Compensation Trends for Comp Professionals

Euro Vision: getting ready for the EU Pay Transparency Directive

The EU Pay Transparency Directive is fast approaching. Don't wait for the final rule. Start cleaning your data, conduct a pay equity analysis, and make a budget for remediation now.

The 2026 Compensation Best Practices Survey is now open for participation

The 2026 edition promises fresh and diverse insights, as we gather survey responses from HR leaders, compensation professionals, and anyone overseeing compensation within organizations.

The legislative lowdown: September 2025

Read about the latest in pay transparency from Massachusetts to Malta in our monthly legislative lowdown.

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Getting the most out of your job descriptions

Job descriptions are more than just busy work. They're the cornerstone of your entire comp strategy. Discover how one of Payscale's customers uses AI and our Job Description Manager to break through job description chaos and get results.

Your pay communications playbook

Compensation isn't about the money. It's really about the exchange of value between employers and employees. Successful pay communications recognizes what every employee considers their most significant contribution to your organization.

Compensation strategies for a sputtering job market

With a cooling labor market, it's tempting to cut back on wages. But without a compensation strategy that accounts for budgetary realities while making meaningful pay increases, organizations may find themselves in a bind.

Does pay-for-performance actually pay off?

Performance reviews can be biased, while budget constraints often turn differentiated pay increases into a meaningless gesture. It's time to rethink the relationship between performance and base pay progression.

When every dollar counts: compensation trends in higher education

Payscale's Peer Industry Network for Colleges and Universities offers effortless industry-specific market pricing from comparable institutions while also connecting HR practitioners with their peers to handle higher ed's compensation challenges together.

AI 101: The HR and Compensation starter pack

HR leaders and comp professionals are using AI for tasks from writing job descriptions to market pricing. Let's examine the risks and rewards of introducing AI into your workflow in this starter guide for artificial intelligence in compensation.

Payscale’s 10th annual Salary Budget Survey (SBS) is now available

As HR leaders and compensation professionals begin building their pay increase strategies for the upcoming year, Payscale’s newly released 2025–2026 Salary Budget Survey (SBS) offers essential data to help guide decisions.

How HR is combating employee pay misinformation

Pay misinformation is driving a wedge between employers and employees. Discover the datasets comp experts are using to resolve this tension.

The legislative lowdown: July 2025

July is usually quiet on the legislative front, but Delaware passed new pay transparency requirements, Washington introduced a grace period and key rollbacks to its pay law, and the EU inches closer to implementing its sweeping Pay Transparency Directive. Read all about it this month's legislative lowdown.

Compensation trends: Modern perspectives on pay