Turning Compensation Data into Decisions: Insights from the 2026 Cross-Industry Compensation & Benefits Study

Compensation and benefits data is only valuable if you know how to apply it. In this session, Greg Manns of Industry Insights walks through the 2026 Cross-Industry Compensation & Benefits Study – what the results reveal about today’s labor market, pay adjustments, and benefits trends – and, most importantly, how to translate those benchmarks into sound compensation decisions for your own organization. Whether you’re refining pay ranges, budgeting next year’s increases, or building a total rewards strategy, you’ll leave knowing how to put the full value of the report to work.

Key takeaways:
o What’s included in your participant results, and how to get full value from every section of the report
o The key 2026 findings on pay adjustments, turnover, hiring, and benefits across the industry
o A practical, repeatable method for benchmarking a position and setting competitive pay using the study’s data

Speaker: Greg Manns, Vice President of Industry Research at Industry Insights

Greg Manns is Vice President of Industry Research at Industry Insights, which has been a research partner of TLMI’s for more than 25 years. He oversees the Industry Insights’ research efforts, translating financial, economic, and operational data into actionable insights for members across a wide range of industries. A CPA with a Master of Science in Economics from Purdue University, Greg has spent more than three decades helping associations understand what drives performance, directing hundreds of research projects over his tenure. He has led TLMI’s Management Ratio Study and Quarterly Trends Reports for many years, and has directed the Cross-Industry Compensation and Benefits Study since 2018.