What Salary.com does

Salary.com is a privately held compensation data and software company founded in 1999 and headquartered in Waltham, Massachusetts, that operates a unified total compensation management platform used by 10,000+ organizations worldwide. Its core platform, CompAnalyst, combines HR-reported market data (800M+ data points across 20,000+ roles and 225 industries), real-time job posting intelligence via SalaryIQ, pay equity analysis, salary structure modeling, and executive compensation benchmarking. The March 2026 launch of Max, a purpose-built AI model built on a 25+ year proprietary compensation ontology, introduces autonomous agents and real-time market intelligence that connect salary surveys, aggregated market data, and live job posting signals into a single intelligence layer; Max advertises 95% accuracy in auto-matching jobs to surveys and is delivered through API, MCP, and HRIS-native integrations.

The company monetizes through four complementary streams: enterprise SaaS subscriptions to the CompAnalyst AI Suite and add-on modules (CompXL for incentive compensation planning, Pay Equity Suite, Elevate Pay Communications, JobArchitect), data monetization through Compdata and IPAS compensation surveys plus Executive Compensation Data for 50,000+ public-company leaders, professional consulting services anchored by the 2021 Turetsky Consulting acquisition, and Data as a Service (DaaS) delivery via API and MCP. GTM motion is primarily direct enterprise sales with a consultative, quote-based pricing model, supplemented by distribution inside ADP Marketplace as an AI agent partner and native integrations with ADP, UKG, Workday, BambooHR, Dayforce, Paylocity, and Paycom. Customer concentration is dispersed across enterprise logos including Starbucks, Oracle, FedEx, Samsung, Disney, Garmin, Stanley Black & Decker, Dow Jones, and Foot Locker, with vertical emphasis on healthcare, manufacturing, and retail. Recent strategic moves have shifted toward AI-native positioning — the Max launch, ADP Marketplace listing, and Paycom integration in early 2026 — alongside community building through a 29-city Total Comp Tour with WorldatWork.

Name

Salary.com

Legal name

Salary.com

Website

https://salary.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1999

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

251–500 employees

Short description

Salary.com is a privately held compensation data and software company that provides an AI-powered total compensation management platform — combining HR-reported market data, real-time job posting intelligence, pay equity analysis, and incentive planning — to 10,000+ enterprise HR and compensation teams worldwide.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Compensation Management Software

NAICS

Payroll Services (541214)

SIC

Services-Computer Programming Services (7371)

akta.pro primary industry

Compensation Planning & Total Rewards (BPACAPAH)

akta.pro secondary industries

Compensation, Benefits & Rewards Consulting (BPAHAGAF), Human Capital Management (HCM) & Payroll Platforms (HDAEAEAJ)

Keywords

• Compensation management software
• Salary benchmarking data
• Pay equity analysis
• HR compensation analytics
• Total rewards platform

Headquarters

HQ city

Waltham

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Software

Cost components

Technology or R&D, Personnel, Marketing or Sales, Operations, Infrastructure

Revenue model

1. Software Subscription (SaaS): Subscription-based access to the CompAnalyst AI Suite platform, including job pricing, salary structures, analytics, pay equity tools, and compensation planning modules. Tiered offerings for different organization sizes.
2. Compensation Survey Data: Revenue from Compdata Surveys (U.S. data from 2,700+ organizations) and IPAS Global Surveys (100+ countries). Participants receive discounts; non-participants can purchase survey results directly.
3. Consulting Services: Professional consulting services for pay equity, compensation structure design, executive compensation, and implementation support. Leverages Salary.com's data and technology.
4. Data as a Service (DaaS): Compensation data and insights delivered directly to customer systems via API, MCP, or data feeds for enterprise integration.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels5 records

Marketing channels7 records

Core offering

Salary.com provides an AI-powered total compensation management platform combining the CompAnalyst suite (job pricing, salary structures, analytics), the proprietary Max AI model with autonomous agents, and a market data backbone of 800M+ HR-reported data points. It serves HR and compensation leaders at 10,000+ organizations with software subscriptions, Data-as-a-Service APIs, and consulting services for pay equity, structure design, and executive compensation.

