State of HR Tech · Mid-Market Benchmark

State of HR Tech: Mid-Market Benchmark

The People Stack's live, annual workforce-tech survey. Updated quarterly with respondent data. 2026 wave open now.

Wave: 2026 Q3
Cycle: Quarterly medians · annual rollup
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12-Question Survey
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Rolling, not snapshot. This is a live benchmark — not a one-off from a past year. We re-field the survey quarterly and publish the medians. The URL stays the same; the data behind it updates. Anonymous-quote respondents may be cited in the annual rollup report.

What we measure

The survey covers headcount trajectory, HR technology stack size, AI deployment stage, agentic HR adoption progress, AI budget share, 2026 workforce risk, headcount planning horizon, and where mid-market operators are investing their HR-tech dollars this year. It takes 5–7 minutes and the questions are short. Medians roll up quarterly; the annual report lands each Q1.

For reporters writing on HR tech adoption. Our editorial team coordinates source attribution and anonymous quotes via /press — citation assets there are free to use under CC-BY 4.0 with attribution to peoplestackhub.ai.

Take the 2026 survey

Mid-market HR and People Operations leaders ($1M–$500M revenue). 12 questions. Your response is recorded once — re-submissions are deduped. We'll never sell your data.

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The 2026 wave medians publish quarterly. If you'd like to be quoted in the annual rollup, our editorial team coordinates attribution through press inquiries.

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For journalists and editors. Citation assets on /press are free to use under CC-BY 4.0 with attribution to peoplestackhub.ai. If you're writing on mid-market HR-tech adoption and want source attribution or context from our research team, /press is the fastest path.