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Workspan Daily
09/17/2025
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American compensation experts have had a similar view of 2026 salary budget allocations, with five entities delivering their pay predictions within a range of 0.3 percentage points in reports released from July to early September.
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Workspan Daily
07/17/2025
;Payscale: 3.5% average salary increase budgets for 2026; 3.6% actual average increase budgets in 2025.;
(Top-level results from the 2025-2026 Salary Budget Survey report are now available to the general public through this link .
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Workspan Daily
07/08/2025
Respondents tried to temper those fears, even slightly, with 48% stating they anticipated no impact to this year’s projected salary increases but
some impact on their 2026 budget, and 28% anticipating no impact this year or in 2026.
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Workspan Daily
09/12/2025
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Total health benefit cost per employee is expected to rise 6.5% on average in 2026, the highest increase since 2010, according to preliminary results of Mercer’s 2025
National Survey of Employer-Sponsored Health Plans .
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Workspan Daily
09/08/2025
;WorldatWork: 3.6% mean salary increase budgets for 2026; 3.7% actual mean increase budgets in 2025.;
;WTW: 3.5% average salary increase budgets for 2026; 3.5% actual budgets in 2025.;
;Gallagher: 3.2% to 3.3% average salary increase budgets (job-classification dependent) for 2026; 3.8% to 4.0% actual budgets in 2026.;
;Payscale: 3.5% average salary increase budgets for 2026; 3.6% actual budgets in 2025.;
Same Percentage, New Strategies
While The Conference Board’s 2026 forecast and 2025 actual outlay figures signify a somewhat status-quo environment for total rewards professionals, the underlying story points to some strategy shifts.
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2025-2026 Salary Budget Survey
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Workspan Daily
07/30/2025
The risk management and consulting firm’s “2025/2026 Salary Planning Report”revealed participating organizations are forecasting fiscal year 2026 average total pay increases of:
;3.3% for non-exempt (hourly) workers;
;3.3% for managers;
;3.2% for executives;
;3.2% for “other exempt” workers;
This is a step down from 2025 actual increases, as the report showed averages of:
;4.0% for managers;
;3.9% for non-exempt workers;
;3.8% for executives;
;3.8% for “other exempt” workers;
For its new report, Gallagher collected data from 1,165 organizations in an online survey conducted between March and April.
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Research
07/30/2025
2025-2026 Salary Budget Survey
Offering robust, year-over-year data, this survey will help you design competitive compensation plans that attract and retain high-performing employees.
Workspan Daily
07/25/2023
The law will take effect in 2026 and offers up to 12 weeks of paid time off for family or medical reasons.
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Workspan Daily
09/03/2025
Proc. 2025-19 ).;
;The Department of Health and Human Services released a
final rule in June that included updated out-of-pocket annual limits for certain group health plans (which were notably retracted and increased from previously announced 2026 limits).;
Additionally,
H.R. 1 (otherwise known as the One Big Beautiful Bill Act), which President Donald Trump signed into law on July 4, introduced significant changes to benefit plans that TR pros can incorporate into their benefit plan designs for 2026 and beyond.
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