# Salary.com CompAnalyst: how AI models rank it, November 2026

Gane Index, November 2026 Edition. Named in 40 judge labels across 3 categories by 14 of 14 models. Page: https://www.gane.ai/index/hr/vendors/salary-com-companalyst

## Standing by category

| Category | Share | Rank | Negative rate | Labels |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| [Compensation benchmarking data](https://www.gane.ai/index/hr/rewards/compensation-benchmarking-data/index.md) | 4% | 5 | 14% | 22 |
| [Compensation management](https://www.gane.ai/index/hr/rewards/compensation-management/index.md) | 2% | 14 | 12% | 17 |
| [Pay equity](https://www.gane.ai/index/hr/rewards/pay-equity/index.md) | 0% | 52 | 0% | 1 |

## What the models said for it

- "Primary source: Payscale or Salary.com CompAnalyst — for general job pricing across all functions" (DeepSeek V4 Flash, Compensation benchmarkin)
- "Best overall for most mid-sized teams: Salary.com" (GPT-5.4 mini, Compensation management)
- "the best default choice is usually Salary.com" (GPT-5.4 mini, Compensation benchmarkin)
- "Payscale (MarketPay / CompAnalyst) / Salary.com: Deep benchmark database access and robust traditional comp management." (Gemini 3.5 Flash, Compensation management)

## And against it

- "Salary.com is often cited as crowdsourced ... their methodologies and data sources are often hidden behind proprietary black boxes" (Muse Glimmer 30B, Compensation management)
- "Relying solely on basic crowdsourced databases (like standard Glassdoor, generic Salary.com consumer inputs, or unverified community surveys) for critical pay decisions." (Gemini 3.5 Flash, Compensation management)
- "Free tools (e.g., basic Salary.com or Levels.fyi) can be a starting point but often lack depth." (Grok 4.20, Compensation benchmarkin)
- "full benchmarking requires subscriptions (avoid if budget is tight)" (Grok 4.20, Compensation benchmarkin)

## By model

| Model | First choice | Alternative | Mention | Warning | Labels |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Claude Haiku 4.5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| GPT-5.4 mini | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 |
| Gemini 3.5 Flash | 0 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 6 |
| Perplexity Sonar | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Grok 4.20 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 5 |
| Mistral Small | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| DeepSeek V4 Flash | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
| Llama 4 Maverick | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Qwen 3.7 Flash | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Kimi K2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| GLM 4.7 FlashX | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| MiniMax M2.5 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| GPT-6 Luna | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Muse Glimmer 30B | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 |

## Sources returned with these answers

The sites and pages cited by the answers that named Salary.com CompAnalyst, from 148 of the 164 answers that named it (only the models that return a source list).

### Domains cited

- ravio.com: 70
- salary.com: 68 (its own site)
- g2.com: 62
- comprehensive.io: 41
- leadchangegroup.com: 37
- capterra.com: 33
- fitsmallbusiness.com: 30
- payscale.com: 29
- peoplemanagingpeople.com: 27
- salarycube.com: 25

### Pages cited

- https://ravio.com/blog/the-best-tools-for-salary-benchmarking: 29
- https://ravio.com/blog/compensation-benchmarking-companies: 28
- https://salary.com/: 26
- https://comprehensive.io/content/best-compensation-benchmarking-data-sources: 25
- https://salary.com/data: 23
- https://capterra.com/compensation-management-software: 20
- https://payscale.com/: 18
- https://fitsmallbusiness.com/best-compensation-management-software: 17

## In its own words

What Salary.com CompAnalyst's own pages state, read 2026-09-28. Stated by the vendor, not checked by the index.

- Positioning: Price jobs, build pay ranges, model scenarios, and evaluate pay practices. (https://salary.com/)
- For: comp teams (https://www.salary.com/platform)
- Customers named: Premise Health, Omaha Steaks, The Ken Blanchard Companies, SESLOC Credit Union, MSU Federal Credit Union, Habitat for Humanity, Susan G. Komen, CHRISTUS Health

## What it publishes

Every page salary.com exposes, read 2026-09-29: 33353 addresses. By kind, pages and the last 90 days:

- blog: 2541 pages, 7 in the last 90 days, latest 2026-09-24
- case study: 29 pages, 0 in the last 90 days, latest undated
- webinar or virtual event: 6 pages, 0 in the last 90 days, latest 2025-12-10
- conference or event: 2646 pages, 0 in the last 90 days, latest undated
- report or ebook: 25865 pages, 2 in the last 90 days, latest 2026-09-22
- comparison: 72 pages, 6 in the last 90 days, latest 2026-09-28
- template or tool: 24 pages, 0 in the last 90 days, latest undated
- glossary or explainer: 390 pages, 41 in the last 90 days, latest 2026-09-24
- news or press: 790 pages, 0 in the last 90 days, latest undated
- Recent: 2026-09-28 comparison: Salarytalent vs workforce management software https://www.salary.com/compare/salarytalent-vs-workforce-management-software
- Recent: 2026-09-28 comparison: Salarytalent vs performance management software https://www.salary.com/compare/salarytalent-vs-performance-management-software
- Recent: 2026-09-28 comparison: Salarytalent vs recruiting software https://www.salary.com/compare/salarytalent-vs-recruiting-software
- Recent: 2026-09-24 blog: Master compensation communication top tips https://www.salary.com/resources/how-to/master-compensation-communication-top-tips
- Recent: 2026-09-24 blog: Implement a market adjustment raise https://www.salary.com/resources/how-to/implement-a-market-adjustment-raise
- Recent: 2026-09-24 glossary or explainer: What is holiday pay and how is it calculated https://www.salary.com/resources/hr-glossary/what-is-holiday-pay-and-how-is-it-calculated

## 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.