Golf Industry Compensation & Benefits Report

compensation and benefits report 2021
The NGCOA 2020-2021 Golf Industry Compensation & Benefits Report is an important service provided by the National Golf Course Owners Association to its members. The information contained in this valuable 50+ page report provides compensation and benefits levels based on 650 participating facilities, and represents the most complete, accurate and up-to-date compensation data in the industry.

The data within explains how changes in the golf landscape will affect our industry, and offers insights that can better help owners and operators develop a compensation and benefits plan moving forward. 

The report is designed to allow golf course owners and operators to filter and search through the online portal, to easily compare compensation levels and benefit policies of their peers. Features of the online portal include:

  • Static Report Download: Download the whole 50+ page report
  • Search Results: Build and download custom compensation benchmarks using one or more criteria (number of holes, facility type, facility gross revenue, golf-only gross revenue, facility geographic region, facility classification, and position titles)

Click here to access and download the report (requires NGCOA member login)

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comp and ben mco 2021MCO (6+ courses) and top resort officer (TRO) members who provided data for the study will receive a complimentary customized electronic report from Industry Insights comparing their facilities to other MCO facilities; all MCO (6+ courses) and TRO members will receive the standard MCO version of the 2020-2021 Compensation & Benefits Report from the NGCOA.

These reports were produced by Industry Insights and sponsored by Deluxe. For more information on the reports, please contact Rachel Carter, NGCOA Senior Director of Membership, at rcarter@ngcoa.org or 843-471-2716.

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