Compensation Planning Dashboard—September 2026

Compensation Planning Dashboard—September 2026

People and Culture
24 min read

Author: Signal49 Research

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This data dashboard provides benchmarking data across key components of compensation planning, including salary increase budgets, projected salary freeze rates, merit increase practices, and short-term incentive target payouts.

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Compensation Planning Outlook 2027 Dashboard

We look at the latest benchmarking data from Signal49’s Compensation Planning Outlook 2027 survey, including salary increase budgets for the current and upcoming years, projected salary freeze rates, merit increase practices, and short-term incentive target payouts for 2027.

How much did salaries and salary bands actually increase in 2026? Are salary freezes anticipated for 2027? Did organizations meet targets for short-term incentive payouts? We share our outlook for compensation planning, including salary increase budgets and strategies around short- and long-term incentive plans.

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