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2024 Gender Pay Gap Report (GPGR)

Payscale’s 2024 gender pay gap report reveals how much women are paid compared to men, both overall and controlled for job, and analysis by parent status, job-seeking status, remote work status, and more.
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2023 End-of-Year Report

Payscale’s 2023 End of Year Jobs Report looks at the top in-demand jobs by wage growth as well as which jobs employees are seeking to quit the most based on Payscale’s employee-reported online salary survey data.
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2023 State of Remote Work Report

New research from Payscale combines analysis of our online salary survey with responses from employers on remote work, return-to-office mandates, and pay strategies for distributed workforces.
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2023 Compensation Best Practices Report – Manufacturing Edition

Learn how manufacturing employers are responding to multiple challenges with the goal of bringing sustainable change in compensation management that will see fairer, more transparent pay as we adapt to a new landscape of work. 
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Salary Budget Survey (2023-2024)

The Salary Budget Survey (SBS) from Payscale provides insights on what organizations are planning for base pay increases in 2024 in the United States, Canada, and select international locations as well as what pay increases actually were in 2023.
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Minimum Wage Report

In 2023, the federal minimum wage in the U.S. is $7.25 an hour. Most states have higher minimum wages; however, in 20 states, employers can still pay $7.25. Most employers are in favor of raising the minimum wage, but it does come with challenges for managing pay increases and managing pay compression....
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Retention Report

Payscale shows how job sentiment characteristics such as bright future, fair pay, company culture, manager relationship, and pay transparency correlate with intent to leave a job.
Expert Briefs

Lessons in Pay Transparency From the Public Sector

This expert brief provides insights and advice from three public sector comp and HR pros who have experienced the benefits and opportunities of managing pay transparency for their public organizations.
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2023 Compensation Best Practices Report – Enterprise Edition

Payscale’s 2023 Compensation Best Practices Report – Enterprise Edition highlights relevant data, employment, and compensation needs in enterprises with 1,200 employees or more.
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2023 Compensation Best Practices Report

Payscale’s 14th annual Compensation Best Practices Report (CBPR) distills data and insights from the largest known survey on compensation management best practices.
Expert Briefs

Comp Quick Guide: Managing Pay Compression

Compression is the result of numerous issues and typically flares up in times of high economic uncertainty. In this quick guide, you’ll find the data, professional perspective, and the five actions to help assess and manage pay compression.
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2022 End-of-Year Hot Jobs Report

Payscale’s 2022 End of Year Hot Jobs Report looks at the most “recession-proof jobs" in 2022 by wage growth as well as which jobs employees are “most likely to quit” based on Payscale’s employee-reported online salary survey data.