Compensation and Benefits Reports
Unlock Benchmark-Level Insight Into Compensation & Benefits
The 2026 Cross Industry Compensation & Benefits Survey is now open.
Today’s labor market presents both challenges and opportunities for employers. While overall hiring and employee turnover have moderated from the post-pandemic highs, competition for skilled and critical talent remains strong across many roles and industries. Employees continue to evaluate not only pay, but the full value of their total rewards, including benefits, flexibility, and long-term career support, when deciding where to work and whether to stay.
To support informed, data-driven decision-making, ASK Distribution Consulting has partnered with Industry Insights, an independent third-party research firm, to conduct the 2026 Cross-Industry Compensation & Benefits Survey.
Participants get exclusive access to comprehensive compensation and benefits data—benchmarked against Alliance for Chemical Distribution (ACD) industry peers and more than 1,000 distribution companies across other sectors. This study delivers actionable intelligence on executive compensation (CEO, COO, CFO, and more) as well as pay and benefits for the 35 most common distributor roles across sales, warehouse, and operations.
Hundreds of distribution companies participate each year, representing nearly 10,000 locations—creating one of the most robust benchmarking datasets in the industry.
Registration takes just a few minutes. You’ll receive immediate email confirmation with survey access.
What You’ll Receive
Participants receive both high-level insights and detailed tools to support internal decision-making:
- Cross-Industry Compensation & Benefits Final Report (PDF) with aggregated results, benefit comparisons, and role breakouts by sales volume and region.
- Exclusive Online Access (Full Access Participants):
- Company-specific compensation benchmarks
- Detailed Excel data tables with state-level and experience-based salaries and benefits
- Searchable results to create custom data cuts
New for 2026: Incumbent-Based Reporting
For 2026, the survey uses an incumbent-based reporting approach, meaning organizations report compensation for individual employees rather than position-level averages. This improves accuracy and comparability across experience levels, locations, and company sizes—resulting in more meaningful and actionable benchmarking insights.
Participation Options:
All Chemical Distribution Companies (data submission required)
- Full Access — $849
For ACD Members (data submission required)
- Executive Summary — Free
- Full Access — $349
Full access includes the final report, company-specific benchmarks, detailed Excel data tables, and searchable online results.
How the Survey Works
ASK LLC has again partnered with Industry Insights to conduct this confidential survey. Participants can complete the questionnaire through:
- Online form (with auto-summing + save-and-return)
- Excel worksheet
- PDF form
About the Study
This confidential compensation and benefits study is conducted by Industry Insights in partnership with ASK Distribution Consulting LLC, alongside 20 distribution associations, using a standardized methodology to ensure accuracy, confidentiality, and meaningful peer comparisons.
Looking for Immediate Insights?
The 2024 Cross-Industry Compensation & Benefits Study is available for purchase and includes detailed benchmarking results, charts, and a webinar.
View the 2024 Report & Webinar Package
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