# Culpepper Compensation Surveys: how AI models rank it, November 2026

Gane Index, November 2026 Edition. Named in 8 judge labels across 1 category by 6 of 14 models. Page: https://www.gane.ai/index/hr/vendors/culpepper-compensation-surveys

## Standing by category

| Category | Share | Rank | Negative rate | Labels |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| [Compensation benchmarking data](https://www.gane.ai/index/hr/rewards/compensation-benchmarking-data/index.md) | 0% | 31 | 12% | 8 |

## What the models said for it

- "consider low-cost subscriptions like Culpepper, Figures, or PayScale Ascent" (GLM 4.7 FlashX, Compensation benchmarkin)
- "Exceptionally well-suited for mid-sized companies." (Gemini 3.5 Flash, Compensation benchmarkin)
- "Excellent for targeted, global B2B data" (Grok 4.20, Compensation benchmarkin)
- "Best for Customized Industry Coverage" (Kimi K2, Compensation benchmarkin)

## And against it

- "Avoid expensive annual contracts (like Culpepper at ~$7,400/year)" (MiniMax M2.5, Compensation benchmarkin)

## By model

| Model | First choice | Alternative | Mention | Warning | Labels |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Claude Haiku 4.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| GPT-5.4 mini | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Gemini 3.5 Flash | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| Perplexity Sonar | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Grok 4.20 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| Mistral Small | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| DeepSeek V4 Flash | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Llama 4 Maverick | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Qwen 3.7 Flash | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Kimi K2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| GLM 4.7 FlashX | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| MiniMax M2.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| GPT-6 Luna | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Muse Glimmer 30B | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |

## Sources returned with these answers

The sites and pages cited by the answers that named Culpepper Compensation Surveys, from 14 of the 17 answers that named it (only the models that return a source list).

### Domains cited

- hrpaypick.com: 8
- ravio.com: 7
- comprehensive.io: 6
- g2.com: 6
- figures.hr: 5
- reddit.com: 5
- payscale.com: 4
- salary.com: 4
- store.salary.com: 4
- aon.com: 3

### Pages cited

- https://hrpaypick.com/salary-benchmarking-small-business: 8
- https://comprehensive.io/content/best-compensation-benchmarking-data-sources: 6
- https://g2.com/categories/salary-benchmarking/small-business: 5
- https://ravio.com/blog/the-best-tools-for-salary-benchmarking: 4
- https://salary.com/: 4
- https://aon.com/en/capabilities/human-capital-analytics/radford-mclagan-compensation-database/compensation-data-for-private-companies: 3
- https://figures.hr/post/salary-benchmarking-tools: 3
- https://ravio.com/blog/compensation-benchmarking-companies: 3

## In its own words

What Culpepper Compensation Surveys's own pages state, read 2026-10-05. Stated by the vendor, not checked by the index.

- Positioning: leading provider and trusted source of compensation survey market data and consulting services (https://culpepper.com/)
- For: companies (https://culpepper.com/)
- Customers named: eMoney, Aurora Solar, Food Bank of South Jersey, Berk Enterprises, Inc., Georgia Technology Authority

## What it publishes

Every page culpepper.com exposes, read 2026-09-29: 26 addresses. By kind, pages and the last 90 days:


## Record

- Method: https://www.gane.ai/index/hr/methodology
- License: CC BY 4.0. Cite as Gane Index, November 2026 Edition, www.gane.ai/index/hr.