Salary survey provider
AKRON salary surveys
AKRON, Inc. is a Washington, DC software and survey firm that builds custom data-collection and reporting systems. It runs compensation and benefits surveys on behalf of client organizations, most notably the DC SHRM surveys for the Washington-Baltimore region and a national survey of think tank and research organizations.
- Headquarters
- Washington, DC, USA
- Focus
- Washington-Baltimore regional employers across industries, Government contractors, Think tanks and public-policy research organizations, Local government jurisdictions, Purchasing cooperatives (chief executive pay)
- Data covers
- United States (Washington-Baltimore-Northern Virginia region for the DC SHRM surveys; national for the think tank and cooperative surveys)
- How you get the data
- Organizations take part in each client survey through AKRON's online survey sites (the DC SHRM survey portal at surveys.akroninc.net/dcshrm/), and the finished DC SHRM reports are offered for purchase. For the local government and cooperative executive surveys the site directs enquiries to AKRON by email.
- 762,000+
- incumbent pay rates collected (DC SHRM surveys, cumulative)
- 80,000+
- incumbent pay rates across 500+ jobs in the 2025 DC SHRM Compensation Survey
- 46th
- year of the DC SHRM Compensation Survey
- 41
- organizations (7,000+ incumbents) in the 2026 National Think Tank Compensation Survey
AKRON salary surveys
- DC SHRM Compensation SurveyPay for several hundred jobs across industries plus pay policies (increase budgets, bonuses, turnover, security clearances) · Washington-Baltimore-Northern VirginiaAnnual; 2025 reports released
- DC SHRM Government Contractors Compensation SurveySalaries and pay policies for government contractors, cut from the main compensation survey · Washington-Baltimore regionAnnual (22nd year)
- DC SHRM Benefits SurveyHealth, retirement, welfare and work-life benefits practices · Washington-Baltimore regionAnnual (21st year); 2025 reports released
- DC SHRM Salary Planning SurveyPay increase budgets, variable pay and staffing plans for the coming year · Washington-Baltimore area2025 survey covering 2026 budgets
- National Think Tank Compensation SurveyPay, pay policies and benefits for 90+ think tank and research-organization jobs · United States2026 edition (22nd) available
- Local Government Personnel Association Comprehensive Salary and Benefits SurveySalaries for 120+ common local-government job classes and benefit programs · Metropolitan Washington area jurisdictionsAnnual
- NCBA-CLUSA Chief Executive Compensation SurveyChief executive pay at purchasing cooperatives · United States
Survey list and figures from AKRON’s website, checked October 8, 2026.
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