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Top 25 Compensation consulting firms based in the United States

Name: Compensation consulting firms based in the United States
Creator: RevenueBase
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Compiled by the RevenueBase Data Team Data refreshed Aug 31, 2026 1,015 companies tracked

RevenueBase identified 1,015 compensation consulting firms headquartered in the United States as of August 2026 and tracks 11,215 professional contacts across them, including 5,284 with verified work emails and 4,984 with mobile numbers. New York is the largest hub.

This list covers compensation consulting firms headquartered in the United States, matched on what each company actually does as described in its own words. Ranked by team size, largest first. Every row shows the company's own description, its RevenueBase Smart Search rating, and when it was last checked. Data refreshed August 31, 2026.

Published by RevenueBase, a B2B data infrastructure company. This list was built with RevenueBase Smart Search, the natural-language company search RevenueBase customers use to build their own targeted lists and unlock verified emails and direct dials at the companies on them. How these lists are built and judged.

How to read this list RevenueBase Smart Search rating on every row Refreshed Aug 31, 2026 86% judged on-target in blind review

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11,215Contacts tracked

5,284Verified emails

4,984Mobile numbers

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The 25 largest compensation consulting firms based in the United States

Ranked by team size

Top 25 of 1,015 compensation consulting firms based in the United States, ranked by team size, largest first. Data refreshed Aug 31, 2026. RevenueBase Smart Search rates how each company's information relates to compensation consulting firms: strong evidence (its own description names it), partial (names part of it), indirect (matched on the rest of its profile rather than the description shown). Click a contact count to view that company's people.
#	Company	RevenueBase Smart Search	Headquarters	Employees	Contacts
1	salary.com	Partial evidence	Waltham, MA, United States	201-500	1,189 contacts →
	Partial evidence “Salary.com® remains the technology leader in providing employee compensation data, software, and services to enterprises, small businesses, and individuals.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Aug 31, 2026
2	SEGAL	Partial evidence	New York, NY, United States	1,001-5,000	1,148 contacts →
	Partial evidence “Segal is a leading employee-owned consulting firm with more than 1,100 professionals across North America, including 150+ credentialed actuaries.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Aug 31, 2026
3	Payscale	Partial evidence	Seattle, WA, United States	501-1,000	803 contacts →
	Partial evidence “Create confidence in your compensation.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Aug 31, 2026
4	Equity Methods	Partial evidence	Scottsdale, AZ, United States	51-200	177 contacts →
	Partial evidence “Equity Methods provides valuation, financial reporting, and human resources advisory services related to equity compensation and other complex securities.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Aug 31, 2026
5	Pearl Meyer	Indirect evidence	San Jose, CA, United States	51-200	161 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Connecting People, Purpose, and Performance.™ Pearl Meyer is the leading advisor to boards and senior management helping organizations build, develop, and reward great leadership…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Aug 31, 2026
6	FW Cook	Indirect evidence	Wellesley Hills, MA, United States	51-200	144 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “From the beginning, Frederic W.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Aug 31, 2026
7	The QTI Group	Indirect evidence	Madison, WI, United States	51-200	144 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “For over 65 years, QTI has been an active member of the business community.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Aug 31, 2026
8	Bolton	Strong evidence	Baltimore, MD, United States	51-200	117 contacts →
	Strong evidence “We are a full service employee benefits, actuarial, investment, compensation, and HR consulting firm with over 40 years of experience providing consulting services to clients in…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Aug 31, 2026
9	Meridian Compensation Partners, LLC	Strong evidence	Dallas, TX, United States	51-200	115 contacts →
	Strong evidence “Meridian Compensation Partners provides the most effective solutions and independent advice in executive compensation and corporate governance consulting.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Aug 31, 2026
10	Semler Brossy	Partial evidence	Los Angeles, CA, United States	51-200	110 contacts →
	Partial evidence “Semler Brossy is a leading independent consulting firm.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Aug 31, 2026
11	The Goodkind Group, LLC	Partial evidence	New York, NY, United States	51-200	101 contacts →
	Partial evidence “Founded in 1991, The Goodkind Group is a full-service recruitment consulting firm.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Aug 31, 2026
12	Compintelligence, INC	Indirect evidence	Oxford, CT, United States	51-200	100 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “At CompIntelligence, we empower organizations to navigate the ever-evolving landscape of finance and technology.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Aug 31, 2026
13	Landing Point	Partial evidence	New York, NY, United States	51-200	99 contacts →
	Partial evidence “Landing Point is an executive search and consulting firm specializing in the recruitment of Accounting & Finance, Capital Formation & Investment Support, HR & Talent Acquisition…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Aug 31, 2026
14	PAY Governance LLC	Partial evidence	Philadelphia, PA, United States	51-200	89 contacts →
	Partial evidence “Pay Governance LLC is an independent executive compensation advisory firm.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Aug 31, 2026
15	ERI Economic Research Institute	Partial evidence	Irvine, CA, United States	51-200	86 contacts →
	Partial evidence “ERI Economic Research Institute was founded over 35 years ago to provide trusted compensation data for private and public organizations.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Aug 31, 2026
16	Bettercomp	Indirect evidence	Walnut Creek, CA, United States	51-200	83 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Bettercomp is the modern market pricing software partner comp pros deserve.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Aug 31, 2026
17	MY Benefit Advisor, LLC	Indirect evidence	Melville, NY, United States	201-500	82 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “My Benefit Advisor (MBA) guides employers of all sizes through planning, communicating, and managing a successful employee benefits program.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Aug 31, 2026
18	Elite Consulting Partners	Partial evidence	Moorestown, NJ, United States	51-200	80 contacts →
	Partial evidence “Elite Consulting Partners is a transition consultant, practice management, and business consulting firm focused on providing strategic advice and solutions to the financial…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Aug 31, 2026
19	Dunbar, Bender & Zapf, INC	Partial evidence	Pittsburgh, PA, United States	51-200	76 contacts →
	Partial evidence “Dunbar, Bender & Zapf, Inc.(DBZ) is a full-service retirement plan consulting firm dedicated to helping employers design, implement, and manage plans that support their long-term…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Aug 31, 2026
20	Compensia	Partial evidence	San Francisco, CA, United States	51-200	70 contacts →
	Partial evidence “Compensia is the leading independent compensation advisor to technology and life sciences companies.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Aug 31, 2026
21	Infinite Equity	Indirect evidence	San Francisco, CA, United States	51-200	68 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Infinite Equity is the premier independent professional services firm that enables companies to increase the effectiveness and return of their equity programs.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Aug 31, 2026
22	Lauber Business Partners Fractional Interim Leadership, Consulting, Executive Search	Indirect evidence	Milwaukee, WI, United States	51-200	59 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “For over 30 years, Lauber Business Partners, Inc.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Aug 31, 2026
23	Benefit Commerce Group, An Alera Group Company	Indirect evidence	Scottsdale, AZ, United States	51-200	58 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Benefit Commerce Group (BCG), an Alera Group Company, is a progressive and results-driven firm, focusing on employee benefits, commercial property & casualty, and retirement plan…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Aug 31, 2026
24	The Benefit Practice	Partial evidence	Maitland, FL, United States	51-200	55 contacts →
	Partial evidence “The Benefit Practice is a full-service, independent retirement consulting firm specializing in the design and implementation of client-focused retirement benefits programs.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Aug 31, 2026
25	HR Performance Solutions	Partial evidence	Livonia, MI, United States	51-200	53 contacts →
	Partial evidence “HR Performance Solutions is in the business of supporting innovative organizations with our purpose-driven compensation, performance, and learning management software.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Aug 31, 2026

