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Workplace and Employer Trends Data for Oregon and Washington

Current trends surveys help employers understand hiring patterns, pay strategies, staffing outlooks, benefits practices, and workforce changes shaping today’s workplace. These insights support HR planning, compensation strategy, budgeting, retention efforts, and internal reporting.

Cascade’s trends surveys collect and share real-world data from organizations of all sizes across the region and beyond so you can compare your practices to benchmarked employer behavior.

National Business Trends Survey

This report provides regional insights into business outlook, staffing levels, hiring practices, pay adjustments, and workforce planning from employers across the U.S. including Oregon and Washington. It explores real employer responses about their current and projected workforce strategies.

Topics typically include:

  • Hiring activity and labor demand
  • Business outlook and investment plans
  • Pay increases, freezes or reductions
  • Retention and turnover concerns
  • Staffing challenges and skills demand
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Member Price for Non-Participants - $220.00; Standard Price for Non-Participants - $440.00

Salary Budget Survey

This survey examines pay adjustments and compensation trends specific to Oregon and Washington employers. It highlights employer practices around raises, bonuses, salary freezes, and shifts in compensation strategy year over year.

Key areas covered include:

  • Actual and projected salary increases
  • Use of bonus and incentive programs
  • Pay freeze or reduction trends
  • Compensation planning priorities
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Workplace Trends Survey

A snapshot survey series designed to track emerging workplace issues and HR priorities that matter most to organizations today. Topics vary each participation round based on what we are hearing from employers.

This series is an efficient way to monitor shifting employer practices and prepare for future workplace demands.

Sample topics include:

  • Recruitment and retention plans
  • Compensation and benefit trends
  • Economic climate impacts on workforce management
  • Training and development plans
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Member Price for Non-Participants - $45.00; Standard Price for Non-Participants - $90.00

Why Workplace Trends Data Matters

Regional and national employer trend data gives HR leaders and business owners reliable intelligence on how other organizations are responding to workforce challenges, including:

  • Hiring and turnover patterns
  • Compensation pressures and wage trends
  • Benefits and workplace policy shifts
  • Remote and hybrid work adoption
  • Recruitment and retention strategies

Understanding trends helps you make more informed decisions about recruiting, pay planning, benefits design, and internal policies. It also supports strategic conversations with leadership and boards about what local employers really are doing in the current labor market.

How Employers Use Trend Reports

Employers use current trends survey insights to:

  • Benchmark their practices against peers
  • Adjust compensation and benefits budgets with confidence
  • Build stronger hiring and retention strategies
  • Anticipate workforce needs in the year ahead
  • Identify emerging HR priorities before they become urgent

Frequently Asked Questions

Current trends surveys gather employer-reported data about HR practices, hiring, pay changes, staffing levels, and workplace policies so you can see how other organizations are responding to real labor market conditions.