Resources
Resources for compensation teams
The folks at CompTool are seasoned compensation practitioners. These are the guides, research and directories we wish we’d had.

New research
How 234 comp pros rate their market pricing tools
Satisfaction, value, support and the words practitioners use for each platform, in our 2026 perception study.
Get the free report- CompTool8.0
- MarketPay7.4
- PayFactors7.1
- BetterComp6.8
- Salary.com6.4
- #1
- Best value for money (45 of 117)
- #1
- Best customer support (28 of 107)
CompTool 2026 Market Pricing Software Perception Study
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Guides, checklists and research

2026 Market Pricing Software Perception Study
How 234 compensation professionals rate five market pricing platforms on satisfaction, value and support.

How CompTool Responsibly Employs AI
What each AI capability does, the customer data it uses, and how CompTool protects your data.

Compensation Benchmarking Best Practices: 2024 Survey
How 530+ organizations benchmark jobs, review matches, buy salary surveys and rate their market pricing tools.

Buyer’s Guide for Market Pricing Software
What to look for in market pricing software, with the questions to ask every vendor.

Salary Benchmarking Software Buyer’s Questions
A one-page checklist of questions to ask salary benchmarking software vendors.
Directories
Find surveys, peers and answers
Salary survey providers
24 recommended salary survey providers, every one supported in CompTool.
Browse providersLocal total rewards associations
32 compensation and total rewards associations in 24 states, many part of the WorldatWork Local Network.
Find your associationFrequently asked questions
Answers about CompTool, salary surveys, Squirrel data, and compensation basics like compa-ratio.
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Research and community
Pulse surveys
Results from 58 polls of compensation professionals, from merit budgets to LTI.
See the resultsSalary benchmarking best practices
How 530+ organizations benchmark jobs and what they pay for their tools, from our 2024 survey.
Read the highlightsPay Practitioners Panel
Compensation experts discussing the topics comp teams care about. Next session December 18, then every other Friday from January.
Meet the panelPut these resources to work
Load your surveys into CompTool and market price with them in days.