Take part in the all-new ICBA Compensation Survey and Report

Enroll your bank to participate in this year’s survey.

• 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.

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

How it works:

1. Enroll your bank before April 30: 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. On 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.

Complimentary Participant Report & Confidentiality

All data on individual organizations will be held in the strictest confidence by ICBA, its employees, and agents. The report that you and other participants receive will not disclose information on any individual organization; it will only report aggregate summary results.

In turn, given the confidential nature of the information contained in the survey summary reports; by submitting your data as a participant in these surveys, you agree to use the reports and data therein only for your organization’s internal purposes.