Executive Summary

• City of Windsor has a policy of being a median paying employer and employing a median paying pay line in the development of its pay policy.

• There was a 63% response rate for both 2017 and 2018’s survey, with 520/816 data points returned in 2017 and 517/816 data points returned in 2018. 63% is considered a good response rate.

• City of Windsor’s percentile ranking for 2017 was 53.6% and in 2018 the percentile ranking was 53.4%. In both years, the City of Windsor’s average percentile ranking for positions surveyed was above the market’s 50 th percentile.

• In 2017, 54% (35/65) of the City of Windsor’s positions surveyed were above the median. In 2018, 53% (34/64) of City of Windsor’s positions surveyed were above the median. In 2017, 66% of the positions that were above the 50 th percentile were within 5% in terms of actual salary dollars. In 2018, 76% of the same group were within 5% of the 50 th percentile, in terms of actual salary dollars.

• In 2017, 38% (25/65) of the City of Windsor’s positions surveyed were below the median. In 2018, 39% (25/64) of the City of Windsor’s positions surveyed were below the median. Of those positions below the median, 36% and 40%, representing 2017 and 2018, were within 5% of the median in terms of actual salary dollars.

• In 2017 and 2018, 8% (5/65 and 5/64) of the City of Windsor’s positions surveyed were at the median.

• Overall, the majority of positions in the Windsor survey fall within a 5% band above or below the 50 th percentile. In 2017, 50% were within this band. In 2018, 56% fell within this band. This means that the majority of positions could easily move their market position with market shifts because of their proximity to the 50 th percentile.

• The average percentage salary increases for participating organizations municipalities in 2017 and 2018 respectively were 1.4% and 1.5%. The City of Windsor’s 2017 and 2018 increases were 1.25% in both years.