The Merker Report, Q1 2025 Edition, Published February 2025
Q1 2025: Employment And Market Analytics
The first quarter 2025 edition arrived as companies finalized the year's headcount plans, giving leaders a national, industry and occupational baseline before the first wave of searches opened.
Inside This Edition
- National Overview
- The economic and employment indicators shaping early 2025 hiring.
- Industry Trends
- Job growth by industry group.
- Location Trends
- The U.S. markets leading on employment growth.
- Occupational And Workforce Trends
- Job and wage growth by occupation and workforce composition.
The Market Moment
It was released alongside a sample CHRO compensation benchmark that clients asked for repeatedly that quarter. That benchmark now has its own page on this site.
How To Use It
Pair the occupational view with your own turnover data. When a function's wages are rising faster than your merit budget, the next resignation is usually already in motion.
Charts in the full report draw on licensed labor market data, including LaborIQ and U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics series, curated and annotated by Erin Merker.