ALEXANDRIA, Va – Whether it’s controlling costs, minimum wage regulations or competition among a skilled workforce, convenience retailers are keenly focused on labor issues. And because labor is also one of the highest costs of doing business, having exceptional talent on board is essential for success.

If you want to gain fresh insights on your company’s benefits program, look no further than the NACS State of the Industry Compensation Report. For nearly 40 years, this resource has provided convenience and fuel retailers with a benchmarking snapshot of employee compensation. In 2015, more than 80 c-store companies, representing nearly 12,000 stores across the country, shared their data for analysis.

Participation in this year’s report is now underway, and the survey can be completed online using a shareable link with members of your team. We encourage you to get started on the survey soon, as it closes on Monday, February 29.

While maintaining your company's anonymity, you'll have access to data dissected by firm size, region and location type to help you set new fiscal year priorities, better understand underlying drivers of your company's performance and compare your workforce investments against industry averages in key HR categories of compensation, turnover and benefits by position and exemption status. And, as a survey participant, you will automatically receive the full comprehensive report (a $275 value) when it's published in the spring.

Your company's data is treated confidentially; it will only be used for analyses with data from other submitting firms. NACS has honored this pledge of confidentiality for more than 40 years while reporting aggregated metrics that are critical to the convenience and fuel retailing industry.

For assistance or questions, contact Stephan Mecklenburg, NACS research coordinator, at (703) 518-4274.