Compa Market Index

Market intelligence for the boardroom

by Compa · Compensation & Benefits

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Executive Summary

Compa Market Index is one of five compensation indices that Compa publishes through Compa Research, which describes its indices as expert-built and as providing macroeconomic context. According to Compa's pricing page, the index measures whether employees or companies hold leverage by analyzing pay growth, equity growth, rejection rates, sign-on bonuses and offer volume. It is part of the Research subscription tier, which also includes expert insights from Compa's compensation experts.

Use Cases

  • Check whether employees or companies hold leverage in the market
  • Give the boardroom macroeconomic context on compensation
  • Understand the trends shaping pay, hiring and talent

Features

Visibility

  • Offers vs. Employees Index: Compares offer salaries to current employee salaries, so you can see wage drift and retention risks before they happen.
  • Leveling Distribution Index: Shows whether hiring is trending junior or senior, based on the average level of accepted hires.
  • Cost of Hiring Index: Shows whether it’s more or less expensive to hire based on offer value and acceptance rates over time.
  • Outlier Impact Index: Compares average and median pay to show whether outlier offers are pulling pay up or down.

Intelligence

  • Ways to access Compa Intelligence: Analyst Agent gives comp teams an internal-facing agent that benchmarks, tracks how the market moves, and instantly arms leaders with answers.

Technical Specifications

Deployment
SaaS
MCP Server
Yes

Infrastructure

  • Amazon Web Services (AWS)

Integrations

  • Applicant Tracking Systems (ATS)
  • Workday
  • Oracle
  • Greenhouse
  • Carta
  • E*TRADE

Security & Compliance

Certifications: SOC 2 Type II

Encryption: TLS 1.2+ for data in transit; AES-256 for data at rest

Pricing

Model
Annual subscription (Research tier includes the Compa Market Index)
Starting Price
Research tier from $15,000/year
Target Customer
Mid-Market,Enterprise
Contract Type
Annual

About Compa

Compa is the leading provider of AI-driven compensation intelligence, offering software and market data to empower enterprise teams in making fair and competitive pay decisions. Their platform supports compensation leaders in managing high-stakes pay decisions, benchmarking, and automating offer workflows.

Founded: 2020 · Headquarters: Newport Beach, California, United States · Employees: 51-200 · Private

Verified sources

Each of these facts was checked against the vendor page linked (2026-10-15).

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