Product overview

Salary.com offers a unified total compensation management platform combining software, AI, and data products. The core CompAnalyst platform provides market data, job pricing, salary structures, and analytics, powered by the Max AI model for autonomous agents and real-time market intelligence. Add-on modules include Pay Equity Suite for disparity analysis, CompXL (acquired 2023) for incentive compensation planning, Elevate for pay communications, and JobArchitect for job description management. The data portfolio includes CompAnalyst Market Data (800M+ HR-reported points), SalaryIQ real-time job posting intelligence, Compdata and IPAS compensation surveys, Executive Compensation Data for 50,000+ public company leaders, Minimum Wage Data, and Skills & Competencies taxonomy. Supporting services include consulting and Data as a Service API delivery. The platform integrates natively with major HRIS systems including ADP, UKG, Workday, BambooHR, Dayforce, Paylocity, and Paycom.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• CompAnalyst: Market data, job pricing, salary structures, and analytics platform for pay decisions.
• CompXL
• Max
• Pay Equity Suite
• Elevate
• JobArchitect
• SalaryIQ

Products and services

• CompAnalyst AI Suite Core compensation management platform providing market data, job pricing, salary structures, analytics, and AI-powered job matching for HR and compensation teams.
• CompXL Enterprise incentive compensation planning software for managing merit raises, bonuses, commissions, equity, and total rewards across the organization.
• Pay Equity Suite Standalone pay equity analysis tool that identifies and resolves wage disparities based on gender, race, and other protected characteristics through gap analysis and remediation planning.
• Elevate Pay Communications Pay communications platform providing tailored insights into pay, benefits, and career paths through a secure employee portal, bridging employer pay decisions and employee understanding.
• JobArchitect Job description management platform for creating, approving, and managing market-aligned job descriptions with skills mapping for consistent job leveling.
• Max AI Platform Purpose-built AI model providing autonomous agents and real-time market intelligence across the Salary.com platform, connecting salary surveys, aggregated market data, and job posting signals.
• CompAnalyst Market Data HR-reported compensation benchmarking data with 800M+ data points across 20,000+ roles and 225 industries, sold as a standalone data product for job pricing and market alignment.
• SalaryIQ Real-time labor market intelligence platform scanning job postings across 40+ countries to provide current compensation insights and competitive hiring intelligence.
• Compdata Compensation Surveys U.S. compensation survey data from 2,700+ organizations covering healthcare, technology, manufacturing, and more, including executive pay, benefits, and detailed pay practices.
• IPAS Global Surveys Single-source global compensation survey covering 100+ countries, providing consistent compensation benchmarking for multinational organizations across regions.
• Executive Compensation Data Verified compensation data for 50,000+ executives across all U.S. public companies, sourced from proxy filings and annual reports, with peer group benchmarking and board-ready reporting.
• Minimum Wage Data Minimum wage database covering federal, state, city, county, and municipal levels across the U.S., including tipped and non-tipped rates with forecasted future increases.
• Skills & Competencies Data Comprehensive skills taxonomy database for hiring, assessing, and developing talent, supporting job matching, leveling, and workforce planning decisions.
• Compensation Consulting Services Professional consulting services for pay equity analysis, compensation structure design, executive compensation advisory, and implementation support, delivered by experienced compensation consultants using Salary.com data and technology.
• Data as a Service (DaaS) Compensation data and insights delivered directly to customer systems via API integration for embedding into enterprise applications, HRIS, and analytics platforms.

Quantifiable outcome

• 95% accuracy in AI auto-matching jobs to surveys
• +4 more outcomes

Named customers20 records

Segments6 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

Yes

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration7 records

AI capability10 records

Feature7 records

Partnerships

Eight partnerships are on record, tiered core.

• WorldatWorkcoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 6 May 2026Salary.com and WorldatWork launched the Total Comp Tour, a 29-city event series across the U.S., aimed at connecting compensation professionals for peer networking, expert panels, and discussions on industry-relevant topics. This partnership leverages WorldatWork's professional community and Salary.com's data and technology platform.
• ADPcoreTechnology or Integration · 2 March 2026Salary.com participates as an AI agent partner in ADP Marketplace, the world's largest digital HR storefront. This enables ADP's enterprise clients to access Salary.com's compensation intelligence and AI-powered compensation management capabilities directly within their HR workflows.
• PaycomcoreTechnology or Integration · 30 January 2026New native HRIS integration with Paycom enabling automatic synchronization of employee records, job information, and compensation data between the two platforms. Designed to help HR teams streamline compensation workflows by eliminating data silos and reducing manual data management tasks.
• UKGcoreTechnology or IntegrationNative HRIS integration partnership enabling seamless synchronization of employee records, job information, and compensation data between UKG platforms and Salary.com's compensation management suite.
• WorkdaycoreTechnology or IntegrationNative HRIS integration partnership enabling Workday customers to connect their HR and compensation data with Salary.com's compensation management platform.
• BambooHRcoreTechnology or IntegrationNative HRIS integration partnership enabling BambooHR customers to unify compensation and people data for accurate, aligned pay decisions.
• DayforcecoreTechnology or IntegrationNative HRIS integration partnership with Dayforce enabling automatic synchronization of employee records and compensation data.
• PaylocitycoreTechnology or IntegrationNative HRIS integration partnership enabling Paylocity customers to streamline compensation workflows and reduce manual data management.

Scale indicators9 records

Recent moves7 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Broad incumbents

• Workday: Workday is a broad HCM/ERP incumbent that embeds compensation planning, pay equity, and benchmarking within its enterprise HCM platform, increasingly overlapping with Salary.com's core enterprise market.
• ADP: ADP is the largest global payroll/HCM platform and operates ADP Marketplace where Salary.com is an AI agent partner; ADP's scale and embedded compensation capabilities make it both a critical distribution partner and a long-term competitive threat.
• UKG: UKG is a broad HCM/workforce management incumbent with native compensation capabilities and a strategic integration partner to Salary.com; its bundled HCM suite competes with Salary.com's standalone value proposition at enterprise accounts.

Emerging players

• Pave: Pave is an emerging compensation management platform offering real-time benchmarking, compensation planning, and equity tools; it targets a similar mid-market and high-growth enterprise buyer and represents a more modern, VC-backed challenger to Salary.com.
• Option Impact: Option Impact specializes in equity compensation benchmarking and management, partially overlapping with Salary.com's CompAnalyst and Executive Compensation Data offerings, particularly for public-company proxy and equity-heavy roles.

Direct peers

• Mercer: Mercer is a global compensation consulting and data powerhouse (Mercer | Mettl, Mercer TRAQ) that competes head-on with Salary.com on compensation surveys, benchmarking data, and total rewards advisory for enterprise clients.
• PayScale (by Paychex): PayScale (now part of Paychex) is a direct SaaS compensation data and benchmarking competitor targeting HR and compensation leaders with a similar self-service plus enterprise sales motion as Salary.com.
• ERI Economic Research Institute: ERI provides salary, cost-of-living, and executive compensation datasets, competing directly with Salary.com's CompAnalyst Market Data, Executive Compensation Data, and Minimum Wage Data products.
• Aon (Radford): Aon's Radford division offers compensation surveys and benchmarking data for technology and life sciences employers, directly competing with Salary.com's Compdata, IPAS, and SalaryIQ offerings in compensation data and analytics.
• Willis Towers Watson: WTW operates one of the largest global compensation survey practices and compensation technology offerings, overlapping directly with Salary.com's enterprise survey, data, and total rewards consulting business.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

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Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles8 records

Subsidiaries2 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds3 records

Investors7 records

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M&A6 records

Investments

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