1. Compensation for managers of
US subsidiary of European
corporation survey
Based on 2009 data

2. This survey is based on the 2009 compensation of 30 managers of
recently set up US subsidiaries of European businesses.
Managers are defined as the most paid position based in the US
subsidiary which may or may not be a full fledge manager position.
For consistency purposes we have excluded from this survey companies in
the financial sector and corporation over 100 employee.
Salary mentioned in this study include gross salary, commissions and
bonuses.

3. 0
50
100
150
200
250
300
350
400
0 10 20 30 40
SalaryinK$
Thousands
Company
Salary
Linear (Salary)
Gross Salary distribution

4. Nber of managers by salary range
1
2
7
4 4
5
7
0
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
NberofManagers
Salary Range in K$
Nber of managers by salary
range
Nberof
managers
• The average salary
is 118K$
• 50% of managers
earn less than
100K$ per year

5. Number of managers by age group
4
8
6 6
1
0
1 1
0
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
NberofManagers
Age group
Numberof managersby age group
Number of managers
byage group
• Concentration: 80% of
managers are below 45
years old
• Our graph is only based on 27
managers considering we did not
obtain the age for 3 of the
managers.

6. Average salary by age group
66
109
194
111
165
0
70
193
00
50
100
150
200
250
AverageSalaryinK$
Age group
Average
salary
(K$)
• Salary is not
necessarily
proportional to age

7. Average Salary vs Type of Industry
$132
$76
$46
Average salary (K$) by Industry
IT
Industry
Others
• IT includes:
– Software
– Computer services
– Internet services
– Sales of license for software
• Others includes:
– Consulting companies
– Beverage distribution
– Photography distribution
– Etc…

8. Average Salary vs Company Sales
0
50
100
150
200
250
AverageSalary(K$)
Company Sales (K$)
average
salary
Linear
(average
salary)

9. Average Salary vs Company Sales
• The average salary is mainly proportional to the
company sales
• Trend line shows the malfunctions of overpaid and
underpaid salaries

10. Average Salary vs Nber of
Employees
$44
$140
$179
0
50
100
150
200
AverageSalary(K$)
Nber of Employees
Average salary
Average
salary
• As expected salaries
increase with the
number of employees
in the subsidiaries.

11. Local vs Transferred employees
• Local are defined as
employee hired in the
US whether of US or
other nationality
• Transferred are
employee who came
from outside the US to
take their position
53%
47%
Recruitment
Local
Transferred

12. Conclusion