The ICBA Compensation & Benefits Survey

The survey report will be available fall of 2025

• A streamlined PDF with the trends, along with an Excel (XLS) report including detailed national compensation averages, will be available fall 2025.

• The survey will report on over 272 positions and includes a detailed policies and practices section covering pay increase budgets, bonuses, benefits, executive compensation and more.

• All-new in 2025: Access to a dynamic digital dashboard allows you to sort the aggregate trend data by asset class, number of employees, number of branches, and more.

• Access valuable bank compensation benchmarks on topics including:

• Base pay increase and turnover averages

• Detailed compensation for 272 bank roles

• Incentives and non-traditional benefits

• Traditional benefits, by role and category

• PTO/Vacation

• Board of Director compensation/incentives

Mark your calendar to participate in May, 2026

• Participation in the survey is free!

• Participants in the 2025 survey receive a substantial discount of $500 off the survey report.

• This year's survey is more streamlined and easier to complete than previous years.

• This is the only national survey focused on community banking. We are inviting over 4,000 community banks to participate in the survey, representing over 700,000 employees. Use this resource to help with pay increase budgets, variable pay, and staffing plans for next year.

• Your bank is supporting the industry, because the more data collected the more value community banks like yours get out of it.

If you have any questions, please email our Avannis contact directly at tasha.gimmeson@avannis.com.

How it works:

1. Enroll your bank: Complete a quick form to enroll your bank in the survey and indicate who you would like to complete the survey for your bank. (Have your FDIC number ready for easy enrollment).

2. After May 1, the contact specified in the enrollment form receives a custom link to the survey conducted by ICBA’s Preferred Service Provider, Avannis, along with a spreadsheet of job roles. They can stop and return to the survey at any time before submitting it.

3. On May 31 the survey closes. Please be sure to complete the survey before the deadline.

4. Early fall, the new report and dynamic dashboard will be published and made available for purchase. Any bank that participated in the survey will receive $500 off the report and dashboard.

Confidentiality and Antitrust Compliance Statement

ICBA, its employees, and agents will preserve the confidentiality of all data collected from individual organizations for the ICBA Compensation & Benefits Survey (“Survey”).

To maintain data integrity and protect participant anonymity, ICBA will:

1. Only report data in aggregate form when responses from at least five participants are available, preventing identification of any single participant;
2. Only publish data that is at least 3 months old;
3. Only report statistics for which no single organization's data represents more than 25%.

ICBA is committed to full compliance with all applicable antitrust laws and regulations. By submitting data for the Survey, you affirm that your participation is voluntary and that you are not participating in this effort for the purpose of influencing compensation decisions in concert with competitors. You agree to use the Survey solely for your organization’s internal purposes. It is ICBA’s intention that this Survey promote competition by providing greater transparency into compensation trends, enabling organizations to make well-informed decisions. You agree you will not use the Survey for any anti-competitive behavior or coordination with other industry participants. The Survey will be available for sale, to participants and nonparticipants, and to ICBA members and nonmembers.