Powerful Data Visualizations

Pay Transparency Legislation

While many states have already enacted salary history bans and Equal Pay laws, below we have provided information focused on disclosing salary ranges to candidates and internal hires either on the job posting or during the interview process. Here you can stay up to date with current transparency legislation in the United States, Canada and European Union.

Best Graduate Cities

College graduates are a commodity for urban revival, economic growth and the war for talent. Depending on their school or metro, graduates are more or less likely to move to certain cities. Regional metropolitan hubs are often effective at attracting college grads.

Recession Wages: COVID-19 Questions & Predictions

Real-time data tells us that wages are slowing down, with sectors largely reliant on consumer spending being the worst hit. Historic recession data suggests wage growth will dip throughout the crisis and linger onwards until a lag period has passed and wages will recover.

Equal Opportunity in the Workplace: Their Problem, Not Ours

Failure to recognize gender-based discrimination in the workplace remains an obstacle to achieving equal opportunity. Men demonstrate this short-coming at much higher rates than women do.

Economic Trends: Reflections on 2019, Predictions for 2020

Sponsors: Valuable Allies Not Everyone Has

Having a sponsor at work can accelerate your career, but not everyone has someone who will go to the mat for them. While having a sponsor pays a premium, the size of that boost depends on who your sponsor is.

Biggest College Regrets

Most respondents to Payscale’s Salary Survey report having college regrets, particularly about their student loans. Older generations, those with higher education levels and those that studied higher earning majors had the lowest rates of college regret.

Earnings Peak at Different Ages for Different Demographic Groups Data Visualization

Earnings Peak at Different Ages for Different Demographic Groups

Men out earn women at the start of their careers. Differing rates of wage growth compound this wage gap, so that men and women see their wages peak at different times.

Racial Wage Gap for Men

Men of color in the US have always faced income inequality. Today, 55 years after the passage of the Civil Rights Act banned pay discrimination on the basis of race, men of color still do not receive equal pay for equal work.

When Does it Pay to Learn Programming Languages?

Having programing knowledge can pay, but some skills are much more valuable than others depending on the language's current stage in its useful lifecycle.

The Price of Doing Good: Measuring the Nonprofit Pay Cut

Nonprofit workers will accept lower pay because they believe that their work makes the world a better place--but how much of a “discount” do nonprofits get?

The Great Recession Pay Penalty

Searching for your first job during the Great Recession was a nightmare. But there is good news: your bad luck won’t haunt you forever.

Average Americans Don’t See Average Wage Growth

This summer, news has broken that wage growth is up, down, and flat. What gives? The fact is that earnings are keeping pace with inflation for some groups, and falling behind for others - sometimes far, far behind.

Inner City Blues: City Real Wages in the Decade Since the Great Recession

Real wages have not recovered their pre-recession levels. The squeeze on real wages has been particularly severe in some of the hottest markets. Meanwhile, things don’t look so bleak in some overlooked cities – but for all the wrong reasons.

How the Payscale Index Differs from Other Economic Indicators

While the Payscale Index is often compared to the Employment Cost Index, they are not tracking the same thing, but both measures are important signals.

Top Paying Non-Clinical Skills in Healthcare

Pricing the Top Paying Nursing Skills

Gender Inequity Three Ways: Means, Medians, and Modes

Last fall, Mark Wahlberg and Michelle Williams had to reshoot some scenes in All the Money In the World after Christopher Plummer replaced Kevin Spacey. We were shocked to learn that Wahlberg was paid $1.5 million for these reshoots, while Williams was paid less than $1,000. Stories like these put faces on the injustice of gender pay inequities, but statistics have the power to reveal how widespread the issue really is. In this post, we’ll show how we can use differences in common averages – means, medians and modes – to calculate the gender pay gap.

Ageism In Tech

Landing a job in tech is not so easy if you’re over 40.

Is There a Gender Pay Gap in Sports?

The Gender Pay Gap May Never Be Bridged

Recent research shows that women take a big hit in terms of their earnings and career trajectory after having children.

Are Your Nurses Happy?

Can You Quit Your Way to Higher Pay?

People who switch employers regularly don't necessarily earn more than employees who stick around.

Compensation Predictions for 2018 & Lessons from 2017

How does location affect pay across the whole of the United States, how did things change in 2017, and what does the future hold?

Higher Ed Doesn't Always Mean Higher Satisfaction

Which degrees create workers most satisfied with their pay?

When It Comes to Pay, Money Can't Buy Workers' Satisfaction

Do higher salaries lead to more satisfied workers?

Is Anyone Actually Happy with Their Paycheck?

Research comparing pay satisfaction for overpaid and underpaid workers.

Most People (Still) Have No Idea Whether They’re Paid Fairly

The vast majority of workers do not know how their pay compares to the market rate.

Telecommuting: Boon or Bust?

Flexible work arrangements are on the rise, but do they come at a cost to workers?

The Payscale Methodology Explained