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2024 Gender Pay Gap Report (GPGR)
Payscale’s 2024 gender pay gap report reveals how much women are paid compared to men, both overall and controlled for job, and analysis by parent status, job-seeking status, remote work status, and more.
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2024 Compensation Best Practices Report
Payscale’s 15th annual Compensation Best Practices Report (CBPR) distills data and insights from the largest known survey on compensation management best practices.
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2023 End-of-Year Report
Payscale’s 2023 End of Year Jobs Report looks at the top in-demand jobs by wage growth as well as which jobs employees are seeking to quit the most based on Payscale’s employee-reported online salary survey data.
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2024 End-of-Year Report
Payscale’s 2024 End-of-Year Report looks at the state of the job market, the top 10 in-demand jobs by wage growth, the top jobs people are seeking to quit, and top jobs employers are trying to recruit in 2024.
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2024 Peer Trends Report
The 2024 Peer trends report examines market data in 2024 to demonstrate trends and provide helpful insights into fast-moving jobs.
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Salary Budget Survey (2024-2025)
The Salary Budget Survey (SBS) from Payscale provides insights on what organizations are planning for base pay increases in 2025 in the United States, Canada, and select international locations as well as what pay increases actually were in 2024.
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College Impact on Compensation Report
This report examines differences in pay between college graduates and non-college graduates and which jobs see the most differentiation with guidance on how to manage graduate premiums equitably.
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Top Performers Report
Insights on what differentiates top performers from non-top performers when it comes to compensation management practices, with segmentation by smaller and larger organizations.
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2024 Compensation Best Practices Report
Payscale’s 15th annual Compensation Best Practices Report (CBPR) distills data and insights from the largest known survey on compensation management best practices.
Research Reports
2024 Gender Pay Gap Report (GPGR)
Payscale’s 2024 gender pay gap report reveals how much women are paid compared to men, both overall and controlled for job, and analysis by parent status, job-seeking status, remote work status, and more.
Research Reports
2023 End-of-Year Report
Payscale’s 2023 End of Year Jobs Report looks at the top in-demand jobs by wage growth as well as which jobs employees are seeking to quit the most based on Payscale’s employee-reported online salary survey data.
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2023 State of Remote Work Report
New research from Payscale combines analysis of our online salary survey with responses from employers on remote work, return-to-office mandates, and pay strategies for distributed workforces.
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2023 Compensation Best Practices Report – Manufacturing Edition
Learn how manufacturing employers are responding to multiple challenges with the goal of bringing sustainable change in compensation management that will see fairer, more transparent pay as we adapt to a new landscape of work. 
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2023 Salary Budget Survey – Enterprise Edition
Payscale’s Salary Budget Survey: Enterprise Edition offers a detailed breakdown of the actual pay increases paid out in 2023 as well as projected pay increases for 2024.
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Minimum Wage Report
In 2023, the federal minimum wage in the U.S. is $7.25 an hour. Most states have higher minimum wages; however, in 20 states, employers can still pay $7.25. Most employers are in favor of raising the minimum wage, but it does come with challenges for managing pay increases and managing pay compression....
