TLOMA 2026 Compensation Surveys
For over 30 years, TLOMA compensation surveys have been established as the primary source of compensation benchmarking information for the Canadian legal community.
For the 2026 compensation cycle, we will be conducting the following surveys:
Business Services (TBS): This survey collects competitive market data for management and support-level positions. Market data is available on a total sample basis and summarized by key scoping criteria, including:
Associate Compensation (TAC): This survey provides competitive market data for associate lawyer levels based on Year of Call, as well as data for summer students and articling students. Market data is available on a total sample basis and summarized by key scoping criteria, including:
- Firm Size
- Region
- Area of Specialization (Corporate, Litigation)
- Area of Sub-Specialization (Family, M&A, Tax, etc.)
- Year of Call
View the 2026 Compensation Surveys Rate Card
Why participate?
- Reduced pricing structure for participating firms.
- Provides market-based anchors to support compensation-related decisions regarding “how much” and “how to” pay.
- Understand if your firm is investing its financial resources/budgets on the right components of your total rewards portfolio.
- Supports good governance and prepares your firm for the age of pay transparency.
A Quick and Simple Experience
TLOMA Compensation Surveys are customized with law firms in mind and have been developed to provide industry aligned market intelligence to our membership’s compensation questions.
Participants can expect:
- User-friendly questionnaires
- Historical survey materials with your prior year job matching, saving significant time and effort during the job matching and leveling process.
- Detailed job-level descriptions to simplify the job matching process.
- Standardized report layouts, following all data confidentiality rules and best practices.
- Individual support from our survey partner, Normandin Beaudry, to address questions and collect your feedback.
Register HERE for the 2026 launch session webinar for more information.
Participation
To register as a participant for any of the 2026 surveys, contact Normandin Beaudry at tloma@nbac.ca or call a member of the project team listed below:
Yijia Liu
Associate Consultant Compensation
Normandin Beaudry
P. 416-285-0251, ext.592
yliu@normandin-beaudry.ca
Darcy Clark
Senior Principal, Compensation
Normandin Beaudry
P. 416-285-0251, ext. 449
dclark@normandin-beaudry.ca
Non-Participant Purchase
To purchase a survey without participating, please review the TLOMA Compensation Survey Fee Structure for 2026 and contact TLOMA directly.
A special offer for TLOMA members
Want access to a broader database? Our survey provider has you covered with their general industry compensation survey, remun.
By participating in the TLOMA Business Services survey and in exchange for your data, Normandin Beaudry is offering a special discount to their proprietary compensation survey database called remun. To benefit from this special discount, please contact Normandin Beaudry at tloma@nbac.ca and a representative will be pleased to provide additional details and support.