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July 14, 2026

Q2 2026 Labor Market and Wage Trends Report

Payscale’s Labor Market and Wage Trends Report is a breakdown of labor demand and wage growth from the previous quarter from Payscale Peer data.

Research Report
February 24, 2026

2026 Compensation Best Practices Report

Survey data and insights from HR and compensation professionals to support best-in-class compensation management in a year of strategic alignment.

Research Report
June 16, 2026

2026 Flight Risk Report

In 2026, the question isn't just whether employees are staying — it's why. Payscale's Flight Risk Report analyzes new hire pay versus tenured pay to reveal which roles, industries, and job levels are most at risk of attrition, and what compensation teams should do about it.

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March 1, 2018

Compensation Benchmarking Whitepaper

This guide will show you how to choose relevant data sources for benchmarking compensation and how to create salary ranges that align with your talent strategy.

March 1, 2018
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Navigating the Compensation Cosmos

Welcome aboard, Captain. This is your command center for navigating compensation — benchmarking pay with market data, building compliant job descriptions, and planning salary budgets with confidence. Explore guides, tools, and on-demand sessions from Payscale to chart your team's course forward.

How to pay for emerging AI skills before your market data falls behind

Pay transparency is raising expectations for how organizations explain pay decisions, but transparency itself is not the challenge. The real challenge is whether employees, managers, and leaders understand how pay works.

How to defend your compensation and total rewards budget to finance

Pay transparency is raising expectations for how organizations explain pay decisions, but transparency itself is not the challenge. The real challenge is whether employees, managers, and leaders understand how pay works.