The 2026 Incentive Pay Practices Survey, led by WorldatWork in collaboration with Compensation Advisory Partners (CAP), provides critical insight into how organizations are designing incentive programs today and where compensation strategies are headed next. As a leading benchmarking study, it depends on organizations like yours to shape the trends, strategies, and data used by compensation professionals in the year ahead.
Why your participation matters
As organizations navigate increasing pressure to retain talent, stay competitive, and make informed pay decisions, reliable, up-to-date data is more critical than ever.
By participating, you will help uncover:
- How organizations structure short-term and long-term incentive programs
- Key trends in eligibility, participation, and payout opportunities
- The performance measures and metrics used to drive results
What you’ll gain
Participants receive access to a newly enhanced interactive reporting dashboard, making it easy to:
- Benchmark your compensation practices against peers
- Compare across industries and organization types (public, private, nonprofit, government)
- Explore emerging trends in incentive strategy
- Earn a 30% discount for any WorldatWork course (must be redeemed by 12/31/26, code will be sent to participants after survey closes
