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2026 Salary Increases Preview Report

The Pay Increase Preview Report provides an early snapshot of what is in the full Compensation Best Practices Report, which reveals what salary increases organizations actually gave last year in 2025 and what they’re giving this year for 2026.

2025 End-of-Year Top Jobs Report

This annual report from Payscale looks at trends in the labor market and the hottest jobs of the year in 2025 as well as predictions for 2026.

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.

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Turnover: Myths vs Reality Whitepaper

December 27, 2019
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What, Why, and How Incentives Work at Enterprise Organizations Whitepaper

December 10, 2019
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Turnover Whitepaper

October 9, 2018
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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 9, 2018
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The New Total Rewards: 6 Key Compensation and Benefits Trends Whitepaper

September 26, 2018
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Variable Pay eBook

In a tight talent market where employees have choices about where they commit their time and talent, variable pay is frequently used as a retention, recruitment, and motivation tool.

April 20, 2018
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Gender Pay Gap Whitepaper

April 3, 2018
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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 2, 2018
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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.

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.

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.