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1.1. Introduction to TalentUp

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What is TalentUp?

TalentUp is a salary benchmarking and compensation intelligence platform built for HR teams, people managers, and business leaders who need reliable, real-time data to make fair and competitive pay decisions.

Whether you’re a fast-growing startup trying to attract top talent, or an established company preparing for EU Pay Transparency compliance, TalentUp gives you the data, tools, and insights to build a compensation strategy that works — for your people and your business.

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The TalentUp platform: a single workspace for salary benchmarking, internal pay analysis, competitive intelligence, and compliance.

Why TalentUp?

Traditional salary surveys are expensive, slow, and often outdated by the time you use them. TalentUp solves this by combining a constantly updated salary database with intelligent analytics tools that surface insights you can act on immediately.

With TalentUp you can:

  • Benchmark any role in any location against live market data — in seconds

  • Understand how your entire team’s compensation compares to the external market

  • Identify at-risk employees before they leave due to below-market pay

  • Detect and report on gender pay gaps and salary inequities

  • Research how specific companies structure their compensation

  • Compare salaries across multiple roles and locations side by side

  • Generate the data and reports needed to comply with the EU Pay Transparency Directive

    • Who is TalentUp For?

    TalentUp is designed for anyone involved in compensation decisions:

  • 🧑‍💼 HR Managers & HR Business Partners — Manage and benchmark your full team’s salary data, run equity audits, and generate compliance reports

  • đź’Ľ Compensation & Benefits Specialists — Build market-aligned salary bands, validate pay ranges, and keep compensation data current

  • 🔍 Recruiters & Talent Acquisition Teams — Set competitive offers, avoid losing candidates to better-paying competitors, and understand what different markets pay

  • đź“Š CFOs & Finance Leaders — Plan compensation budgets with accurate market data and understand total compensation costs

  • 🚀 Founders & People Leaders at Startups — Build a fair, competitive compensation framework from day one without the cost of traditional consultants or surveys

    • The Four Core Features

    The TalentUp platform is organized around four main tools, all accessible from the top navigation bar:

    Feature
    What it does
    Internal Pay Analysis
    Upload Your Team’S Salary Data And Benchmark Every Position Against The Live Market. Get Compa Ratios, Risk Labels, And A Full Pay Equity Insights Dashboard.
    Market Salary Search
    Search The Market Salary For Any Job Role In Any Location. Get A Detailed Pay Table, Market Balance Indicator, Supply/Demand Data, And Pay Trajectory.
    Company Finder
    Look Up Salary And Workforce Data For Specific Companies — Ideal For Competitive Intelligence And Offer Negotiations.
    Compare Salaries
    Run Side-By-Side Salary Comparisons Across Up To 10 Roles And 10 Locations Simultaneously, Anchored To A Reference Location.

    Key Platform Concepts

    A salary benchmark is a data point that represents what the market pays for a specific role, in a specific location, for a specific type of company. TalentUp’s benchmarks are built from a continuously updated database covering 650+ job roles in 200+ locations worldwide.

    Salary data is expressed in percentiles (P10 to P90), which tell you where a salary falls within the market distribution:

  • P10 — Only 10% of professionals in this role/location earn less than this amount (very low end)

  • P50 — The market median; 50% earn more, 50% earn less

  • P75 — This salary is above 75% of the market (competitive / above average)

  • P90 — Only 10% of professionals earn more than this (top of market)

    • The Compa Ratio (Compensation Ratio) measures how an employee’s salary compares to the market median. A ratio of 1.00 means they are paid exactly at market median. Below 1.00 means below market; above 1.00 means above market. This is the primary metric used in Internal Pay Analysis to assess compensation health.

    Company Settings are global filters that ensure every benchmark on the platform reflects your company’s actual peer group — your sector, company type, size, and funding stage. Setting these up correctly is the first step to getting meaningful benchmarks. They’re configured from the Dashboard and apply automatically to all searches.

    TalentUp and the EU Pay Transparency Directive

    The EU Pay Transparency Directive (2023/970) requires companies operating in EU member states to report on gender pay gaps, disclose salary information to employees, and demonstrate pay equity. TalentUp is specifically designed to help companies comply with these requirements by providing:

  • Gender pay gap calculations and visual reports

  • Pay-by-quartile breakdowns

  • Compa-ratio analysis across the workforce

  • Market benchmarking data to justify salary decisions

    • See Section 5: Implement Salary Transparency for a dedicated guide on using TalentUp for Pay Transparency compliance.

    World’s leading Salary Benchmarking Solution

    TalentUp helps companies handle salaries effectively by offering clear, compliant, and data-based information that allows teams to create successful pay strategies and follow transparency rules.

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