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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 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.

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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Lessons from This Year’s Comp Cycle: How to Plan Smarter with Payscale - Webinar On-Demand

Join us for an exclusive customer webinar to see how Payscale can streamline every stage of your compensation planning process—reducing complexity, mitigating risk, and increasing efficiency.

March 12, 2025
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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.

March 11, 2025
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Pay Transparency Legislation Best Practices in 2025

Join Payscale’s Chief Product Evangelist, Ruth Thomas and Senior Corporate Attorney-Employment, Lulu Seikaly as they discuss the current landscape of pay transparency legislation and dig into exciting new data around how organizations are approaching it in 2025

March 10, 2025
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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.

March 10, 2025
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Whitepapers

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.

March 7, 2025
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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.

March 4, 2025
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Smart Job Description Management: The Modern Solution for HR Success - Webinar On-Demand

Don’t let outdated job descriptions hold your organization back! See how Payscale’s Job Description Management solution can help you optimize job management, reduce compliance risks, and empower your HR team.

February 18, 2025
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Unlock Efficiency and Collaboration with Payscale Compensation Planning - Webinar On-Demand

Join the Payscale team for a comprehensive tour of the Compensation Planning tool and discover how Payscale can help you make the best pay decisions for your organization in 2025.

February 18, 2025
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Whitepapers

How pay impacts performance: leveraging your pay increase cycle to boost employee engagement regardless of budget

The currency of modern employment is pay, performance, and fairness. Increasingly transactional relationships between employees and their employers make it more important than ever to get pay right – or suffer the consequences of a demotivated, low-performing workforce. This whitepaper explores what HR specialists can do to motivate and engage employees during their pay increase cycle whatever their budget.

February 3, 2025
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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.

February 3, 2025
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Quick Guide

Optimizing your pay increase cycle

Discover how to leverage the right stakeholders and right tools to optimize your pay increase cycle today.

February 3, 2025
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Quick Guide

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.

January 31, 2025
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