Wage & Benefits Survey/Report
Lancaster County Wage & Benefits Survey
Help Shape Lancaster County’s Workforce Data—Take the Wage & Benefits Survey!
Every year, the Lancaster Chamber gathers wage and benefit data from businesses across the county to create a valuable resource for employers. By participating in the Wage & Benefits Survey, you’ll help build a clearer picture of local compensation trends, benefits, and workplace policies—insights that directly support better decision-making for businesses like yours.
Getting Started is Easy
- Review the 2026 Master Questions to see what information will be requested and gather the data you’ll need before getting started.
- Purchase the 2026 Wage & Benefits Report at the discounted contributor rate. Once your purchase is complete, you’ll receive your personalized survey link.
- Access the survey using the personalized link sent to your email and bookmark the login page.
- Complete the survey at your convenience. The survey automatically saves your progress, allowing you to return anytime to continue where you left off.
- Answer as many questions as possible. Every response strengthens the quality and accuracy of the report, creating a more valuable benchmarking resource for the Lancaster County business community.
- Review and submit your responses when you’re finished.
- Receive your report automatically. Once the survey closes and the data has been analyzed, you’ll receive the completed 2026 Wage & Benefits Report—no additional action is required.
What’s New This Year?!
✔ Survey Administration: The survey will be hosted on the Sensible Surveys platform and will be administered by the team at the Lancaster Chamber. Sensible Surveys is user-friendly and intuitive, allows users to save progress and return later, and produces interactive, exportable reports for users once the survey results have been compiled.
- Save your progress and return anytime — responses are automatically saved as you work.
- User-friendly experience — designed to simplify even detailed compensation and benefits surveys.
- Powerful benchmarking tools — easily filter and analyze results by industry, company size, employee type, shift, and more.
- Interactive reporting dashboard — explore charts, graphs, and compensation data in one place.
- Exportable reports — download data for compensation planning, leadership discussions, and workforce strategy.
- Easier future participation — responses can be carried forward from year to year, reducing the time required for future surveys.
Your input makes this report stronger—and helps ensure Lancaster businesses have the data they need to attract and retain talent. Take the survey today!
2026 Wage & Benefits Survey Registration
Registration Fee: $199
Registration includes:
- Participation in the 2026 Wage & Benefits Survey
- Automatic access to the interactive benchmarking dashboard in late August
- Local wage and benefits comparisons to support compensation planning
- Ongoing access to benchmarking data throughout the subscription period
As much as you can! The Wage poriton is designed for you to pick and choose what jobs you have, and then plug in your wage inforaiton for as many jobs as you can. For the Benefits Portion, while not all questions are required, the more participants we have for the beneifts quetsions, the more accurate data we can provide!
Participation ensures the most accurate and representative data possible. The more employers who contribute, the stronger the final report becomes—providing greater value to the entire business community.
HR professionals, business owners, finance leaders, and anyone responsible for compensation or benefits decisions within their organization are encouraged to participate.
The survey gathers data on wages, salary structures, bonuses, benefits offerings, and select HR policies. All information is reported in aggregate to ensure confidentiality. You can find the full list of questions above.
The Lancaster Chamber is committed to administering the Wage & Benefits Survey using recognized antitrust and confidentiality best practices. The survey is designed to provide valuable benchmarking information while protecting the confidentiality of participating organizations. See Minimizing Antitrust Risks below to learn more.
We’ve partnered with Sensible Surveys to provide a more streamlined and user-friendly experience. The new platform makes it easier to complete the survey, save progress, and return as needed.
Completion time varies depending on the size of your organization and the number of roles included, but the updated platform is designed to reduce time and simplify data entry.
If you have questions or need assistance, please contact Abby Williams, awilliams@lancasterchamber.com.
Minimizing Antitrust Risk
The Lancaster Chamber is committed to administering the Wage & Benefits Survey using recognized antitrust and confidentiality best practices. The survey is designed to provide valuable benchmarking information while protecting the confidentiality of participating organizations.
To support these objectives:
The survey is administered by Sensible Surveys and the Lancaster Chamber as neutral third party partners. The Chamber designs and distributes information, while Sensible Surveys administers survey and aggregates data. Learn more about the safety of your data with Sensible Surveys. For Survey Participants | Sensible Surveys
Individual participant responses are maintained as confidential and are not shared with other organizations or individuals. Organizations may also choose not to be listed as a participating employer in the Wage & Benefits Report.
Survey results are reported only in aggregate and are designed to prevent the identification of any individual organization’s compensation or benefits information.
The Chamber applies appropriate minimum response thresholds and aggregation standards before reporting data to help protect participant confidentiality and minimize antitrust risk.
Compensation surveys provide employers with valuable benchmarking information to help inform independent compensation and benefits decisions. Each participating organization remains solely responsible for determining its own compensation, benefits, and employment practices.
Questions?
Reach out to Abby Williams, awilliams@lancasterchamber.com.
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