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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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Whitepapers

Variable Pay Playbook

In a tight talent market where employees have choices about where they commit their time and talent, variable pay is frequently used as a retention, recruitment, and motivation tool.

April 25, 2023
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Whitepapers

Why You Need a More Agile Compensation Structure

In this whitepaper, learn about workforce trends that are putting pressure on the grade-based salary structure, and what it means to make your compensation plan more agile.

April 25, 2023
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Research Reports

Comp Planning and Strategy

With pay ranges being made public in job postings, inflation eroding pay increases, and pay compression threatening pay equity, this is the year that organisations really need to be strategic to get pay right.

April 20, 2023
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Research Reports

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.

April 11, 2023
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Business Insights
Collaboration & Impact
Comp Strategy & Structure
Compensation Planning & Pay Increases
Current Events
Infographics

Payscale’s Salary Data Portfolio Guide

Our diverse and dynamic approach to compensation and survey data ensures a view of salaries through a variety of data methodologies and validation processes.

April 3, 2023
Infographics
Pay Trends & Hot Topics
Salary Data & Market Pricing
Research Reports

Europe Edition: Compensation Best Practices Report 2023

Payscale’s Europe Edition of the 2023 Compensation Best Practices Report (CBPR) supports employers in Europe and the UK with compensation management. The report distills data and insights from European-based participants in the largest known survey on compensation management to help employers rebalance pay strategies and prepare for pay transparency.

March 31, 2023
Research Reports
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Research Reports

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.

March 27, 2023
Research Reports
Business Insights
Collaboration & Impact
Comp Strategy & Structure
Compensation Planning & Pay Increases
Data & Research
Webinars

Pay Transparency Legislation Series, Ep. 6: How to Infuse Transparency into Your Salary Ranges - Webinar On-Demand

Join Payscale’s Chief Product Evangelist, Ruth Thomas and Senior Corporate Attorney- Employment, Lulu Seikaly as they discuss emerging pay transparency legislation and dig into how to create and update salary ranges to effectively support pay transparency.

March 23, 2023
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Webinars

Closing UK Gender Pay Gaps - Webinar On-Demand

Payscale's Director of Social Impact will be joined by Julia Hannah, Director and Co-founder at Verditer and Michelle Gyimah, Pay Gaps Consultant and Founder at Equality Pays, where the three will be discussing what needs to be done to close the pay gaps.

March 21, 2023
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Whitepapers

The State of Pay Equity in 2023

This whitepaper provides the key facts and guidance you need to affect a pro-active stance on pay equity in order to close pay gaps and ensure pay fairness is embedded across compensation management practices and managed in a sustainable way.

March 21, 2023
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See Fair Pay Insights directly in Payfactors!

Paying people fairly is at the heart of compensation, and we are providing an easier way for you to quickly check how pay fluctuates by genders and ethnicities. This can serve as an indicator to help maintain sustainable pay equity between formal analyses, or give you a preview of your pay practices before a formal analysis.

March 20, 2023
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Expert Briefs

The Diverse and Dynamic Salary Data Portfolio - Infographic

Read about why global enterprise organizations, market leaders, and growing businesses trust MarketPay to deliver the comprehensive capabilities they need for compensation.

March 17, 2023
Expert Briefs
Comp Strategy & Structure
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