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Market intelligence for the boardroom
Compa Research publishes expert-built compensation indices that provide macroeconomic context.
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Helping top companies make smart compensation decisions
2.5M+ live data points, one clear view of the market
Compa Research turns millions of verified data points into indices that show the intensity of competition, who holds leverage, and where pay is accelerating.
Market-wide signal
Compa Research equips compensation teams with high-level market context to align pay strategies to macroeconomic trends and make more defensible decisions.
Understand how the market moves at scale
Cut through the noise with indices designed to answer the questions that matter most to business leaders.
Compa Price Index
Measures who holds leverage by analyzing compensation movement, hiring volume, offer acceptance rates, and sign-on behavior.
Offer-to-employee ratio
Compares offer salaries to current employee salaries, so you can see wage drift and retention risks before they happen.
Leveling distribution
Shows whether hiring is trending junior or senior, based on the average level of accepted hires.
Expert-defined methodology
Every index is shaped by compensation experts, designed for consistency, and grounded in data that meets strict privacy and safe harbor standards.
Led by comp experts
Every index is defined and maintained by Compa’s compensation experts, not crowdsourced inputs or black-box models.
Built for consistency
Filter and segment each index by the dimensions that matter, like job domain and career stream.
Privacy by design
Data is aggregated and abstracted into indices that can be shared beyond network contributors.
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