Leverage data and analytics in your compensation strategy

Barley’s Compensation Analytics helps HR and Total Rewards teams surface pay gaps, track pay band adherence, and align spend with budget so you can run smarter, more equitable comp programs.
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Compensation analytics in Barley

Powerful insights. No spreadsheet required.

Get a real-time view into pay practices across your organization. Spot issues early. Back up your decisions with data.
Monitor pay band adherence
Track how employees align with their salary bands, flag outliers, and proactively manage equity.
Surface pay gaps and internal inequity
Slice your data by gender, level, department, and geography to detect (and fix) issues early.
Stay aligned with Finance
Model different planning scenarios, forecast spend, and avoid overspending your budget during comp reviews.

What you can do with Barley's Compensation Analytics

Get a real-time pulse on your compensation

Access a unified dashboard that visualizes pay across departments, levels, and job tracks
Break down spend by function, location, or manager to spot patterns instantly
Keep leadership aligned with a single source of truth for comp data

Monitor the health of your comp program

Proactively surface risk areas with smart alerts and comp health indicators
Track key metrics like time since last pay change, band adherence, and equity gaps
Focus your attention on high-impact actions, not manual cleanup
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Visualize pay distribution with rich insights

Compare compensation against bands, performance, gender, and more
Quickly identify top performers who are underpaid or nearing flight risk
Highlight where pay compression or misalignment may be brewing

Uncover cohort-level disparities

Use cohort analysis to compare peers in the same role or level
Spot inconsistent pay decisions that may erode trust and increase turnover
Enable proactive conversations before problems escalate
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Turn compensation data into better decisions

See how Barley’s analytics can help you surface gaps, support pay equity, and stay aligned with your budget.