During most of 2021 and 2022, the salaries companies were offering to new hires were growing at an average of 20 percent per year, but these growth rates varied dramatically across location, companies, and jobs. Today's volatile labor market demands enhanced tools to remain on top wage trends. Next generation tools like WageScape offer new tools to help compensation professionals see where pay is heading and also extend market insights beyond what has historically been available through traditional pay data sources such as surveys and census-based tools.