How much salt is one worth?

That is a question asked by many throughout history. In ancient Rome, salt, a prized commodity, was paid to Roman soldiers as a reward. They were said to be worth their salt, or so the legend goes. The English word salary appears to derive from the Latin word salarium, meaning "stipend, money allowance" with "sal" as the Latin word for salt.

While no respondent to the 2023 IAPP Privacy Professionals Salary Survey declared their remuneration as being paid with salt, many privacy professionals continue to consider how their monetary compensation and nonmonetary benefits reflect their increasingly important and increasingly recognized contributions. In a competitive market, many privacy pros will compare their compensation to their peers and to that offered by other organizations. This year’s survey examines financial and nonfinancial benefits in more detail and across more contexts than past reports, offering privacy pros the best opportunity yet to benchmark their own benefits. In 2023, the privacy pro has become more valuable, if not invaluable, to organizations navigating and marshaling privacy risk and governance. To many organizations, a good privacy pro is worth their weight in gold, not salt. It comes as no surprise that privacy pros are seeing increases in their financial and nonfinancial benefits based on the growing importance of their roles, experience in the field and personal investments in professional development through certification. It is important to examine compensation against the broader context of the work privacy pros do and the environment in which they do it. Internally, privacy pros continue to deal with significant challenges.

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