College Stores Salary & Benefits Survey   Order now!

The College Stores Salary & Benefits Survey report is a practical tool for benchmarking your store's compensation levels and benefits packages. This biennial report allows you to compare your store against other stores within the overall industry, as well as stores with similar sales volume, geographic region, type of school, type of school ownership, and urban or rural school locations.

The Salary & Benefits report is the ideal tool for considering new employee positions, upgrading existing positions, and cross-comparing your current pay structure.

The 2009 survey results are based on data collected in 2008 and represent 1,018 participating college stores. The College Stores Salary & Benefit Survey is underwritten by the NACS Foundation and is conducted by NACS' OnCampus Research with the professional collaboration from Industry Insights, Inc.

Survey Highlights:

• The typical store manager/director is 48 years old with at least 20 years of retail experience.
• Three out of four (75%) managers/directors have earned a bachelor's degree or higher.
• About 15% of responding manager/directors have achieved the Certified Collegiate Retailer (CCR) designation, and 63% had attended a NACS educational program in the past 12 months.
• Median salary increases ranged 1% to 5% from 2007 to 2008.
• Some other notable average salaries for U.S. college store positions include operations manager ($45,532); computer store/department manager ($50,576); merchandise/marketing manager ($43,265); and book department manager ($43,779).

To obtain your copy of the 2009 Salary & Benefits Survey results, order online at the NACS Store.
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