Corporate real estate compensation is increasing at a record rate. According to the Global End User Compensation survey from CoreNet Global and Ferguson Partners, annual cash compensation and total cash remuneration from 2018 to 2019 had the biggest increase in history, growing to $462,900 and $658,969 respectively.

The companies surveyed 134 professionals, including end-users or occupiers of corporate real estate, at 122 large corporations across the globe, including in the US, Asia, Europe, Latin America, Canada and Australia/New Zealand. Each corporation had a total of 42,567 total employees and an average of 85 professionals in the corporate real estate department, according to the survey.

Of the professional surveyed, 79% received an increase in their base salary from 2019 and 2020, and 57% of participants expect to receive an increase between 2020 and 2021. In addition, 95% of those surveyed said that they were eligible for an annual incentive bonus.