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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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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.
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.
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.
