Benchmarking and Surveys

Our Benchmarking and Surveys tool provides HR and employer survey results and interpretations, on topics ranging from annual HR trends to pay budget, for organizational benchmarking.

This resource:

  • Sets out the main findings and key data from the survey.
  • Explains the implications for employers of the survey findings.

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Full List of Benchmarking Surveys

Please see our Benchmarking Surveys: Report Center for a full list of all benchmarking survey reports we have published. These reports cover a wide variety of topics such as HR staffing and resources; employee benefits; recruiting and hiring; diversity, equity, and inclusion; salary budget; employee handbooks; paid leave; HR challenges; and more!

Latest Items in Benchmarking and Surveys

  • Retirement Benefits 2023: XpertHR Survey Report

    Date:
    March 1, 2023

    In this survey report, XpertHR describes the structure of the retirement benefits commonly offered across organizations, as well as the resources and communications employers use to promote financial wellness among their employees.

  • Flexible Work Policies and Practices 2023: XpertHR Survey Report

    Date:
    February 1, 2023

    In this survey report, XpertHR investigates how workplace flexibility has increased since before the pandemic and explore the challenges employers have faced during this transition.

  • Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Belonging Employer Trends 2022: XpertHR Survey Report

    Date:
    December 14, 2022

    In this survey report, XpertHR investigates employer trends in the fast-changing DEIB space and how an organization's maturity level in these areas relates to a variety of key business outcomes.

  • Salary Budget 2023: XpertHR Survey Report

    Date:
    November 18, 2022

    In this survey report, XpertHR captures up-to-date projections for 2023 salary changes to assist employers in their salary budget decisions in the coming months.

  • HR Staffing and Resources 2022: XpertHR Survey Report

    Date:
    July 20, 2022

    In this survey report, XpertHR dives into essential information about HR department staffing and resources, such as HR staff composition, the role of HR specialists, the ratio of HR staff to the overall workforce, HR professional certifications, and HR budgets.

  • Compensation Practices 2022: XpertHR Survey Report

    Date:
    May 31, 2022

    In this survey report, XpertHR explores compensation practices, such as what types of pay structures are used, priorities and challenges of compensation structures, common benchmarking practices, and more.

  • Employee Handbooks 2022: XpertHR Survey Report

    Date:
    April 26, 2022

    In this survey report, XpertHR examines the critical subject of employee handbooks, such as preparation, distribution, approaches to multi-jurisdictional compliance, challenges, resources, and more.

  • Pay Equity 2022: XpertHR Survey Report

    Date:
    March 17, 2022

    In this survey report, XpertHR explores key aspects of pay equity, such as where inequities exist in the workforce, factors that drive inequities, measures used to ensure pay equity and their effectiveness, what function leads pay equity efforts, and more.

  • Recruiting and Hiring 2022: XpertHR Survey Report

    Date:
    January 12, 2022

    In this survey report, XpertHR explores key aspects of recruiting and hiring, including candidate-attraction methods and their effectiveness, soft skills and how they are evaluated, the future of video interviews, time it takes to fill positions, vacancy costs, and more.

  • HR Challenges for 2022: XpertHR Survey Report

    Date:
    December 8, 2021

    In this survey report, XpertHR explores challenges for HR in 2022, including methods organizations are planning to use to fill vacancies and increase retention, where employers will require fully remote employees to live, politics in the workplace and more.

Participate in Our Survey

XpertHR is currently gathering responses on the 2023 Recruitment and Retention Survey. Respondents will be given a free report of results with exclusive details not revealed in the public-facing report. Analyses in the report will explore expected correlations between various HR practices and retention outcomes. Click here to add your organization’s data - each response will add to the data’s validity and strengthen the accuracy of our conclusions. The survey closes on March 14th.

Coming Soon

We are excited to bring you the latest survey benchmarking data about HR and employment trends! Check this page to see our latest report offerings.

Over the coming months, we will publish reports on:

  • Retirement Benefits;
  • Recruitment & Retention; and
  • Employee Well-being

Please submit suggestions or comments on these topics or others you would like us to cover.