Plan salary budgets with confidence — anywhere in the world
In a business environment defined by cost pressure, evolving workforce expectations and continued economic uncertainty, compensation leaders need data they can trust.
By participating in the Salary Budget Planning Survey, you contribute to — and benefit from — a robust global dataset that supports informed salary increase planning and long‑term workforce decisions across markets and employee groups.
Why participate in the Salary Budget Planning Survey
Participation in the survey or purchase of the report gives you access to credible, actionable insights grounded in WTW’s market‑leading rewards data and decades of advisory expertise. The survey helps you move from insight to action by helping you to:
- Validate and refine global and regional compensation strategies
- Stay ahead of salary movements and emerging economic signals
- Design competitive pay programs by employee groups and geographies
- Balance pay decisions with attraction, retention and broader workforce priorities
- Make well‑reasoned decisions that stand up to internal and external scrutiny
Who the survey is for
The Salary Budget Planning Survey is designed for senior HR professionals and total rewards leaders responsible for:
- Salary budget planning and forecasting
- Compensation benchmarking and pay governance
- Workforce and cost planning at global, regional and local levels
What participants receive
Organizations that participate in the Salary Budget Planning Survey receive complimentary access to the Salary Budget Planning Report for the region(s) in which they submit data.
Clear visibility into salary increase practices
- Global and local perspectives on awarded salary increases and planned salary budgets for the following year
- Median awarded and anticipated salary increases expressed as a percentage of base pay
- Detailed insight into increase types, including merit, promotional, statutory, collective agreement, market, internal equity and cost‑of‑living adjustments
Cost and workforce insights to support planning
- Payroll expense insights to enable more precise country, regional and global cost analysis
- Views into HR and workforce practices, including approaches to hybrid and remote work and in‑office expectations
Employee groups covered
- Executive
- Supervisory / Management
- Professional
- Support staff
- Production / Manual labor
- All employees
Explore a sample report to see the value behind WTW’s market-leading survey.
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Rewards AI: Go deeper with smarter, faster insights
The global edition of the Salary Budget Planning Report includes access to WTW’s Rewards AI experience. Powered by WTW’s proprietary data and conversational intelligence, Rewards AI allows you to explore three years of salary budget data using natural language — helping you surface trends, test assumptions and answer pressing questions with clarity.
With Talent Intelligence insights now included, Rewards AI also connects external talent market signals — such as jobs and skills in demand — more closely to reward decisions, enabling you to spend less time searching for data and more time shaping strategy.
Global reach and market coverage
More than 130 countries are represented in WTW’s Salary Budget Planning Survey
The Salary Budget Planning Survey collects data from organizations across 150+ markets worldwide. Final reports are available at global, regional and country levels, including Africa, Asia Pacific, Canada, Europe, Latin America, the Middle East and the United States.
Country and industry coverage in final reports depends on data availability.
Have questions?
Our Global Salary Budget Planning Team is available to help you understand the survey, participation options and how to get the most value for your organization.
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