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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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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.
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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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Research Reports

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.
Research Reports

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.
Research Reports

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.
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Q&A from salary survey pros for prevailing during participation season

If you’re a survey participation newbie or a seasoned pro, you’ll find something useful here.
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Navigating Compensation in the Manufacturing and Biopharmaceutical Industries – Webinar On-Demand

Join compensation leaders from Biogen, Glen-Gery, and Payscale as they discuss strategies and tactics for navigating compensation in the manufacturing and biopharmaceutical industries.
Whitepapers

How pay impacts performance – Whitepaper

This whitepaper explores what HR specialists can do to motivate and engage employees during their pay increase cycle whatever their budget.
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Optimizing your pay increase cycle

Discover how to leverage the right stakeholders and right tools to optimize your pay increase cycle today.
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How to Train Managers to Have Successful Pay Conversation – Webinar On-Demand

Join compensation consultants from Payscale for a practical session on training managers to navigate pay discussions with confidence.
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Your guide to successful survey participation

We created this guide to help you minimize the time and effort it takes to participate in surveys and avoid costly mistakes.
Webinars

Mastering Effective Pay Communications: Best Practices for Success – Webinar On-Demand

Join an insightful panel of compensation experts from Yale New Haven Health, Life Care Services, bswift, and Payscale as they share proven strategies and actionable tips for having effective pay conversations with employees
Whitepapers

Are your wages keeping pace with inflation? – Whitepaper

Runaway inflation caught everyone by surprise, and while inflation has come down, it could quickly become a problem again.
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Greatest growth in job postings and wages – Whitepaper

Discover which employees have the most leverage in finding new, better paying positions and what you can do about it.

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