FLA Wage Data Collection Tool 2.0

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The Wage Data Collection Tool 2.0 is a straightforward and scalable data form that allows companies to gather worker wage data from factories in the manufacturing industry, including those producing apparel, footwear and accessories. FLA updated this tool in October 2024 after a year of consultation with FLA members, stakeholders, and the Fair Compensation Taskforce led by businesses. The major updates to the tool reflect feedback from civil society organizations and experts on wage measurement, including:

Expansion of the number of categories of workers from four to eight, allowing for gender disaggregated wage data collection or wage data collection by skill-level;
Coverage of 12 months of wage data to increase the scope;
Removal of supervisor benefit data in the cash and in-kind benefits; and
Addition of the lowest wage and the bargained wage data points.

The tool is available in two formats: a free, downloadable Excel-based tool, and a more comprehensive online platform for wage data collection and analysis.

FLA provides the Excel-based version at no cost to companies working to measure living wage gaps in their supply chains. The online platform is available to non-FLA members as a subscription service. It includes access to the companion SaaS – the Fair Compensation Dashboard — and allows companies to analyze average worker wages, compare them against living wage benchmarks from over 30 countries, and track progress over time.

In June 2024, FLA launched a fully digitized wage data collection tool for members and Dashboard subscribers that is aligned with the methodology of the updated Excel tool. The online wage data collection tool automates data validation for live feedback to factories and suppliers. Access to this tool is included with a subscription to the Fair Compensation Dashboard.