Average Raise In 2025. Employers, on average, report planned salary increase budgets of 3.9% for 2025. Surveys and market analysis point to average salary increases between 3.5% and 3.9% in 2025.

Employers say they’re increasing their salary budgets by about 3.5% to 4% on average, according to several recent surveys. Of course, nobody has received a 2025 social security payment just yet, but we know what the average benefit is right now, and the raise beneficiaries are set to receive.