2022 HR Budgets and Efficiency Benchmarks

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HR budgets have returned to prepandemic levels, with two-thirds of HR leaders expecting their budgets to increase in 2022.

This report, based on our 2021 HR Budget and Efficiency Benchmarking Survey, provides peer benchmarks around HR functional costs and efﬁciency, as well as budget and staffing ratios to help HR leaders:

Identify potential areas of overinvestment or underinvestment
Pinpoint areas to adjust spend or optimize HR functional cost
Pinpoint areas for reinvestment to enable core business objectives

Download the research to compare your HR function’s performance and prioritize future investments.