Salary/Benefits Survey and DMO Budget Survey
2016 Online Editions – Available in July
The Association’s Survey Review Task Force recently reviewed and slightly revised both the CEO & Staff Salary & Benefits Survey and the DMO Budget Survey (previously titled Bureau Budget Survey). Thanks to Marc Garcia (Mesa), Anand Patel, CDME (Fairfield), Wes Rhea, CTA, CDME (Stockton) and Julie Saupe (Anchorage) for their service on the Task Force. In addition to the revisions, both surveys will be reprogrammed and redesigned to reflect DMA West’s new brand.
Salary & Benefits Survey
Three years ago, significant changes were made to the Staff Salaries section of the Salary & Benefits Survey. We discontinued using staff position titles and asked CEOs to report staff salary information by key function areas at various levels from executive level to support level. Reminder: If your DMO does not have a comparable position of any listed, leave the salary information blank for that position(s). For example, if your organization does not have a Vice President/Director of Communications, but has a Communications Manager, you would leave the lead-position salary box blank and report the average salary for your organization’s Communications Manager in the appropriate box.
DMO Budget Survey
Interested to know how your budget stacks up to others in your competitive set? Curious about changing budget allocations in today’s environment? If so, plan to complete the 2016 edition of the DMO Budget Survey later this summer and encourage your fellow CEOs to do the same. Members use the survey information when creating budgets, researching funding sources and planning organization expenditures. Results will be available via the standard DMO ‘profile’ or download the tabulation version.
The 2016 editions of both surveys will be online in mid-July for completion. The surveys are part of the “members-only” suite of services, with results accessible only to survey participants.
Remember, more completed online surveys means more relevant data. Your industry colleagues will appreciate your participation!