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2023 Gender Pay Gap Report (GPGR)

Payscale’s 2023 gender pay gap report reveals how much women are paid compared to men, both overall and controlled for job, with insight on how employers can help close pay gaps.
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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.
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2023 Compensation Best Practices Report – Manufacturing Edition

Learn how manufacturing employers are responding to multiple challenges with the goal of bringing sustainable change in compensation management that will see fairer, more transparent pay as we adapt to a new landscape of work. 
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2023 Salary Budget Survey – Europe Edition

Payscale’s Salary Budget Survey: Enterprise Edition offers a detailed breakdown of the actual pay increases paid out in 2023 as well as projected pay increases for 2024.
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2023 Salary Budget Survey – Enterprise Edition

Payscale’s Salary Budget Survey: Enterprise Edition offers a detailed breakdown of the actual pay increases paid out in 2023 as well as projected pay increases for 2024.
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Salary Budget Survey (2023-2024)

The Salary Budget Survey (SBS) from Payscale provides insights on what organizations are planning for base pay increases in 2024 in the United States, Canada, and select international locations as well as what pay increases actually were in 2023.
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Minimum Wage Report

In 2023, the federal minimum wage in the U.S. is $7.25 an hour. Most states have higher minimum wages; however, in 20 states, employers can still pay $7.25. Most employers are in favor of raising the minimum wage, but it does come with challenges for managing pay increases and managing pay compression....
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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.
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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.
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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. 
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2023 Gender Pay Gap Report (GPGR)

Payscale’s 2023 gender pay gap report reveals how much women are paid compared to men, both overall and controlled for job, with insight on how employers can help close pay gaps.
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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.
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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.
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2023 Q2 Payscale Index US

The Payscale Index tracks quarterly changes in total cash compensation for full-time, private industry employees in the US and the six largest metropolitan areas of Canada.

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