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Phil Murphy last November, the new law will require employers to disclose certain compensation and benefits information in job listingsand for promotional opportunities.

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The higher predicted 3.3% average suggested that a portion of respondents were anticipating notably higher increase budgets going forward, perhaps as they expected to compensate for pay increases that were delayed or deferred in prior years and to address increasing labor market pressure.

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For WorldatWork Members Salary Budget Planning Guide , tool;Salary Budget Planning: Using Market Data to Formulate a Recommendation Report , tool;Compensation Structure Policies and Practices , research;The Potential Dangers of Aggregated Statistics , Journal of Total Rewards article;A New Way to Evaluate Performance-Compensation Strategy , Journal of Total Rewards article; For Everyone 2025-2026 Salary Budget Survey , research;WorldatWork: 2026 Salary Increase Budgets Project U.S., Global Caution , Workspan Daily article;Workers Are Seeking Greener Pastures, and Higher Pay Is the Driver , Workspan Daily article;Salary Budget Planning Playbook: Data, Strategy and Insights for the Year Ahead , on-demand webinar;Essentials of Compensation Management , course; U.S. employers anticipate having 3.6% higher salary increase budgets in 2026, the same year-over-year increase percentage they actually secured and provided in 2025, according to the results of the

Access a Workspan Daily article on this subject: How Employers Can Better Train Managers to Talk About Pay; Challenges Employers Face Despite a lack of strategy, 63% of U.S. organizations in Mercer’s report stated they plan to share pay information both internally and externally over the next two years, but 37% of U.S. employers (and 34% of global respondents) reported a lack of manager capability with understanding and explaining compensation programs and practices to employees as their biggest hindrance.

Respondents relied most heavily on employer sources of pay information, with 57% agreeing or strongly agreeing that they received their pay information from HR or a compensation department and 53% agreeing or strongly agreeing that they received their information from their supervisor or manager.