Why do employees perceive their pay as unfair?

40% of organizations believe misinformation or disinformation from unverified data sources contributes to employees perceiving their pay as unfair, per Payscale's 2026 Compensation Best Practices Report.

How many organizations have strong executive support for their compensation strategy?

Only 35% of organizations describe their executive leadership as strong champions who actively and consistently support their compensation strategy, per Payscale's 2026 Compensation Best Practices Report.

Compensation Compliance & Risk Management

Q: How many organizations are fully prepared to comply with compensation laws?

Only 46% of organizations are fully prepared to ensure compliance with compensation laws and exceptions such as FLSA and California Labor Laws, per Payscale's 2026 Compensation Best Practices Report.

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The Basics of Pay Analysis

This whitepaper provides a high level description of pay analysis commonly used by compensation professionals to assess pay fairness to market and retain workers.

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The Anatomy of Modern Compensation

In this whitepaper, we lay out the anatomy of modern compensation — the heart, head, guts, and face of this critical process — and what sorts of changes organizations need to be making to remain competitive when it comes to managing sustainable fair pay for the workforce.

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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.

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The compensation data landscape

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Pay Structures Strategies: Why and How to Build Pay Structures

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Stay Ahead of 2026: Ensure Compliance and Build a Stronger Compensation Strategy

Join us for a webinar where Payscale's SVP of Marketing will walk through how organizations can get ahead of these changes using compensation data, benchmarking, and strategy-driven tools to build salary structures, improve internal equity, and communicate compensation with clarity and confidence.

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How to Build Salary Ranges in the Context of Pay Transparency Legislation - Webinar On-Demand

Join Payscale’s Chief Product Evangelist, Ruth Thomas; VP of Compensation Services, Kim Taylor; and Senior Corporate Attorney-Employment, Lulu Seikaly as they discuss how to approach and set salary ranges in the context of increased pay transparency.

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How to Choose and Use Salary Data - Webinar On-Demand

Join Payscale’s Chief Product Evangelist, Ruth Thomas; Director of Product Management - Data Products, Vicky Peakman; and Director of Data Science, Sara Hillenmeyer as they discuss different salary data sources and how to choose the best ones for you.

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2024 Compensation Best Practices Panel - Webinar On-Demand

Join Payscale’s Chief People Officer, Lexi Clarke; Director of Compensation, Minde Stone; and Associate Director of Content Marketing, Amy Stewart, as they discuss key insights, highlights and trends from the 2024 Compensation Best Practices Report, and what this means for the upcoming year.

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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

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How to Prepare for Pay Transparency in 2025 - Webinar On-Demand

Join Payscale’s Chief Product Evangelist, Ruth Thomas and Senior Corporate Attorney-Employment, Lulu Seikaly as they discuss what the new year will bring in terms of pay transparency legislation and its impact on employers everywhere.

How many organizations are fully prepared to comply with compensation laws like FLSA and California Labor Laws?

Only 46% of organizations are fully prepared to ensure compliance with compensation laws and exceptions (e.g. FSLA, California Labor Laws).

What do organizations cite as the primary reason employees perceive their pay as unfair?

40% of organizations believe misinformation or disinformation from unverified data sources contribute to employees perceiving pay as unfair.

How many organizations have executive champions who consistently support and reinforce their compensation strategy?

Only 35% of organizations describe their executive leadership as strong champions who actively support and reinforce their compensation strategy consistently.