Payscale

#2 in Salary Benchmarking

Seattle, Washington

Products on G2

1,314

Total reviews

4.3

Avg. star rating

Payscale Ascent ranks #2 in Salary Benchmarking.
Reviews across Payscale's portfolio declined 33.3% quarter-over-quarter.
Payscale's 2 products span 7 categories on G2.
Enterprise is the largest segment among reviewers, at 66.1%.

Traffic & LLM citations

Monthly G2.com page views and citations by AI answer engines, summed across Payscale's products.

Page views and citations · Payscale

Source: G2 review data

Winning from

Based on reviewers who said they switched from another vendor's product.

Textio

Salary.com

ADP

Employ

Rapid7

Losing to

Based on reviewers of other products who said they switched from Payscale.

Salary.com

CompLogix

OpenComp

Payfederate

Comprehensive

Key stats

-33.3%

Enterprise

2002

757

Seattle, Washington

Adoption by company size

Segment	Share of reviews
Small Business	5.1%
Mid-Market	28.8%
Enterprise	66.1%

Quarterly history

Quarter	Total reviews	Avg. rating
2024 Q4	29	3.9
2025 Q1	57	4.0
2025 Q2	36	4.5
2025 Q3	37	4.4
2025 Q4	76	4.4
2026 Q1	13	4.7
2026 Q2	18	4.6
2026 Q3	12	3.7

About Payscale

Payscale is the pioneer of compensation intelligence, helping organizations make smarter pay decisions that drive business performance. For more than 20 years, Payscale has combined trusted market data with AI-powered technology to deliver actionable insights that turn pay from a cost into a catalyst for growth. The Payscale Intelligence Cloud portfolio of solutions — Ascent, JobNav, and Paycycle — empower top companies and businesses like Cintas, Leidos, Chipotle, Ohio State University, and TJX Companies.