Finally, pay solutions that speak your industry's language

Peer Industry is the vertical-specific layer of the Peer Data Ecosystem. It delivers the same HRIS-sourced, employer-reported foundation as Peer Global, scoped to a single industry — with a tailored job taxonomy, industry-specific filters, and expert job matching support built for that vertical's talent market.

Generic files miss the jobs, filters, and peer set that actually move pay in a vertical — hotel type, institution classification, union status, facility type, trade family. Peer Industry exists so you stop forcing your roles into salary data that was not built for them.

Ten networks are live : Airlines; Architecture, Engineering & Design; Biopharma & Life Sciences; Business Services & Consulting; Colleges & Universities; Construction; Homebuilders; Hospitality; Manufacturing; and Retail.

Each network includes an industry-specific benchmark job list, industry-specific filters, continously-refreshed Peer Global data, AI-assisted peer filtering, expert job matching support, an exclusive online community, and quarterly virtual meet-ups with Payscale experts.

Networks also receive quarterly industry reports, which vary by vertical and are shaped by each network's steering committee.

Each network is guided by a steering committee of participating organizations from that industry. The committee shapes the benchmark job list, the industry-specific filters, and custom reporting priorities.

The result is a dataset that reflects how pay actually works in the vertical, rather than a generic taxonomy applied to it after the fact.

Traditional industry surveys run on long cycles and manual submissions. Peer Industry is powered by Peer Global's daily HRIS feed and AI-assisted matching. You get current, transparent, industry-shaped benchmarks without waiting for next year's book.

Filters are built per vertical. Hospitality includes hotel type, AAA Diamond Rating, and number of rooms. Colleges & Universities includes university type, tenure status, Carnegie classification, and AAU membership. Airlines includes carrier type and union status. Retail includes store type and union status.

Yes. Members get an exclusive online community of compensation professionals pricing the same kinds of roles, plus quarterly virtual meet-ups with Payscale experts and quarterly reporting on industry market movement.

No traditional survey workbook. Participation is HRIS-based through Peer Global. That is how the network stays current without a submission season. Some network-specific custom reports do require participants to submit corresponding data to be eligible.

Peer Industry cuts flow into the same Payscale Intelligence Cloud workflows as the rest of the ecosystem — Benchmarking, Job Management, and Compensation Planning — so industry-specific ranges do not live in a side spreadsheet.

Peer Industry follows the same data governance standards as Peer Global: a minimum of five contributing companies per data cut, no single company exceeding 50% of a cut, and the same validation process before inclusion.

You can see participating organizations, defend the cut you used, and carry the same methodology into range posting, pay equity reviews, and internal governance. Payscale maintains SOC-audited controls through AICPA, plus GDPR and CCPA/CPRA compliance.