✦ FOR COMPENSATION PROFESSIONALS

Finally, compensation tools built for how you actually work

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Tap into the power of HRIS-sourced market data, intelligent pricing, and connected planning — so you can move faster, reduce risk, and spend more time on strategy instead of manual work.

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1Define
2Benchmark
3Align
4Publish
Choose the jobs to price
Select roles and Smart Price preps them for benchmarking — no setup required.
Account Manager
10600-CNS · Sales · USA — National
Accountant I
10007-CNS · Accounting · USA — National
Sales Analyst I
JC10546 · Sales · USA — National
Director, Finance
10031-CNS · Finance · USA — National
JOBS SELECTED
26
of 328 jobs · 114 employees
ANNUAL SPEND
$8.7M
Avg. salary $76K
82
Readiness score
Ready to benchmark
AI matches every job to market
One click maps your title to verified market data — with a confidence score.
MY COMPANY JOB
Account Manager
10600-CNS Sales USA — National
↓  AI Match
Account Executive II
Payscale Verse · USA — National
91
MARKET DATA · 25TH–75TH PERCENTILE
10TH25TH50TH75TH90TH
$72,459$92,742$119,474
Catch risk before you publish
Smart Price surfaces above-range pay and compression so you can act early.
Above-range employees
141% INDEX
Buyer · 60028-CNS · USA — Seattle · 4 employees above the 90th percentile
Keanu Sanford$116,350ABOVE RANGE
Jayson Winfred$120,500ABOVE RANGE
Jovani McCall$134,350ABOVE RANGE
Alphonso Jordan$138,500ABOVE RANGE
Equity signal
4 employees flagged. Smart Price surfaces compression risk before publish — adjust ranges or model exceptions first.
Publish with confidence
A defensible, costed plan — ready to roll out across the org.
JOBS PRICED
26
of 328 · 114 employees
ANNUAL SPEND
$8.7M
+$736.9K to reach target
MIDPOINT MOVE
+45.3%
from prior benchmark
THE PAYOFF
Confident pricing, end to end.
Price like a pro
AI guidance at any skill level
Confidence you can trust
Proven AI, transparent logic
More time for strategy
Less pricing, more impact

The daily reality for most compensation teams

According to Payscale’s 2026 Compensation Best Practices Report, a large percentage of compensation teams still rely heavily on spreadsheets and manual processes for job matching, data cleaning, and market pricing. This leaves little time for strategic work.

64
%

of organizations still conduct pay equity analysis primarily in spreadsheets

65
%

of organizations are confident in their market pricing strategy

75
%

of organizations say their executive leadership team requests compensation reporting occasionally or frequently

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✦ Meet the Payscale Intelligence Cloud

Intelligence that turns compensation from reactive work into  strategic impact.

Most compensation teams are stuck chasing data and reconciling conflicting job information coming from HR, Talent Acquisition, and hiring managers.

Payscale Intelligence Cloud helps your Comp, HR, and Talent Acquisition teams work from the same reliable data and job architecture — so you can move from constantly reacting to shaping strategic pay decisions with greater speed and confidence.

Benchmarking with real employer data and custom peer control

Instead of relying on broad survey averages or stale data, you can quickly access Peer Global — real compensation data sourced directly from participating organizations’ HRIS systems and refreshed daily. This gives you more current, transparent benchmarks with the ability to build custom peer cohorts by name, rather than being limited to generic industry cuts.

Compensation planning that reduces fire drills and increases influence

When job architecture, market data, and internal equity signals are connected in one system, you stop getting pulled into last-minute modeling with incomplete or conflicting information. Peer Enhanced adds job-by-job location differentials and modeled intelligence on top of Peer Global, helping you surface compression risks and equity issues earlier so you can advise leadership proactively instead of reactively.

Job architecture that protects the quality of your compensation work

When job levels, families, and descriptions are governed consistently, the market pricing and equity analysis you produce actually sticks. You spend far less time reconciling conflicting job data or explaining why benchmarks don’t align with how roles are structured internally — and more time on high-value strategic work.

Get accurate market data without the manual work


Stop spending hours matching jobs and cleaning data. Access fresh, traceable Peer data and intelligent recommendations that help you price roles faster and with more confidence.

