A consulting company that produces data to support compensation elements for an assignment. This data is obtained by measuring the costs of goods and services in the home country and the host country. The goods and services are often referred to as a ‘market basket’ to reflect the purchasing power in a location. In AssignmentPro, the data is referred to as Data Provider Data.
Examples of Data Providers are: AIRINC, Mercer, ORC (now owned by Mercer).