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Q1-26 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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Research Report

2025 Manufacturing Wage Trends

In this report, Payscale looks at wage trends in manufacturing, including labor participation over time, the most in-demand jobs in recruiting, the fastest growing jobs by wages, and the highest paid jobs.

May 23, 2025
Research Report
Labor Market
manufacturing trends;manufacturing trends;manufacturing wages
Webinar

2025 Compensation Best Practices Panel

Join leaders from Payscale’s HR and compensation teams for an exclusive deep dive into the 2025 Compensation Best Practices Report.

May 22, 2025
Webinar
Artificial Intelligence
Benchmarking
Compensation Planning
Compensation Strategy
Compensation Software
Quick Guide

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.

May 13, 2025
Quick Guide
Salary Data
Whitepaper

Are you ready for your year-end cycle?

Amid economic uncertainty and sluggish job growth, HR practitioners face unique challenges. The pressure is on to prove ROI, while keeping their talent franchise intact.

May 13, 2025
Whitepaper
Compensation Planning
Quick Guide

Back to basics: how to benchmark jobs using salary data

This guide is for everyone: from seasoned comp professionals looking for a refresher to HR generalists who need a quick and easy guide on benchmarking best practices.

May 13, 2025
Quick Guide
Benchmarking
Quick Guide

How to get leadership buy-in on your comp budget

This guide shows you the steps to take to gain buy-in on your comp budget

May 13, 2025
Quick Guide
Compensation Planning
Quick Guide

Tackling talent shortages in manufacturing

Check out our asset for tips to contend with talent shortages.

May 13, 2025
Quick Guide
Labor Market
Webinar

MarketPay Customer Summit: Confidently Navigate the Future of Compensation

Join Payscale's CEO and CPO for an exclusive MarketPay customer event designed to help you stay ahead in an evolving compensation landscape. In this one-hour virtual summit, we’ll dive into our product vision and roadmap—highlighting how we’re delivering innovation through a modern user experience, data-driven insights, continuous value delivery, and the integration of AI across our platform. You’ll get a front-row look at what’s coming next and how it can help you drive stronger outcomes for your teams and business.

April 21, 2025
Webinar
Benchmarking
Compensation Planning
Compensation Strategy
Compensation Software
Job Management
Webinar

Stay Ahead of 2026: Ensure Compliance and Build a Stronger Compensation Strategy

Join us for a webinar where Payscale's SVP of Marketing will walk through how organizations can get ahead of these changes using compensation data, benchmarking, and strategy-driven tools to build salary structures, improve internal equity, and communicate compensation with clarity and confidence.

April 18, 2025
Webinar
Compensation Strategy
Compliance and RIsk
Whitepaper

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.

April 15, 2025
Whitepaper
Compensation Strategy
Job Management
Pay Transparency
Salary Data
Quick Guide

Why salary surveys are so darn popular

Payscale equips organizations to make the most of their salary data investment.

April 4, 2025
Quick Guide
Salary Data
Webinar

Unlock Instant Access to the Market’s Top Salary Surveys - Webinar On-Demand

Join our upcoming webinar to discover how Payscale simplifies your access to the most trusted compensation survey source.

March 28, 2025
Webinar
Benchmarking
Compensation Planning
Compensation Strategy
Job Management
Labor Market