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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.
2025 End-of-Year Top Jobs Report
This annual report from Payscale looks at trends in the labor market and the hottest jobs of the year in 2025 as well as predictions for 2026.
Payscale Index 2025 - US Wage Growth Trends
Particularly during times of quickly changing economic forces, organizations require precise and timely data in order to make informed decisions about allocating limited compensation budgets. The Payscale Index tracks quarterly changes in total cash compensation for full-time, private industry employees in 19 job categories, for three company sizes and 15 industries across 32 major Metropolitan Statistical Areas (MSAs) in the United States.
2025 Pay Trends Report
This research report provides data-driven analysis on the state of the labor market, industry wage trends from Payscale Peer, and an exploration of HR-trusted AI-powered compensation tools shaping the future of market pricing in 2025.
Salary Budget Survey (SBS) 2025-2026
Payscale’s 2025-2026 Salary Budget Survey (SBS) provides unparalleled insights on projected salary increase budget submissions from 1,551 organizations collected between May and June 2025.
Pay Confidence Gap Report
Payscale surveyed both employers and employees and measured the gap in confidence when it comes to trust in pay decisions, with insights on salary misinformation from social media and AI and concerns about economic uncertainty, cost of living, and rewarding performance.
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 Manufacturing Wage Trends
In this report, Payscale looks at wage trends in manufacturing, including labor participation over time, the most in-demand jobs in recruiting, the fastest growing jobs by wages, and the highest paid jobs.
