Salary.com
Salary.com provides compensation market data, software, and analytics used by employers to set and manage pay.
About
Salary.com is a compensation-data and technology company that provides market pay data, software, and analytics to help organizations price jobs, build pay ranges, and analyze pay equity. Its products include CompAnalyst, CompXL, a Pay Equity Suite, and JobArchitect, drawing on data covering more than 1.4 million job titles across many countries. Founded in 1999 and based in Waltham, Massachusetts, it was publicly listed, later acquired under IBM/Kenexa, and returned to private ownership when founder Kent Plunkett led a group of investors to buy back its assets in 2018.
Products
Salary.com CompAnalyst (compensation management platform), Market Pricing & Job Matching, Salary Survey Data, Pay Equity Analytics, Compensation Planning, Job Description Management (JDXpert), Total Rewards Statements, Executive Compensation, Compensation Consulting Services, Benchmark Database, Pay Structure Modeling
Leadership
founders · executives- Kent PlunkettBoard Director (former CEO & co-founder)
Recent moves
funding · M&A · launches- Mar 2, 2026
- Jul 16, 2025
- Apr 21, 2025
- Aug 21, 2024
- Nov 7, 2023
Salary.com in the news
All news →PitchMe, a talent intelligence platform for recruitment and staffing agencies, has launched SONAR, a search product that unifies ATS/CRM candidate searches with external sourcing in a single tool, eliminating the need to toggle between systems during early-access rollout.
Sep 28, 2026Salary.com Expands into Talent Management with Launch of AI-Native ‘SalaryTalent’ PlatformSalary.com, long known as a compensation data provider, has launched SalaryTalent — an AI-native talent management platform that embeds real-time pay intelligence directly into day-to-day workforce decisions, rather than treating compensation as a late-stage HR step. HR buyers evaluating talent management suites now have a compensation-first alternative entering a crowded market.
Sep 28, 2026Salary.com Enters the Platform RaceSalary.com launched SalaryTalent on September 28, expanding from a compensation data provider into a full talent management platform with five simultaneous product releases — Recruiting, Candidate Sourcing, Performance Management, Workforce Management, and HR Agent Orchestration — built on its existing job ontology of over 1.4 million leveled job titles and reportedly 120 million candidate profiles, according to WorkTech. The platform is built natively with AI rather than acquired, and initially targets organizations with 250–3,000 employees across healthcare, manufacturing, professional servi
Jul 16, 2025Salary.com Launches Elevate to Transform Pay and Career Conversations Between Employers and EmployeesNew Portal Provides a Secure, Centralized Hub for Job Description Management, Pay Communications, and Career Pathing to Align HR, Employees, Managers, and Executives WALTHAM, Mass., July 16, 2025 - Salary.com , the…
Apr 21, 2025Salary.com Unveils Agentic AI Platform for HR and CompensationSalary.com has launched the first-ever Agentic AI platform tailored specifically for HR and compensation professionals. By integrating advanced agentic AI and large language models (LLMs), this platform automates complex…
Aug 21, 2024Salary.com Adds AI-Powered Real-Time Job Posting Data to Portfolio of Compensation SolutionsSalary.com has introduced SalaryIQ™, an AI-powered, real-time job posting database designed to enhance compensation and recruiting strategies. Leveraging 25 years of experience in job matching, SalaryIQ uses machine…
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What does Salary.com do?
Salary.com provides compensation market data, software, and analytics used by employers to set and manage pay.
Where is Salary.com headquartered?
Salary.com is headquartered in Waltham, Massachusetts, USA, United States.
When was Salary.com founded?
Salary.com was founded in 1999.
Who founded Salary.com?
Salary.com was founded by Kent Plunkett.
How many employees does Salary.com have?
Salary.com has 501-1000 employees.
How much funding has Salary.com raised?
Salary.com has raised $71.1M (Privately held (previously IPO'd; returned to private ownership via a 2018 investor-led asset buyback led by founder Kent Plunkett)) to date, per DHRMap records.
What kind of HR technology is Salary.com?
Salary.com is categorized under Salary Data on DHRMap.
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