Compensation Trends for Comp Professionals

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.

Captivating Insights from Payscale's Pay Confidence Gap Report

Payscale’s latest Pay Confidence Gap Report reveals a striking disconnect: while 93% of employers believe their employees trust pay decisions, only 61% of workers agree. With turnover linked to poor pay conversations and rising misinformation fueled by AI, this report uncovers the urgent need for transparent strategies and reliable data.

The legislative lowdown: June 2025

From Vermont to Malta, new rules are reshaping how employers hire, promote, and communicate about pay. And with even more laws set to take effect later this year, including in Cleveland and across the EU, you’ll want to stay ahead of the curve.

Employee pay perceptions are worsening

68 percent of employees who are paid fairly believe they’re paid below market, according to our 2025 Fair Pay Impact Report.

Now available: Korn Ferry compensation data, seamlessly integrated in Payscale

Payscale is proud to announce our new data reseller partnership with Korn Ferry, bringing one of the most trusted names in compensation directly into the Payscale platform.

Introducing Payscale Verse: The future of compensation data

Payscale Verse is our most innovative dataset yet. Built from Payscale’s trusted HR-reported data and supercharged by patent-pending AI modeling, Verse empowers you to confidently price any job, anytime, anywhere.

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