Expatriate Compensation Data

ORC's data services provide up-to-date information to develop and maintain expatriate pay programmes. Our cost-of-living data helps keep expatriates' purchasing power overseas comparable to what they would enjoy at home at the same salary level and family size.

ORC encourages clients to purchase our data through an annual service, which includes:

Access to orc-ics.com for up-to-date information. Take a guided tour now and learn how clients order international compensation data products and view their data and reports on line.
Limited telephone consulting free of charge
An international consultant (or team) assigned to your company
A manual on international pay practices and user's guide for applying ORC data
Select publications

Expatriate Database

Supported by advanced statistical techniques and a worldwide network of pricing agents, ORC's expatriate database provides one-stop shopping for compensation data related to standard expatriate or short-term assignments:

Home-Country (National Expenditure) Profile for more than 40 countries on how people spend their income on goods and services, housing, and taxes
Assignment-Location Data for more than 300 cities worldwide on the cost of goods and services, housing and utilities, current exchange rates, and hardship data

You can view a sample International Compensation Table. Full data is available for these home countries; other locations can be supplied upon request.

ORC can modify this data to fit your needs:

Other Expatriate Data Services

Location Evaluation Reports — Hardship factors in more than 60 cities, prepared by ORC in partnership with Control Risks Group, to help you determine appropriate incentives based on local conditions.

International Car Reports and Norms — Reports on purchasing or leasing costs in more than 90 countries and International Car Norms in select home countries.

Expatriate Benchmarking Surveys>— Data from multinational organisations on expatriate policies and practices.

Utility Tables — Utility costs for select home countries.

Housing Reports — Data compiled on rental costs in locations around the world.

ORC also offers services to meet particular situations (e.g., changing employee status to local national or permanent) or client requirements (e.g., keeping pay records). The following customised products are available:

Net-to-Net Comparisons — Analyses of income taxes, the costs of goods and services, and housing, etc., between home and host locations.
Balance Sheets — Worksheets that break down expatriate compensation elements into base pay, differentials, premiums, etc. for individual assignees.

For more information, contact one of our worldwide offices or e-mail International Compensation Services.

Expatriate Services

Expatriate Programme Consulting

Expatriate Compensation Data

Balance Sheets

Business Travel

Car Reports and Norms

Hardship Factors

Housing

Location Evaluation Reports

Locations We Cover

National Expenditure Profiles

Net-to-Net Comparisons

For Missionaries and Nonprofits

Seminars

Publications

Expatriate Networks

Compensation Services

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Easy Data Access

Many ORC data services can be purchased and downloaded online through orc-ics.com when you become an international compensation data client. Take a tour of our client-dedicated website now.