# Payscale (Payscale)

> Payscale is a compensation-intelligence company providing salary data, benchmarking, job pricing, pay strategy, planning, equity, and workflow software for employers and compensation teams.

## Facts
- **Website:** https://www.payscale.com/
- **Headquarters:** Seattle, Washington, United States (remote-first team)
- **Country:** United States
- **Founded:** 2002
- **Founder:** Joe Giordano
- **Employees:** 501-1000
- **Service regions:** Global; team members in 7 countries
- **Categories:** Salary Data

## Overview
Payscale is a US compensation-intelligence company founded in 2002 by Joe Giordano. Its software and data portfolio helps compensation leaders benchmark jobs, design pay structures, plan compensation cycles, evaluate pay equity, manage surveys, and communicate total rewards. Current products include Payscale Intelligence Cloud, Payscale Ascent, Payfactors, Marketpay, Paycycle, Peer, Pulse+, benchmarking, compensation strategy, and job management. Payscale reports more than 16,000 customers, support for compensation decisions affecting 20% of the US workforce, $2.3 trillion in employee salaries managed, and 746 team members across seven countries. The company combined with Payfactors in 2021 with backing from Francisco Partners and Insight Partners; private-equity investments and transaction values are not presented as aggregate venture funding.

## Products
Payscale Intelligence Cloud; Payscale Ascent; Payfactors; Marketpay; Paycycle; Peer employer-reported data; Pulse+ international compensation data; salary benchmarking; job pricing and management; compensation strategy; pay structures; planning and modeling; pay equity; survey management; total rewards communication; analytics and compensation consulting.

## Customers
16,000+ customers; customers manage compensation for 20% of the US workforce; 65% of Fortune 500 companies use Payscale solutions.

## Leadership
- Joe Giordano — co-founder ([profile](https://www.dhrmap.com/people/joe-giordano))

## Sources
- [Payscale official about page](https://www.payscale.com/about/) — official
- [Payscale official homepage](https://www.payscale.com/) — official
- [Payscale official about page](https://www.payscale.com/about/) — official
- [Payscale official careers page](https://www.payscale.com/careers) — official
- [Payscale official company-history page](https://www.payscale.com/why-payscale/) — official
- [Payscale-hosted founder profile](https://www.payscale.com/content/SBM_May07.pdf) — official-hosted
- [Payscale and Payfactors merger announcement](https://www.payscale.com/press-releases/payscale-and-payfactors-join-forces-to-create-compensation-technology-and-data-powerhouse) — official
- [Payscale Francisco Partners investment announcement](https://www.payscale.com/press-releases/payscale-announces-majority-growth-investment-from-francisco-partners-at-an-enterprise-value-of-325-million) — official
- [Payscale official homepage](https://www.payscale.com/) — official

## FAQ
**What does Payscale do?**

Payscale is a compensation-intelligence company providing salary data, benchmarking, job pricing, pay strategy, planning, equity, and workflow software for employers and compensation teams.

**Where is Payscale headquartered?**

Payscale is headquartered in Seattle, Washington, United States (remote-first team).

**When was Payscale founded?**

Payscale was founded in 2002.

**Who founded Payscale?**

Payscale was founded by Joe Giordano.

**How many employees does Payscale have?**

Payscale has 501-1000 employees.

**What kind of HR technology is Payscale?**

Payscale is categorized under Salary Data on DHRMap.

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