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Salary Guide & Hiring Trends

Welcome to our comprehensive salary guide archive! Whether you're tracking industry shifts or planning your next career move, you now have access to our previous salary guides from 2026 until 2024. These reports offer valuable insights into compensation trends across roles, sectors, and regions.

Dive into the data, spot the patterns, and make informed decisions with confidence.

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The U.S. 2026 Hays Salary & Hiring Trends Guide is the definitive benchmark for workforce planning in 2026. Drawing on survey responses from thousands of U.S. employers and employees, it reveals how AI adoption is still in its early stages — but accelerating fast — alongside macroeconomic pressures like tariffs that are delaying or reducing hiring for nearly 20% of companies.

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U.S. Salary & Hiring Trends Guide 2025:
Is stagnation here to stay?

 

The US 2025 Salary Guide & Hiring Trends, based on a survey of 4,823 participants conducted in September 2024, provides key insights into the labor market. It highlights factors affecting employee satisfaction and motivation, and the evolving workplace paradigms. The guide also notes the increasing difficulty organizations face in attracting new talent, the critical need for upskilling due to stagnation, and the importance of pay transparency in building trust and fairness within the workforce.

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U.S. Salary & Hiring Trends Guide 2024:

Navigating labor dynamics

 

The Hays 2024 Salary Guide is a comprehensive exploration based on insights gleaned from a survey conducted between November 25th, 2023, and January 12th, 2024, amassing responses from 3,500 participants.

This guide is a repository of critical observations shedding light on the dynamic landscape of the labor market. It delves into factors influencing employee satisfaction, motivation, and evolving workplace paradigms, AI at work and DE&I strategies. The Guide also includes data from surveys conducted on the official LinkedIn Hays account for the U.S. audience. The surveys were conducted during November and December 2023.

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Whether you’re hiring or job hunting, the future belongs to those who adapt. This guide offers real-time insights into compensation trends, workforce strategies, and the evolving role of technology in the workplace. As we look ahead, one thing is clear: the future of work will be shaped by those who lead with both innovation and intention.

-Dave Brown, Chief Executive Officer, Hays Americas

Salary Guide & Hiring Trends FAQs

The guide is designed for employers, HR leaders, hiring managers, business leaders, recruiters, workforce planners, and professionals looking to understand compensation trends and labor market conditions.
 

The guide includes salary benchmarks, hiring trends, workforce challenges, employee expectations, talent attraction strategies, retention insights, AI adoption trends, and broader labor market analysis.
 

Salary benchmarking helps organizations remain competitive in attracting and retaining talent, support compensation planning, improve workforce budgeting, and align pay strategies with market conditions.
 

The Hays U.S. Salary & Hiring Trends Guide is an annual workforce intelligence report that provides salary benchmarks, hiring trends, labor market insights, and workforce planning data based on surveys of U.S. employers and employees.
 

The Hays Salary & Hiring Trends Guide is published annually to reflect the latest labor market data, salary benchmarks, and workforce trends affecting organizations and professionals across the United States.

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