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Payscale’s 2024 Compensation Best Practices Survey is Open for Participation!

Payscale’s annual Compensation Best Practices Repot (CBPR) is the largest research report dedicated to compensation management best practices and trends. The 2024 survey is now open for participation.

Payscale’s Remote Work and Return-to-Office Pulse Survey Now Open for Participation

Payscale's remote work and return to office survey (10 minutes) is open for participation through mid-August. Participants will receive notification on the publication of the report in September.

The top insights from Payscale’s 2023 Compensation Best Practices Report (CBPR)

Every part of this year’s Compensation Best Practices Report (CBPR) is fascinating, but to get you excited about digging into it, we have included some of the top findings here for you to digest. Here are some of the big themes for 2023.

Inflation, recession, layoffs… pay compression, pay equity, pay transparency – oh my! What’s in store for comp managers in 2023

Going into 2023, many organizations are worried about the economy as news of a coming recession has dominated the news and layoffs have been all over social media feeds, especially LinkedIn. But the concern of a recession has caveats, especially where the labor market is concerned — and that has implications for...

A look back at compensation trends in 2022 and predictions for 2023

For compensation practitioners, Q1 is a busy time where you are deep into end-of-year compensation review planning for execution of pay increases in the new year. But here are a few thoughts around what might need to be on your agenda for 2023.

Compensation Best Practices Survey 2023: Participate now!

The Compensation Best Practices Survey informs our compensation best practices report (CBPR) and is now open for participation through December.

According to CBPR, 2022 Pay Increases Likely Won’t Be Enough to Stem Turnover

Payscale’s annual Compensation Best Practices Report is now available for download and the insights are informative and important, especially given the challenges of the current labor market and the urgency with which organizations are approaching 2022 pay increases.

Payscale’s 2022 Compensation Best Practices Survey is now open for participation

The largest survey dedication to compensation best practices (CBPR) is now open for participation through the end of December. This survey is appropriate for anyone who manages compensation...

How to create a compensation strategy for remote work

Payscale recently released research on the State of Remote Work in 2021 finds that 81 percent of organizations don’t have a compensation strategy for remote work. That’s concerning. Remote work has upended traditional workplace dynamics and employees have been vocal that they don’t want to return to business as usual when the...

How to Pay Remote Workers: Lessons from Our 2020 Remote Work Report

Looking for Payscale’s 2021 State of Remote Work Report? Get the data and insights now. In the future, more employees will work from home. That was a certainty before 2020, as the data has been trending in the direction of increased remote work opportunities for years. However, following the COVID-19 pandemic,...