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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.
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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.
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Discover CBPR highlights for the Retail industry
This data sheet and deep dive into the Retail industry sheds light on compensation practices. Gain valuable insights into the industry's strengths and areas for improvement to stay ahead in the competitive landscape.
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.
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.
Sapient Annual HR Systems Survey (report)
In Sapient Insights Group’s 2024-2025 Annual HR Systems Survey Report, Payscale ranked in the Top 5 of Compensation Solutions for User Experience and Vendor Satisfaction for enterprise, mid-market, and SMB.
The Top Jobs of 2024
Payscale’s 2024 End-of-Year Report looks at the state of the job market, the top 10 in-demand jobs by wage growth, the top jobs people are seeking to quit, and top jobs employers are trying to recruit in 2024.
2024 Peer Trends Report
The 2024 Peer trends report examines market data in 2024 to demonstrate trends and provide helpful insights into fast-moving jobs.
Salary Budget Survey (2024-2025)
The Salary Budget Survey (SBS) from Payscale provides insights on what organizations are planning for base pay increases in 2025 in the United States, Canada, and select international locations as well as what pay increases actually were in 2024.
College Impact on Compensation Report
This report examines differences in pay between college graduates and non-college graduates and which jobs see the most differentiation with guidance on how to manage graduate premiums equitably.
Top Performers Report
Insights on what differentiates top performers from non-top performers when it comes to compensation management practices, with segmentation by smaller and larger organizations.
2024 Compensation Best Practices Report
Payscale’s 15th annual Compensation Best Practices Report (CBPR) distills data and insights from the largest known survey on compensation management best practices.
2024 Gender Pay Gap Report (GPGR)
Payscale’s 2024 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.
2023 End-of-Year Report
Payscale’s 2023 End of Year Jobs Report looks at the top in-demand jobs by wage growth as well as which jobs employees are seeking to quit the most based on Payscale’s employee-reported online salary survey data.
2023 State of Remote Work Report
New research from Payscale combines analysis of our online salary survey with responses from employers on remote work, return-to-office mandates, and pay strategies for distributed workforces.
2023 State of Remote Work Report
New research from Payscale combines analysis of our online salary survey with responses from employers on remote work, return-to-office mandates, and pay strategies for distributed workforces.
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.
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.
Peer trends report: H1 2023
Drive an informed and competitive pay strategy by expanding your data portfolio with Peer so your organization can triumph in today’s talent market.
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.
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.
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.
2023 H1 Rewind
As we reflect on a year of growth, resilience and learning – we’ve captured our greatest findings from 2022, in one place, for you to explore.
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.
2022 Q2 Payscale Index United States and Canada
Salary Budget Survey
A mid-year research report providing insights on actual and anticipated pay increases planned for the coming year by employee type, industry, company size, and location for budget planning purposes.
Comp Planning and Strategy
With pay ranges being made public in job postings, inflation eroding pay increases, and pay compression threatening pay equity, this is the year that organisations really need to be strategic to get pay right.
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.
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.
Europe Edition Compensation Best Practices Report
Payscale’s 2023 Compensation Best Practices Report Europe Edition highlights relevant data, employment, and compensation needs in the European market.
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.
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.
2022 Payscale Wrapped
As we reflect on a year of growth, resilience and learning – we’ve captured our greatest findings from 2022, in one place, for you to explore.
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.
2025 Payscale Index Canada
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 the six largest metropolitan areas of Canada.
2025 Payscale Index US
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.
Salary Budget Survey (2022-2023)
A mid-year research report providing insights on actual and anticipated pay increases planned for the coming year by employee type, industry, company size, and location for budget planning purposes.
Essential Workers Report
How has essential worker pay changed over the last two years? What is sentiment among people who occupy these jobs? This report takes a look at wage growth for select essential worker positions that show interesting trends during the pandemic.
The Top Jobs and Skills in Technology Mini Report
This whitepaper looks at which technology jobs are the fastest growing by wages and which jobs are the highest paid overall as well what skills have the highest pay differentials.
2022 Q2 Payscale Index United States and Canada - Report
2022 State of the Gender Pay Gap Report
Payscale’s 2022 gender pay gap report reveals how much women are paid compared to men with analysis by race, job level, age, education, industry, and occupation, as well as unemployment during COVID-19, with insight on how employers can help close pay gaps.
2022 Compensation Best Practices Report
Payscale’s annual flagship report distills data and insights from the largest known survey on compensation management best practices to help employers refocus compensation's role in the Great Reevaluation.
The Hottest Skills of 2021 Report
Payscale compensation management software allows employers to calculate how a myriad of skills should impact base pay. This mini report from Payscale reveals the top competitive skills that commanded pay premiums in 2021 by occupational group. Learn what they are right now!
End of Year Report: The Hottest Jobs of 2021
Payscale analyzes which positions job seekers were most eager to research salaries for in the 2021 calendar year.
The 2021 State of Remote Work Employer Survey Report
Gender Pay Gap
In 2021, women make $0.82 for every $1 men make. This pay gap increases by race, age, job level, and occupation. Lear n why a pay gap persists and how COVID-19 might deepen pay inequity for women.
End of Year Report: The Hottest Jobs and Top Paid Skills of 2020
New research from Payscale analyzes the fastest growing jobs, hottest skills, the best and worst industries and occupations to work for in 2020
