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2026 HR Industry Trends Survey Now Open

HR leaders are navigating rapid changes in AI, compliance, workforce expectations, compensation, and talent strategy. The 2026 HR Industry Trends Survey helps you benchmark your organization against other employers and gain insight into the trends and priorities shaping the future of HR.

Join employers across industries who are contributing benchmarking data to the 2026 HR Industry Trends Report. By participating, you help ensure organizations like yours are represented in the final results.

👉 Start the 2026 HR Industry Trends Survey


As a thank you for participating:

  • 📊 Receive access to the complete survey report, including employer benchmarks, emerging HR trends, and practical guidance from HR Works’ experts.
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  • 🔍 Compare your organization’s HR practices, priorities, and challenges against participating employers.
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  • 🎁 Be entered to win a $100 Visa Gift Card​​​​​​

The survey takes approximately 15 minutes to complete and will close in mid-July. All survey responses are confidential and reported only in aggregate form. 


Here’s what we learned from participating employers last year:​​​​​

  • Compensation: 80% aim to offer competitive pay, yet many do not benchmark regularly
  • Remote/Hybrid Work: 88% have formalized their long-term approach to remote and hybrid work
  • Employee Benefits: Traditional benefits remain common, and offerings like wellness are less prevalent
  • Artificial Intelligence: Adoption is increasing faster than governance, training, and policy development
  • ​​​​​Employee Retention: Development and well-being continue to be strong drivers of retention


Ready to Participate?

👉 Start the 2026 HR Industry Trends Survey


We appreciate your time and look forward to sharing meaningful insights to support your HR strategy.

HR Works, headquartered in Upstate New York, is a human resource management outsourcing and consulting firm serving clients throughout the United States for over thirty years. HR Works provides scalable strategic human resource management and consulting services, including: affirmative action programs; benefits administration outsourcing; HRIS self-service technology; full-time, part-time and interim on-site HR managers; HR audits; legally reviewed employee handbooks and supervisor manuals; talent management and recruiting services; and training of managers and HR professionals.