Average Us Salary 2025. This table shows the expected base pay rates for all general schedule (gs) positions in 2025. According to the survey of more than 850 us organizations, employers are planning to raise their compensation budgets by 3.3% for merit increases and 3.7% for total salary.
This is a change of 0.98% from last quarter. Going into 2025, organizations are anticipating pay increases of 3.5% in the u.s.