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2012 Compensation Survey ◗ An annual survey of superintendents
from across Canada reveals the average salary for a superintendent at an 18 hole golf course in Canada in 2012 was $81,106. This is one of several hundred pieces of information contained in the 2013 version of the CGSA “Survey of Benefits and Compensation for Golf Superintendents” which was released to members in early January. Based on a response rate of 33% from CGSA member superintendents, the survey results look at compensation, benefits and operating practices, including maintenance and capital budgets, staffing, hours of work, vacation allowances, performance review methods and superintendent demographics. The survey also collects data on a number of variables, making it possible to do cross-Canada comparisons of courses with similar characteristics. The report begins with a series of 11 tables that compare salaries for superintendents based on factors including
Part III, Table 4: Average Annual Superintendent Salary Statistics
Annual Salary 2008
2009
2010
2011
2012
Mean
$72,044
$74,080
$74,104
$77,276
$81,106
Median
$67,500
$68,750
$69,000
$70,000
$75,000
Sample Size
212
220
165
160
174
overall results, type of golf course (private, semi-private, etc.), location, rounds played, number of holes, age, gender, education and turf-related education levels, years of experience, certification and as a percentage of operating budget. These tables compare 2012 to 2011 results for the same question or to the results from the previous four years. Most of the tables present the average, median, minimum and maximum results for the variable being analyzed. (See Table 4, Parts III and V and Table 11 for examples.) In 2012, average salaries increased by
approximately 5.0% across the board with the highest increase seen at resort courses where the average salary increased by 6.5%. Eastern Ontario superintendents received the lowest average salary of any region of the country, while the highest salaries were reported by superintendents aged 61 and over and those with more than 30 years of experience in the golf industry. Certified superintendents were paid 8.9% more than non-certified superintendents on average and the average percentage that a superintendent’s salary was of the facility’s operating budget in 2012 was 15.3%. That
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