2025 Total Compensation & Benefits Benchmark Report
How Leading Companies Are Rethinking People Spend
Sequoia’s latest benchmark report reveals how investor-backed companies are adjusting compensation, benefits, and workforce strategies in response to rising costs, new talent expectations, and the growing influence of AI.
- 1,976 companies surveyed
- 150,000+ employees represented
- 16 countries covered
Why It Matters
People costs account for over 75% of total company spend. This report helps you:
- See the latest comp and benefits benchmarks
- Align HR and finance on key metrics
- Identify cost-saving opportunities
- Strengthen hiring and retention
What You’ll Learn
- Compensation: Why AI companies are expanding equity earlier — and how structured pay ranges are becoming the norm.
- Healthcare: How smaller firms are investing more in benefits, while others tighten controls on high-cost drugs.
- Wellbeing: The rise of lifestyle spending accounts as a flexible, cost-effective benefit.
- Retirement and leave: How smaller companies are using 401(k) matches and standardized leave to compete for talent.
- Workforce strategy: The return to hybrid work and what it means for retention, culture, and cost control.
- Global trends: How multinational teams are making global wellbeing programs a core part of total rewards.
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