Salaries for Pensions Manager Jobs and other Professional Pensions Careers

Pensions Manager Salary Surveys from around the world 

A career as a Pensions Manager may not pay as well as a career in Asset Management but as our salary surveys show, it has considerably more job security and is still well paid. Salaries for Pensions Managers and other professional pensions roles are often hard to find, but the Savvy Content Team has been scouring the web to bring you this list of salary surveys for Pensions Manager jobs around the world.  

In the list below you will find surveys of salaries for Pensions Directors, Pensions Administrators and Pensions Manager jobs, salaries for Benefits Managers and compensation for Pensions CIOs. If you become aware of any other surveys of salaries in pensions-related careers, please do let us know. We update this list of salaries for pensions jobs on a quarterly basis.

US AND CANADA: PENSION SALARIES

U.S. Actuarial Salary Survey: Pensions Actuaries and Others (DW Simpson, 2019)

DW Simpson’s Actuarial Salary Survey contains information obtained from normal business operations. The survey covers Actuarial roles across a range of business lines and incorporates international data.

2020 U.S. Salary Survey (Institute of Management Accountants)

In the sixth edition of the global salary survey from IMA, this individual report compares and presents levels of compensation and job satisfaction across the United States.

U.S. Actuarial Salaries: Interactive survey results (Actuarial Careers Inc, 2019)

Actuarial Careers' Salary Survey responses are detailed here. The survey questionnaire responses were combined with details obtained from actual placement data and reformatted into several highly interactive charts.

U.S. Actuarial Salary Survey (Ezra Penland, Sep 2019)

Ezra Penland’s Actuarial Recruitment survey offers in-depth insight into a wide variety of Actuarial employment roles and which cover a broad range of remuneration packages.

2020 Texas Public Pension Salaries (Texas Tribune)

The Texas Tribune reports on salaries for Pension Management professionals within the Employees Retirement System of Texas for the 2020 fiscal year.

U.S. Public Pension Funds Compensation (Oct 2018)

This survey examines publicly available documents from Wyoming Retirement System which include a detailed survey of compensation for Pensions and Investment staff in the US Public Pension Funds system.

UK AND EUROPE: SALARY GUIDE FOR PENSION PROFESSIONALS

2020 UK Pensions Salary Survey (BranWell Ford)

This document by BranWell Ford provides important insights into salary and benefits packages for the UK Pensions sector.

UK Actuarial Salaries (IFoA, 2020)

This brief article lists average salaries for a variety of Actuarial positions in the UK.

UK Pensions & Benefits Salary Survey 2018 (Alexander Lloyd)

This document by Alexander Lloyd provides important insights into salary and benefits packages for the UK Pensions sector.

UK Banking & Asset Management Salary Survey 2020 (Page Group)

This 20-page document by Page Executive provides important insights into salary and benefits packages for the Banking and Asset Management industries.

2020 UK Investment Management Salary Survey (Mason Blake)

Mason Blake's Salary Survey details remuneration levels across the Investment industry for a wide range of differing roles. More detailed analysis by role and experience is provided.

2019 European Salary Survey (Robert Walters)

Robert Walter’s annual European Salary Survey is an invaluable repository of information across a wide range of professions including Banking and Finance, Legal, IT and HR.

ASIA AND AUSTRALIA: PENSIONS SALARIES

Australian Superannuation Salaries (Glassdoor, Oct 2020)

This Glassdoor page reviews salary ranges at a variety of positions within Australian pension funds.

The 2020 Asia Salary Guide (Hays)

Turn to pages 33-42 for the 2020 Hays Asia Salary Guide's section on salaries within the Banking and Financial Services industries.

2020 Japan Financial Services Salary Guide (Morgan McKinley)

Morgan McKinley provides salary data for Financial Services professionals in Japan including Asset Management, Front Office, Risk Management and other specialisations.

2020 Singapore Front Office Salary Guide (Morgan McKinley)

Morgan McKinley provides this invaluable resource regarding salary data for Front Office positions in Singapore.

Aussie Super Salaries: CIO and CEO salary survey (Investment Magazine, Feb 2020)

Details of salaries for senior roles in Australian super funds are outlined in this article from Investment Magazine.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Andrew Perrins is a former Actuary and Asset Allocator. After qualifying as an Actuary, he worked for 15 years in investment management, serving as Director of Asset Allocation for Abbey Life and for Chase Manhattan, before setting out on a more entrepreneurial path.

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