MRA - The Management Association

MRA - The Management Association, founded in 1901, is a nonprofit employer association that serves over 5,000 employers and more than 1 million employees nationwide. We are the largest employer association in the US, offering comprehensive HR services, talent management, learning and organization development, and total rewards planning.

Our services include HR compliance guidance, payroll administration, handbooks, audits, professional development (with over 2,000 courses), recruiting, background investigations, employee retention, outplacement, and compensation plan alignment based on industry data. We also provide a ²⁴⁄₇ HR Hotline, HR certifications and training, HR Business Partner support, and compliance guidance for federal and local employment legislation. We deliver data insights and survey reports, including National Wage & Salary Surveys, National Sales Compensation Surveys, Comprehensive Benefits Surveys, and National IT & Engineering Compensation Surveys.

Headquartered in Wisconsin, we have regional offices in Iowa, Illinois, Minnesota, and Ohio. We operate with 200 experts on staff and thousands of online resources, achieving a 95% customer retention rate year-over-year.

Our mission is to ensure our members’ success. We uphold singular ethics, operating with integrity, confidentiality, and trust. We emphasize building a culture where everyone feels a sense of belonging through active listening, continuous learning, and a shared commitment to equity and respect.

Our employees are “Friendly, Accountable, Centered on Members, Engaged” (FACE). We value expertise, share knowledge, and foster ideas.

We have 201-500 employees. We foster a dynamic, entrepreneurial, and family-friendly environment. We encourage employees to work with top-notch colleagues and expect high performance across diverse responsibilities.

We strongly emphasize passionately serving members to create positive experiences. We are committed to building an inclusive culture that values and celebrates differences. We believe unique perspectives enhance our service to members and internal teams.

We support community involvement through an Employee Community Service Day Program, allowing employees to volunteer at charitable institutions. We also contribute to scholarships and charity donations.

We provide competitive compensation, medical, dental, and vision plans (including pediatric dental), and offer Flexible Spending Account (FSA) and Health Savings Account (HSA) options. Employees receive employer-provided life and AD&D insurance, along with short-term and long-term disability coverage.

We offer paid time off for vacation, personal leave, holidays, PTO, and Volunteer Time Off (VTO). Retirement benefits include traditional and Roth 401(k) with a company match, and a company-paid retirement contribution into a SEP Plan (12.1% of salary).

Additional benefits feature tuition reimbursement, an Employee Assistance Program, professional development and training (access to over 100 of our training courses), mentoring/coaching, and gainsharing. Our work environment promotes a collaborative culture, leadership excellence, work/life balance, teamwork, and respect. Flexible work arrangements, including onsite, hybrid, and remote options, are available. A company car may be provided for specific roles.