Move beyond market rate

Is your comp strategy built for the next era of work?

AI is reshaping which skills get automated and which ones matter most. Market benchmarks are increasingly pricing the wrong thing. And employees still don't feel paid fairly, even when transparency improves.

This report gives HR leaders a smarter framework for compensation. One built on your organization's roles, skills, and people. Not just what the market average says.

You'll also get a step-by-step compensation philosophy guide to put it into practice immediately.

Here’s what you’ll find inside:

  • What seven years of employee data reveals about fairness, transparency, and trust

  • Why AI makes the inside-out approach to compensation a strategic necessity — not just an equity argument

  • The four lenses that replace market-rate logic with something more defensible

  • Real-world case studies showing what this looks like in practice

  • A compensation philosophy guide your team can start using today


Nearly 75% of HR professionals believe employees at their organization are paid fairly. Only 44% believe employees actually share that view.