Your 2026 pay raise could be a "peanut-butter"-style increase, with new research from compensation expert Payscale finding more than four in 10 companies are opting to give identical, across-the-board hikes rather than merit-based raises.
This year, 44% of companies plan to rely on the peanut-butter approach — a method of evenly spreading pay hikes across the workforce — according to a new report from Payscale. READ MORE