Compensation Trends for Comp Professionals

October 13, 2025

How HR learned to love the bottom line

Leadership doesn't fund "compensation strategies." They back compensation decisions that help them meet revenue targets. If you can't connect pay to revenue, gross margins, and ROI, you'll lose every budget battle.

October 7, 2025

AI skills are in demand, and employers are paying big bucks for them

AI skills are commanding higher salaries across many industries. From technology to manufacturing, employers are paying steep premiums for AI-fluent talent. Do you know how to price AI positions?

October 3, 2025

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.

September 30, 2025

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.

September 29, 2025

The legislative lowdown: September 2025

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

Binders with job descriptions and recruitment

September 24, 2025

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.

September 23, 2025

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.

September 18, 2025

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.

September 2, 2025

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.

August 27, 2025

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.

August 20, 2025

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.

August 11, 2025

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.

Compensation trends: Modern perspectives on pay