4, page 10.