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2025 Fair Pay Impact Report
Employees do not perceive that pay is fair even when it is and are more likely to seek a new job because of it. Our 2025 Fair Pay Impact Report shows that wages are fairer now than in 2021. Unfortunately, perception of fair pay has gotten worse.

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.

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.

SBS highlights: Agencies & Consultancies Industry
Our Salary Budget Survey features insightful analysis sourced directly from compensation professionals broken out across key firmographic and geographic segments.

SBS highlights: Technology (including software) Industry
Our Salary Budget Survey features insightful analysis sourced directly from compensation professionals broken out across key firmographic and geographic segments.

SBS highlights: Manufacturing Industry
Our Salary Budget Survey features insightful analysis sourced directly from compensation professionals broken out across key firmographic and geographic segments.

SBS highlights: Healthcare & Social Industry
This guide isolates the data for the Healthcare & Social Assistance industry in particular.

Compensation planning stakeholder checklist 2024
This checklist can serve as a quick guide regarding stakeholder perspectives to consider and address during the compensation planning process.

Compensation planning stakeholder checklist 2024
This checklist can serve as a quick guide regarding stakeholder perspectives to consider and address during the compensation planning process.

Compensation planning stakeholder checklist 2024
This checklist can serve as a quick guide regarding stakeholder perspectives to consider and address during the compensation planning process.