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

Gane Index, November 2026 Edition. Named in 2 judge labels across 1 category by 2 of 14 models. Page: https://www.gane.ai/index/hr/vendors/salary-com-compdata-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) | 2% | 17 | 0% | 2 |

## What the models said for it

- "Start with Salary.com Compdata Benchmark Pro at $3,495 for industry-specific data with quarterly updates" (GLM 4.7 FlashX, Compensation benchmarkin)
- "Salary.com Compdata participant $995 is the lowest-cost traditional survey entry point, updated quarterly." (Muse Glimmer 30B, 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 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Gemini 3.5 Flash | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Perplexity Sonar | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Grok 4.20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 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 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| GLM 4.7 FlashX | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| MiniMax M2.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| GPT-6 Luna | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Muse Glimmer 30B | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |

## Sources returned with these answers

The sites and pages cited by the answers that named Salary.com Compdata Surveys, from 5 of the 5 answers that named it (only the models that return a source list).

### Domains cited

- store.salary.com: 5 (its own site)
- payscale.com: 4
- ravio.com: 3
- salary.com: 3 (its own site)
- captivateiq.com: 2
- comptool.com: 2
- deel.com: 2
- fitsmallbusiness.com: 2
- g2.com: 2
- hrpaypick.com: 2

### Pages cited

- https://store.salary.com/compdata: 4
- https://payscale.com/: 3
- https://salary.com/: 3
- https://deel.com/blog/salary-benchmarking-tools: 2
- https://fitsmallbusiness.com/salary-comparison-tools: 2
- https://g2.com/categories/salary-benchmarking/small-business: 2
- https://hrpaypick.com/salary-benchmarking-small-business: 2
- https://marketintelligencetools.com/rankings/compensation-benchmarking-tools: 2

## In its own words

What Salary.com Compdata Surveys's own pages state, read 2026-10-06. Stated by the vendor, not checked by the index.


## 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.
