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Compensation, benefits, and business trend surveys from Catapult’s HR practitioners. Add your organization’s data and help set the benchmarks employers rely on.

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Two 2027 surveys need your input

Both close Friday, October 23. Pick one or take part in both.

Open until Oct 23

2027 National Benefits Survey

Benchmark the health, retirement, and paid time off benefits you offer against employers nationwide.

  1. 1Email the survey team to request your organization’s participation link.
  2. 2Complete the survey by Friday, October 23.
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Open until Oct 23

2027 National Business Trends Survey

Share where your organization is headed on hiring, pay, and workforce plans for the year ahead.

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  2. 2Complete it by Friday, October 23.
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The 2026 Executive Compensation Survey

National benchmarks on executive base salary, bonus, and long-term incentives, broken out by role, company size, and industry. Preview what’s inside, then unlock the full report in the member hub.

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Surveys and reports from the Catapult research team

Built from the experience of the employers we support, with compensation analytics, compliance trends, and practitioner insight behind every number.

2027
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National Benefits Survey

Health, retirement, and time off benchmarks. Request your participation link by email.

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2027
Open

National Business Trends Survey

Where employers are headed on hiring, pay, and workforce plans.

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2026
Just released

Executive Compensation Survey

Executive base, bonus, and long-term incentives by role, company size, and industry. Members only.

Preview the report →
2026
Closed

Compensation Planning Survey

Wage and salary benchmarks powered by PayFactors, with benefits and holiday data. Members get first access to results.

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2026
Coming soon

Employee Retention & Engagement Trends

What drives turnover, what keeps people, and how top employers build retention strategies that work.

“We have used the wage surveys for years as part of our wage compensation calculations, but the transition to PayFactors this past year, combined with the benefit and holiday surveys, has opened a new world of extensive data points to ensure we are being competitive with other employers to attract the best talent. We are definitely Catapult Lifers!”
Mary Lawhorn, Tandemloc

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