Mercer’s recently released its 2012 Sales Salaries Around the World report offering a sneak peak at how employers across the world approach compensation for sales and marketing employees.
Here are some interesting highlights:
- Brazil is the highest-paying country for the head of sales position and the second highest for the head of marketing position.
- Sales incentives are most common in Egypt (75 percent) and least common in Poland (24 percent).
- By region, Asia Pacific tops the list of prevalence of sales incentives at 50 percent.
- In terms of variable pay as a percentage of base pay, India has the highest percentage for both marketing manager (27 percent) and head of marketing (35 percent).
See infographic for full details.