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2026 Salary Increases Preview Report

The Pay Increase Preview Report provides an early snapshot of what is in the full Compensation Best Practices Report, which reveals what salary increases organizations actually gave last year in 2025 and what they’re giving this year for 2026.

2025 End-of-Year Top Jobs Report

This annual report from Payscale looks at trends in the labor market and the hottest jobs of the year in 2025 as well as predictions for 2026.

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.

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Expert Briefs

CBPR highlights: Retail & Customer Service industry

Gain valuable insights into the industry's strengths and areas for improvement to stay ahead in the competitive landscape.

August 8, 2024
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CBPR highlights: Technology (including software) industry

Download the data sheet to explore in-depth insights and actionable strategies for optimizing compensation practices in the Technology (including software) industry.

August 8, 2024
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Preparing for success: your readiness checklist for compensation planning

If you’re looking to kickstart your compensation planning season but aren’t sure where to begin, you’re in the right place. Download our readiness checklist now.

August 1, 2024
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Webinars

Unlock Efficiency in your Year-End Increase Cycle with Payscale - Webinar On-Demand

Payscale Compensation Planning streamlines collaboration, improves workflows, maximizes salary budgets, manages pay equality, and allows you to reward performance. 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.

August 1, 2024
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Ebooks

Equipping people managers - ebook

Navigating pay conversations can be challenging, but they are crucial for fostering transparency and trust within your organization.

July 23, 2024
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Ebooks

Compensation Software Buyers Guide

Get expert insights and practical tips to navigate the complex landscape of compensation software with confidence

July 19, 2024
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Whitepapers

HR guide to managing graduate premiums - Whitepaper

In this guide, we provide data and best practices on managing pay differentials for education plus insights into the shift to skills-based talent management in the age of pay transparency.

July 17, 2024
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Webinars

Are You Prepared to Kick Off Your Year-End Increase Cycle? - Webinar On-Demand

Join Payscale’s Chief Evangelist, Ruth Thomas, and VP of Compensation Services, Kim Taylor as they discuss what folks can do now to best prepare themselves for the upcoming compensation season.

July 12, 2024
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Research Reports

College Impact on Compensation Report

This report examines differences in pay between college graduates and non-college graduates and which jobs see the most differentiation with guidance on how to manage graduate premiums equitably.

July 9, 2024
Research Reports
College ROI
Comp Strategy & Structure
Data & Research
Modernizing Comp
Pay Equity
Webinars

Key Habits of Top-Performing Compensation Teams - Webinar On-Demand

Join a panel of compensation leaders from United Therapeutics, DPR construction, National Debt Relief, and Payscale as they explore the key habits that have made their comp teams so successful.

June 26, 2024
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Unlocking efficiency & fairness: Live demo of Payscale’s Compensation Planning software - Webinar On-Demand

Payscale Compensation Planning streamlines collaboration, improves workflows, maximizes salary budgets, manages pay equality, and allows you to reward performance. 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.

June 26, 2024
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Payscale Innovation Unleashed: New features and data evolving the compensation industry - Webinar On-Demand

Join Payscale’s Brittany Innes, Senior Director of Product Management, and Brooke Grimes, Senior Director of Product Marketing as they discuss what’s new, and coming soon, within the Payfactors platform.

June 25, 2024
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