As compensation becomes an increasingly critical lever for talent strategy, organizations are demanding more precise and timely market data. Payscale, the leading provider of compensation intelligence, has announced a major innovation to meet this need with the launch of Payscale Industry Networks (PIN). This new offering provides industry-specific compensation data, updated daily and sourced transparently from HR systems, allowing organizations to price jobs accurately against their true peers and move in lockstep with the market.
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Payscale launches Payscale Industry Networks (PIN) for industry-specific pay data.
Data is updated daily and sourced directly from HR systems via the Payscale Peer network.
Initial networks cover Colleges & Universities, Construction, Manufacturing, and AED.
The platform includes an online community and quarterly peer meetups.
It aims to solve the slow, manual process of traditional industry salary surveys.
The goal is to help companies use compensation as a strategic competitive advantage.
Moving Beyond Traditional Salary Surveys
Payscale Industry Networks represent a next-generation approach to compensation benchmarking. Unlike traditional surveys that rely on manual submissions and have long cycles, PIN leverages AI technology and auto-matching through Payscale's dynamic data network, called "Peer." This network includes data from over 3,900 organizations, covering 5,200 benchmarked jobs and 8.9 million incumbents. This allows for real-time market insights with low-effort, automated participation, freeing HR teams from administrative burdens.
“Organizations need more than traditional salary surveys,” Payscale Chief Product Officer Peh Teh said. “Our transparent datasets help organizations move with the market and get answers they can trust so that compensation becomes a tool for recruiting, retaining, and obtaining an edge on the competition.”
A Focus on Community and Strategic Pay
The PIN offering extends beyond raw data. For each industry network, Payscale hosts an exclusive online community and quarterly meetups. This allows compensation professionals to learn from peers and Payscale experts, sharing best practices to tackle common industry challenges. The initiative directly addresses the finding from Payscale's 2025 Compensation Best Practices Report that industry-specific data is the top factor organizations look for when determining data quality. By providing a real-time, tailored view of the market, Payscale aims to turn compensation from a reactive cost into a proactive catalyst for business growth and talent strategy.
Payscale is the original compensation innovator for organizations who want to scale their business with pay and transform their largest investment into their greatest advantage. With decades of innovation in sourcing reputable data and developing AI-powered tools, Payscale delivers actionable insights that turn pay from a cost to a catalyst. Its suite of solutions empower 65% of the top companies in the U.S. and businesses like Panasonic, ZoomInfo, Chipotle, Quest Diagnostics, University of Washington, American Airlines, and TJX Companies.
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