  • Real-time benchmarks across Peer data and third-party surveys
  • AI-powered job matching with transparent reasoning
  • Direct connection to your job architecture and internal equity data
Outcome
Spend less time on data wrangling and more time advising the business.
1Ask Anything
2Analyze Insights
3Drive Decisions
Query data, in plain language
Ask the way you'd say it — get a report back.
Generate a report showing pay equity by department
Asking about: Compensation data
Ask
Try asking
Average compa-ratio by job family?
Top 10 jobs with low pay outliers?
Who's paid below their range minimum?
Which jobs aren't market-priced?
New-hire vs. tenured pay in the same title?
Surface key findings
Your question becomes a live, drillable report.
Show gender pay gaps by department, descending
Pay gap by department
Sales
−3.2%
Engineering
−2.4%
Marketing
−1.8%
Finance
−1.1%
Operations
−0.6%
Avg. gap closed
−2.1%
YoY across all departments
Employees above midpoint
68.4%
4.2 pts vs last quarter
Roles ready to price
1,247
Updated this morning
Benchmark with confidence
Analysis becomes a defensible, costed action plan.
Market intelligence
Insight
Engineering salaries trail market by 3.8% — top-quartile risk in 14 roles.
Pay equity signal
Insight
Gap closing fastest in Marketing — −1.8% YoY. Sales needs attention next.
Recommended action
Act now
Allocate $420K across 14 engineering roles to close the gap and protect retention.
Projected outcome
Retention up. Risk down. Budget defended.
22%
Lower flight risk for top performers
$1.4M
Avoided cost of unwanted attrition
1Monitor Pay
2Uncover Insights
3Drive Decisions
Monitor pay, year-round
An employee raises a concern off-cycle — open your live team view, no review cycle required.
Aisha GuptaEE654 Senior Product Manager $125,000 96%
David MillerEE419 Software Engineer $98,000 98%
Tim RodriguezEE374 Senior Software Engineer $178,000 127%
Emily WhiteEE901 Software Engineer $80,000 80%
Uncover the why
One click surfaces the signals already hiding in your data.
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Tim Rodriguez
Senior Software Engineer · Engineering
2 insights
👥
Salary compression
3 direct reports are paid close to — or above — Tim.
Sophia Chen · Software Engineer−1.2%
Chika Hiraoka · Junior SWE+4.3%
Laverne Donnelly · Junior SWE+5.3%
Review for promotion
High performance rating, in the same role more than 2 years — may be overdue a promotion.
Decide with confidence
Benchmarks, trajectory, and a recommended next step — before the conversation.
Compa-ratio
127%
Team average 99%
Range penetration
80%
Team average 47%
📈
Salary & compa-ratio, tracked over time
See career progression and how pay has moved — the full picture, before the conversation.
Smart suggestion AI
Direct reports are paid within range of Tim, and he's been in the same role 2+ years. Consider a promotion and/or salary increase.

Run compensation cycles with control and visibility


Move away from chaotic annual cycles. Get guided workflows, real-time budget tracking, and clear guardrails so you can execute strategy consistently across the organization.

  • Real-time scenario modeling and budget visibility
  • Built-in governance and approval workflows
  • Clear audit trails for leadership and compliance
Outcome
Run cycles faster with fewer errors and less stress.

Show up strategically to leadership


Get the insights and reporting you need to speak confidently in meetings — without building everything from scratch every time.

  • Instant answers to leadership questions via Smart Reporting
  • Executive-ready narratives and visualizations
  • Clear connection between pay decisions and business outcomes
Outcome
Shift from explaining data to driving strategy.
1Orientation
2Indicators
3Trends
4Signals
See where you stand
Four indicators map your position within your cohort — at a glance.
INVESTMENT COMPETITIVENESS HEALTH ARCHITECTURE 35th 97th 50th 63rd
Each indicator is a position within your cohort — not a score.
Read the four indicators
Each percentile is benchmarked against the strategy cohort.
Workforce Investment
35th
TRAILING THE COHORT
STRATEGY BENCHMARK
Market Competitiveness
97th
LEADING THE COHORT
STRATEGY BENCHMARK
Workforce Health
50th
ALIGNED WITH COHORT
STRATEGY BENCHMARK
Workforce Architecture
63rd
ALIGNED WITH COHORT
STRATEGY BENCHMARK
Watch your position move
How each indicator has tracked against the cohort over time.
Position trends over time
Percentile vs. cohort — Mar to May 2026
100 75 50 25 0 1 Mar 1 Apr 1 May
May 2026 — latest
Investment 35th
Competitiveness 97th
Health 50th
Architecture 63rd
Investment Competitiveness Health Architecture
Drill into a segment
Zoom to one group and surface the signals worth acting on.
SEGMENT · PEOPLE
5 jobs · 13 employees
INVESTMENT
34th
−1pp vs org
COMPETITIVENESS
76th
−21pp vs org
HEALTH
75th
+25pp vs org
ARCHITECTURE
41st
−22pp vs org
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Investment Signal
SPEND$2.6M
% OF ORG4.2%
↗ High investment
Optimization Signal
TENURE6Y
AVG PIR56.1%
⚠ Retention risk
1Identify
2Model
3Implement
Identify the gaps
Experts pinpoint real, statistically significant pay gaps in your data.
Expert-led analysis
PAY EQUITY DIAGNOSIS
Group A$104,200
Group B$95,900
−8%
Statistically significant gap flagged
Surfaced from your data, not a rule of thumb
Model the fixes
Specialists model remediation scenarios — costed and ready to act on.
Scenario modeling
REMEDIATION SCENARIO
Group A$104,200
Group B$103,800
Gap closed — modeled to cost
Adjustment: +$148K across 32 employees
Implement with confidence
Hands-on rollout and a defensible record — so the plan holds and sticks.
Change management
IMPLEMENTATION & CHANGE MANAGEMENT
A plan that holds up.
Documented methodology
Every decision traceable end to end
Audit-ready evidence
Holds up under scrutiny
Trained on your real data
Workflows stick, value lands fast
From flagged gap to defensible, implemented plan — without adding headcount.

Partner with experts when you need it most


You don’t have to do it alone. Many compensation teams want expert support on complex or high-stakes work — without adding permanent headcount.

  • Compensation philosophy and total rewards strategy development
  • Job architecture and leveling design
  • Pay equity analysis and remediation planning
  • Executive and board-level compensation communication support
Outcome
Work alongside experts who understand both the technical and strategic side of compensation — so you can move faster on complex initiatives while building internal capability.
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