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Research Report
July 14, 2026

Q2 2026 Labor Market and Wage Trends Report

Payscale’s Labor Market and Wage Trends Report is a breakdown of labor demand and wage growth from the previous quarter from Payscale Peer data.

Research Report
February 24, 2026

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.

Research Report
June 16, 2026

2026 Flight Risk Report

In 2026, the question isn't just whether employees are staying — it's why. Payscale's Flight Risk Report analyzes new hire pay versus tenured pay to reveal which roles, industries, and job levels are most at risk of attrition, and what compensation teams should do about it.

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Ebook
August 10, 2022

A Resilient Approach to Managing Compensation Challenges

This ebook provides an overview of the compensation challenges you will face as a compensation professional as well as how to become more strategic in your approach to compensation management.

August 10, 2022
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Whitepaper
June 26, 2022

How To Manage Pay Compression With Agile Comp

Learn how to manage pay compression with Agile compensation planning using specific tools from Payscale to analyze pay compression and maintain pay equity.

June 26, 2022
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Compliance and RIsk
Whitepaper
May 24, 2022

Compensation Strategy: Responding to Rising Inflation & Cost of Labor

Analysis of the job market, quits rates, and average turnover by industry during the Great Reevaluation.

May 24, 2022
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Compensation Planning
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Job Management
Labor Market
Pay Equity
Webinar
May 10, 2021

Pay Structures Strategies: Why and How to Build Pay Structures

Join PayScale compensation professionals, Jenny Walling and Sam Noble to discuss all things pay structures.

May 10, 2021
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Whitepaper
October 8, 2018

The compensation data landscape

Interested in the data types other organizations commonly use? Want to know what salary sources inspire the most confidence? Take a peek at our whitepaper

October 8, 2018
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Compensation Software
Whitepaper
March 1, 2018

Compensation Benchmarking Whitepaper

This guide will show you how to choose relevant data sources for benchmarking compensation and how to create salary ranges that align with your talent strategy.

March 1, 2018
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Pay trends and modern market pricing in the age of AI

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) 2026-2027

The 2026-2027 Salary Budget Survey (SBS) from Payscale provides comp-reported survey data on what organizations are planning for pay increases in 2027 in the United States, Canada, and select international locations.