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AIRINC Data Collection

We are unique in the industry in having an in-house staff of surveyors to conduct quarterly onsite pricing surveys in locations around the world.

Who?
22 full-time surveyors based in Cambridge, MA, U.S.A. and in Brussels, Belgium.
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What?
AIRINC Surveyors collect prices for about 500 products and services during an onsite survey.
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When?
North, Central and South America, the Middle East, and Africa are updated in February and August. Europe and Asia are updated in May and November.

Where?
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Cost of Living Allowances

No matter what you call it – Goods and Services Differential, Commodities and Services Allowance, Cost-of-Living Index, COLA – the additional funds provided to expatriates to cover cost differences between home and host locations is a high profile element of the compensation package.

Using our own in-house professional staff to conduct on-site pricing surveys in over 400 cities on 6 continents, AIRINC currently computes COLAs for more than 5,000 home-host transfer combinations.  We encourage global assignees to supplement the data collection process by completing our online Pattern-of-Living Questionnaire. Through the questionnaire, expatriates contribute valuable information about popular retail outlets and neighborhoods and allow us to track typical spending patterns and costs associated with a given host location.

AIRINC works closely with client companies to customize categories of consumption in order to mirror company policy and avoid costly double payments for items provided in-kind.

COLAs for each transfer combination are available in table format, which incorporates a range of salaries and family sizes, or individual report format, which provides the COLA recommendation per specified salary and family size combination. 

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