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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.

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.

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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
Webinar

How to Strengthen Your Salary Data Strategy

Join Payscale salary data experts as they explore the intricacies of how to design and optimize your compensation data strategy.

March 25, 2025
Webinar
Salary Data
Compensation Strategy
Benchmarking
Quick Guide

The landmines of labor market data

Discover how (and when) to use real-time labor market data in your compensation data strategy.

March 25, 2025
Quick Guide
Salary Data
Research Report

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.

March 24, 2025
Research Report
Pay Equity