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National Compensation Forecast April 2026

ERI examines trends in compensation movement and the labor market to provide guidance on increases for the upcoming year.

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Planning Global Compensation Budgets for 2024

Learn about trends in salary increases and other economic factors, such as inflation, to make better decisions for globa...

Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion in Workforce and Compensation Planning

Examines strategies for developing and implementing diversity, equity, and inclusion practices and utilizing ERI’s too...

Principles of Merit Pay

Better understand the principles of merit pay and follow this guide on building an effective merit program as a compensa...

2023 CEO Pay Trends in the Nonprofit World

Get a better understanding of nonprofit CEO pay trends in 2023 and see how different organizations in the nonprofit worl...

How to Design a Sales Compensation Plan

Find out how to create and design sales compensation plans that accurately price sales completions and incentivize sale...

How to Write Job Descriptions That Optimize Your Workforce

Find out how having a good job description helps potential employees find the right role and provides employers with qua...

How to Design a Company-wide Job Documentation Program

ERI examines the importance of job analysis and job descriptions to compensation for an effective company-wide job docum...

Short-Term Incentive Compensation Trends

During the pre-pandemic era, short-term incentive compensation at target was growing throughout businesses in the market...

How to Design a Job Evaluation Program

Learn about job evaluation, which is an essential management tool used to achieve a fair and equitable framework to alig...

Common Compensation Terms and Formulas - Updated January 2021

ERI Economic Research Institute is pleased to provide definitions of commonly used compensation terms and formulas for y...

How to Set Competitive Compensation Structures

This white paper serves as a resource for creating a well-designed salary structures that have compensation levels that...

How to Design a Competitive Salary Structure

A competitive salary structure should be based on a well-designed Compensation Strategy that is thoughtfully linked to a...