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2025 Compensation Best Practices Report

Payscale’s 16th annual Compensation Best Practices Report (CBPR) distills data and insights from the largest known survey on compensation management best practices.
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Salary Budget Survey (2024-2025)

The Salary Budget Survey (SBS) from Payscale provides insights on what organizations are planning for base pay increases in 2025 in the United States, Canada, and select international locations as well as what pay increases actually were in 2024.
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2025 Gender Pay Gap Report (GPGR)

Payscale’s 2025 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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Aggregate salary data strengthens job pricing confidence

Enterprise orgs have also been quick to adopt aggregate salary data, leading to a 10 percent increase in market pricing confidence. While aggregate salary data offers greater confidence in making market pricings, it can be risky.
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A guide to compensation management

What are the seven essentials of compensation management? From creating a compensation philosophy to using the right blend of salary types, this whitepaper offers a crash course in getting pay right.
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What’s the price of free salary data?

Discover how (and when) to use real-time labor market data in your compensation data strategy.
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Why salary surveys are so darn popular

Payscale equips organizations to make the most of their salary data investment.
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The landmines of labor market data

Discover how (and when) to use real-time labor market data in your compensation data strategy.
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How to Strengthen Your Salary Data Strategy – Webinar On-Demand

Join Payscale salary data experts as they explore the intricacies of how to design and optimize your compensation data strategy.
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2025 Gender Pay Gap Report (GPGR)

Payscale’s 2025 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.
Research Reports

2025 Compensation Best Practices Report

Payscale’s 16th annual Compensation Best Practices Report (CBPR) distills data and insights from the largest known survey on compensation management best practices.
Research Reports

Sapient Annual HR Systems Survey (report)

In Sapient Insights Group’s 2024-2025 Annual HR Systems Survey Report, Payscale ranked in the Top 5 of Compensation Solutions for User Experience and Vendor Satisfaction for enterprise, mid-market, and SMB.
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Pay Transparency Legislation Best Practices in 2025 – Webinar On-Demand

Join Payscale’s Chief Product Evangelist, Ruth Thomas and Senior Corporate Attorney-Employment, Lulu Seikaly as they discuss the current landscape of pay transparency legislation and dig into exciting new data around how organizations are approaching it in 2025.
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Q&A from salary survey pros for prevailing during participation season

If you’re a survey participation newbie or a seasoned pro, you’ll find something useful here.
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How pay impacts performance – Whitepaper

This whitepaper explores what HR specialists can do to motivate and engage employees during their pay increase cycle whatever their budget.

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