The Day Spa Association Releases
Results of First Survey on Compensation & Benefits
Union City, NJ - July 8, 2005. The Day Spa Association
is pleased to release the results of its First Compensation &
Benefits Survey, compiled by Janet D’Angelo, President of J.Angel
Communications. This ground-breaking report highlights the main methods
of compensation and employee benefits currently being used in the
day spa industry and brings attention to those factors which are critical
to maintaining a profitable day spa, such as the rate of pay, retail
sales commissions, health insurance benefits, retirement plans and
the cost of performing spa services. The results of these findings
will no doubt have a tremendous impact on how day spa owners and service
providers will continue to assess one of the single most significant
issue in the day spa industry — how to pay spa employees.
“Because payroll is typically the largest expense
in operating a day spa business,” comments Hannelore Leavy, Executive
Director of The Day Spa Association (DSA), “it is extremely important
for spa owners and managers to be able to access valid research that
will help them to understand and weigh their options. As an industry,
it is also imperative that we benchmark those issues which are vital
to our growth.” The DSA is not only dedicated to conducting such
research, says Leavy, “we also feel very strongly that such research
should be carried out with significant input from those who have experience
in the field.”
The Day Spa Association fields numerous inquiries on
a variety of business topics, however, according to Leavy, the most
frequently asked questions come from day spa owners and service providers
who are struggling to establish equitable wages and benefits. The
addition of this survey to the DSA’s impressive list of market
research was a direct response to the growing number of these requests.
The DSA’s First Compensation & Benefits Survey,
delivered via the internet with the help of several other industry
organizations, tackles some of the most hotly debated issues facing
day spa owners, managers and workers in day spas in the US. “One
of the main goals of our market research committee,” Leavy states,
“was to catapult the industry toward a heightened awareness of
the need for standards and practices that will promote comparable
wages, attract quality management and contribute to a higher level
of professionalism.” In publishing the results of this first
survey the DSA believes it has supplied the industry with a benchmark
from which to explore best practices and begin a much needed industry
dialogue on such tough topics as whether or not management should
be required to perform spa services and front desk staff should receive
a retail sales commissions.
A copy of the report can be obtained from the Day
Spa Association at 212.865.2065 or online at the DSA website https://wx10.registeredsite.com/user887248/secure/Order_Form.asp.
For more information please contact Janet D’Angelo at 781.749.1990.
The DSA has been a leading source of information regarding
the day spa industry since its inception in 1991 and continues to
serve as the primary business resource for day spa professionals,
promoting standards of excellence and supplying the industry with
educational seminars, workshops, research studies, publications, and
internet informational exchanges. In addition to these professional
services, the DSA seeks to raise consumer awareness of the many benefits
of spa services by establishing positive public relations and promoting
standards of excellence within the industry.
