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Whether you're benchmarking your business or keeping a finger on the pulse of the industry, FMA surveys and reports provide a complete outlook on the current metal fabrication landscape. Access details on capital spending trends, salaries, hourly wages, benefits, and financial and operating metrics to measure your company’s performance against and identify opportunities for improvement.
Join FMASalary / Wage and Benefit Survey
This tool provides crucial intel for company owners and human resource managers in the metal forming, fabricating, and processing industry. Compare your compensation packages to ensure the best chance of attracting and retaining top talent.
Survey results are currently being processed.
Survey Participation
The survey details employment practices, benefit packages, salary, and wage data for executive suite, office staff, and shop or production staff. Anonymous responses are compiled together and reporting comparisons are made based upon demographic similarities such as organization size, location, sales volume, area population, and type of company.
Get the Results
More participation means more valuable results, so FMA offers all who fully complete the survey a substantial discount on the compiled results:
- All members who complete the survey will receive the results at no charge
- Nonmember companies who complete it may purchase the results at a discounted rate
- Final survey results for non-participants will be $419 for nonmembers and $199 for members
Metal Fab KPIs Survey
Formerly known as the Financial Ratios and Operational Benchmarking Survey
Access comprehensive business performance data collected each year that includes liquidity, profitability, asset management, operational benchmarking, value proposition, and marketing effectiveness.
Now open for participation through August 2, 2024.
Survey Participation
The survey evaluates 28 financial and operational metrics, categorizing them by liquidity, profitability, asset management, debt management, and value proposition. Anonymous responses are collected, and comparative reports are generated based on demographic similarities.
Get the Results
More participation means more valuable results, so FMA offers all who fully complete the survey a substantial discount on the compiled results:
- All members who complete the survey will receive the results at no charge
- Nonmember companies who complete it may purchase the results at a discounted rate
- Final survey results for non-participants will be $419 for nonmembers and $199 for members
Forming and Fabricating Job Shop Consumption Report
Obtain an effective analysis of how real shops are operating in and responding to today’s economic conditions. This report provides insights on hiring, new orders, material costs, capacity utilization, and more.
Twice a year, the survey is distributed to select subscribers of The Fabricator to obtain data on what small- to medium-sized job shops and fabricators are currently experiencing.
FMA has created this report to benefit the industry and gathers the hard-to-collect information in one place and provides it without cost.
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