The Big Payoff is a salary study focused on young public affairs professionals and lobbyists in Brussels. Contribute anonymised compensation data and access clear, usable benchmarks.
Target group: EU public affairs professionals aged 18 to 35 working in private organisations in Brussels. If you are outside the scope, you can still share the study with relevant peers.
Use realistic benchmarks for offers, promotions, and role changes.
Compare by experience, role type, organisation type, and responsibilities.
We minimise collection, then we publish only aggregated insights.
You complete a short survey about your compensation package and role context. The survey is designed to be quick and unambiguous.
We publish aggregated outputs that you can actually use in real decisions. The more responses, the more precise the segmentations become.
The study is built around data minimisation and aggregation. You should adapt the statements below to your exact process, especially if you store emails or use a third party form provider.
Young EU public affairs professionals in Brussels (18 to 35) working in private organisations. If you are outside the scope, you can still share the survey with relevant peers.
Aim for 5 to 8 minutes if you have your numbers in mind. If you need to check payslips or benefits, it can take longer.
No. Only aggregated outputs are published. We also avoid breakdowns that could expose a person in a small niche segment.
Common Brussels items such as meal vouchers, transport, pension contributions, health insurance, and other non cash elements that materially affect total compensation.
The intention is to publish periodic updates as the sample grows, so that segmentations become more reliable. You can subscribe to updates via the survey flow or via email.