Salary.com
Salary.com sells AI-driven compensation data and software (CompAnalyst, Max) to HR teams so companies can benchmark jobs, build pay structures and manage pay decisions.
Salary.com, founded in 1999, provides compensation data, SaaS software and services built on a proprietary job ontology. Its CompAnalyst platform supports more than 10,000 organizations (2026). The company launched the CompAnalyst AI Suite in 2025, the Max autonomous-agent model in March 2026, and the SalaryTalent AI-native talent management platform in September 2026. It sells by subscription to enterprises, small businesses and individuals. It is privately held. Founder Kent Plunkett led a buyback from IBM in 2018, and trackers list about $67M in funding with Accel-KKR among the investors. Yong Zhang is the current Chairman and CEO.
