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Q1 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.

2026 Gender Pay Gap Report (GPGR)

Payscale’s 2026 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.

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.

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Unlock Efficiency and Collaboration with Payscale Compensation Planning - Webinar On-Demand

Join the Payscale team for a comprehensive tour of the Compensation Planning tool and discover how Payscale can help you make the best pay decisions for your organization in 2025.

February 17, 2025
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How pay impacts performance: Turning pay increases into engagement — regardless of budget

The currency of modern employment is pay, performance, and fairness. Increasingly transactional relationships between employees and their employers make it more important than ever to get pay right – or suffer the consequences of a demotivated, low-performing workforce.

February 2, 2025
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Compensation Planning
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How to Train Managers to Have Successful Pay Conversation - Webinar On-Demand

Join compensation consultants from Payscale for a practical session on training managers to navigate pay discussions with confidence.

February 2, 2025
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Pay Transparency
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Optimizing your pay increase cycle

Discover how to leverage the right stakeholders and right tools to optimize your pay increase cycle today.

February 2, 2025
Quick Guide
Compensation Planning
Quick Guide

Your guide to successful survey participation

We created this guide to help you minimize the time and effort it takes to participate in surveys and avoid costly mistakes.

January 30, 2025
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Compensation Planning
Benchmarking
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Mastering Effective Pay Communications: Best Practices for Success - Webinar On-Demand

Join an insightful panel of compensation experts from Yale New Haven Health, Life Care Services, bswift, and Payscale as they share proven strategies and actionable tips for having effective pay conversations with employees

January 23, 2025
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Pay Transparency
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Pay Equity Webinar: Unlock the Power of Proactive Pay Equity - Webinar On-Demand

Join Payscale’s survey participation experts as they share insights and tips for making survey participation season as seamless as possible.

January 21, 2025
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Whitepaper

Are your wages keeping pace with inflation? - Whitepaper

Runaway inflation caught everyone by surprise, and while inflation has come down, it could quickly become a problem again.

January 15, 2025
Whitepaper
Labor Market
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Greatest growth in job postings and wages - Whitepaper

Discover which employees have the most leverage in finding new, better paying positions and what you can do about it.

January 15, 2025
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Labor Market
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What jobs are most at risk for turnover? - Whitepaper

We unveil the jobs with the highest quit rates in 2024, and examine industries where turnover is causing the most problems

January 14, 2025
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Labor Market
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Top Tips for a Seamless Survey Participation Season - Webinar On-Demand

Join Payscale’s survey participation experts as they share insights and tips for making survey participation season as seamless as possible.

January 7, 2025
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Marketpay Customer Summit: Ignite Precision & Flexibility - Webinar On-Demand

It’s never been easier to bring people and technology together to ensure a fair and effective pay increase process while mitigating risk and increasing efficiency.

January 5, 2025
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2025 Pay Trends Report

This research report provides data-driven analysis on the state of the labor market, industry wage trends from Payscale Peer, and an exploration of HR-trusted AI-powered compensation tools shaping the future of market pricing in 2025.

Salary Budget Survey (SBS) 2025-2026

Payscale’s 2025-2026 Salary Budget Survey (SBS) provides unparalleled insights on projected salary increase budget submissions from 1,551 organizations collected between May and June 2025.