The insights to build better pay equity policies
Browse proprietary research and meaningful facts from our data science and editorial teams. Discover thought leadership perspectives and best practices for enhancing pay equity.
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Research Reports
Retention Report
Payscale shows how job sentiment characteristics such as bright future, fair pay, company culture, manager relationship, and pay transparency correlate with intent to leave a job.
Expert Briefs
Quick Guide: Perspectives from Comp Pros Tackling Transparency Legislation
In this ebook, we explore why pay transparency isn’t just checking a box. Instead, the outcomes can help move your organization forward.
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.
Expert Briefs
Comp Quick Guide Pay adjustments after M&A
Read about how to effectively manage employee compensation before, during, and after a merger to positively impact your ability to retain and engage talent.
Research Reports
2022 End-of-Year Hot Jobs Report
Payscale’s 2022 End of Year Hot Jobs Report looks at the most “recession-proof jobs" in 2022 by wage growth as well as which jobs employees are “most likely to quit” based on Payscale’s employee-reported online salary survey data.
Expert Briefs
Manage Pay for a Remote Workforce
Switching to a remote work approach has many benefits; however, it can also create
new challenges for employers – including how to determine compensation for remote
employees.
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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.
Whitepapers
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.
Quick Guide
What’s the price of free salary data?
Discover how (and when) to use real-time labor market data in your compensation data strategy.
Quick Guide
Why salary surveys are so darn popular
Payscale equips organizations to make the most of their salary data investment.
Quick Guide
The landmines of labor market data
Discover how (and when) to use real-time labor market data in your compensation data strategy.
Research Reports
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.
Webinars
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.
Whitepapers
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.
Webinars
Navigating Compensation in the Manufacturing and Biopharmaceutical Industries – Webinar On-Demand
Join compensation leaders from Biogen, Glen-Gery, and Payscale as they discuss strategies and tactics for navigating compensation in the manufacturing and biopharmaceutical industries.
Whitepapers
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.
