2025 Payscale Index US
Particularly during times of quickly changing economic forces, organizations require precise and timely data in order to make informed decisions about allocating limited compensation budgets. The Payscale Index tracks quarterly changes in total cash compensation for full-time, private industry employees in 19 job categories, for three company sizes and 15 industries across 32 major Metropolitan Statistical Areas (MSAs) in the United States.

In the 2025 Q1 Index for the United States you’ll see:
Payscale’s 2025 Q1 Index provides insights into actual increase data from 2024 and planned increase data for 2025. Additionally, it features segmented analysis by: