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Salary benchmarking blog

This blog covers salary benchmarking for teams under 200 people: building salary bands, complying with pay transparency laws in the EU and US states, writing a compensation philosophy, and deciding how much to pay employees. Practical guides, no fluff.

If you would rather start from the topic than the newest post, the three hubs are salary bands for the internal structure, pay transparency for what the law now requires, and salary ranges in job postings for the number that ends up public.

01 Market Pricing a Job: The Job Evaluation Method Jul 25, 2026 · 9 min 02 Merit Matrix: How to Build a Merit Increase Matrix Jul 25, 2026 · 8 min 03 Compensation Philosophy: Examples and How to Write One Jul 24, 2026 · 8 min 04 Job Leveling Framework: Job Levels and a Leveling Matrix Jul 24, 2026 · 9 min 05 Do You Have to Post a Salary Range for a Remote Job? Jul 22, 2026 · 9 min 06 Pay Grades vs Salary Bands: What Is the Difference? Jul 22, 2026 · 9 min 07 Pay Compression: What It Is, How to Find It, How to Fix It Jul 20, 2026 · 8 min 08 How Wide Should a Salary Range Be? Range Spread Guide Jul 20, 2026 · 8 min 09 California Pay Data Reporting: 2026 Deadline, Rules, SB 464 Jul 20, 2026 · 8 min 10 Salary Range Penetration: Formula, Calculator, and Compa Ratio Jul 20, 2026 · 9 min 11 Pay Equity Audit: How to Conduct a Pay Equity Analysis Jul 20, 2026 · 11 min 12 Geographic Pay Differentials: Location-Based Pay for Remote Teams Jul 16, 2026 · 10 min 13 Salary Survey Cost: What Compensation Survey Data Costs Jul 24, 2026 · 9 min 14 Compensation Software Cost: Pricing by Model, Explained Jul 24, 2026 · 8 min 15 Compa Ratio: Formula, How to Calculate It, and What Good Looks Like Jul 16, 2026 · 9 min 16 EU Pay Transparency Directive: 2026 Requirements Checklist Jul 1, 2026 · 8 min 17 Pay Transparency Laws by State: 2026 Employer Guide Jun 24, 2026 · 9 min 18 How Much to Pay Employees: A Small-Business Guide Jun 9, 2026 · 9 min 19 How to Create Salary Bands, Step by Step Jun 2, 2026 · 8 min

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