Human Resource Benchmarking

Our Human Resource (HR) Process Spending and Staffing Benchmark study provides over 100 metrics across HR practices in seven industries. These benchmarks allow organizations to evaluate their HR spending and staffing levels with detailed insights. For a more customized analysis, we can handle the benchmarking for you.

By simply providing your HR budget and staffing data, our proprietary tool, AvaMark, will generate benchmarks and deliver a comprehensive analysis.

The deliverable will be a 70+ page report that benchmarks your HR spending and staffing ratios in three key ways: first, by comparing your data against all organizations in our extensive database; second, by benchmarking your performance against similarly-sized organizations; and third, by evaluating your results within your specific industry sector.

Our analysis includes insights into variations from benchmarks and recommendations for further investigation. Additionally, the service includes one or more web conferences with an analyst to discuss the findings.

15+ Spending Metrics

20+ Operations Metrics

40+ Staffing Metrics

15+ Services Metrics

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BENCHMARKING COVERAGE FOR HUMAN RESOURCE SPENDING AND STAFFING ANALYSIS

Our benchmarking coverage spans a wide range of HR spending and staffing metrics. Below are examples of metrics covered in the report, along with demographic comparisons such as total organization size, revenue per employee, HR staff size, and more.

HR Spending Benchmarks

HR spending as a % of revenue
HR spending as a % of SG&A
SG&A as a % of revenue
HR budget across line items personnel, technology, outsourcing, and GCCs & SCCs (% split)

HR Staffing Benchmarks

# of employees per HR staff member
HR staffing across internal, GCC, and outsourced (% split)
HR staffing across internal, GCC, and outsourced by function (% split)

HR Operations Benchmarks

Payroll cycles per year
Off-cycle payrolls per year
# of pay slips per employee per annum
Payroll processing timelines

HR Services Benchmarks

Cost per hire
Performance reviews per employee per annum
Appraisals per employee per annum
Learning hours per employee per annum

Benefits of HR Budget Benchmarking

There are a variety of reasons that organizations use AvaMark to evaluate their HR spending and staffing levels. For example:

To improve HR operational performance through better understanding of how HR costs and staff levels compare with those of other organizations.
To justify existing or proposed levels of HR spending based on typical budgetary ratios in similar organizations.
To develop a business case for new HR staff positions based on typical IT staffing ratios for various functions
To evaluate the HR spending and staffing characteristics of a potential corporate acquisition or investment target, as part of a due diligence exercise

Avasant also offers custom benchmarking studies for specific sectors or groups, allowing participants, including competitors, to benchmark their HR spending and staffing levels without revealing their individual data. All information is confidential, and we only use it to create aggregated summary statistics.