RevenueBase Smart Search

RevenueBase Smart Search assesses information from a company’s LinkedIn profile, information supplied directly by the company, its website, and other publicly available sources. It uses that information to rate how closely the company relates to this list’s category: compensation consulting firms. Every row carries its rating and the description the rating was read from, so each one can be checked rather than taken on trust.

Strong evidence: The company's own public description of its business names compensation consulting firms.
Partial evidence: Its own public description names part of compensation consulting firms, so it works in or next to the category without describing itself that way.
Indirect evidence: The description shown does not name compensation consulting firms. The match rests on the rest of the company's public profile rather than the one sentence quoted here, so this is the rating to check first.

RevenueBase Smart Search is how these lists are built: RevenueBase's data engine and AI assemble the companies that match a category defined in a user's own words, so a list can be about what companies actually do rather than about whichever industry code they were filed under.

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Compensation consulting firms based in the United States at a glance

As of Aug 31, 2026

47.1%Verified-email coverage

44.4%Mobile-number coverage

11.0Average contacts per company

1-10Median size (employees)

5.7%Largest-city concentration · New York

Aug 31, 2026Page data refreshed

Companies by employee count

1-10

698

11-50

247

51-200

201-500

501-1,000

1,001-5,000

10001+

How this list was built

Company categories are rarely black and white. RevenueBase reads each company's own description of its business to decide whether it belongs among compensation consulting firms, so some rows will be adjacent to the category rather than pure plays. The description and RevenueBase Smart Search rating on every row are there so you can check each match yourself.

Source: The RevenueBase company graph: 60 million companies and 398.9 million professional contacts resolved from primary sources, queried with RevenueBase Smart Search, the natural-language company search available to every RevenueBase user.
What qualifies: Companies headquartered in the United States whose own description of what they do matches “compensation consulting firms”. Matching reads each company's description, not its industry code or its name.
RevenueBase Smart Search: RevenueBase Smart Search is how this list is assembled and how each row is rated. RevenueBase's data engine and AI assess a company's LinkedIn profile, information supplied directly by the company, its website and other publicly available information, then relate it to a category defined in a user's own words. Each row is rated strong evidence (its own description names compensation consulting firms), partial evidence (it names part of the category) or indirect evidence (the description shown names none of it and the match rests on the rest of the company's profile). The description supporting each rating is quoted on the row.
What we exclude: Companies whose own description does not clearly place them among compensation consulting firms, and records with no verified work email. Companies headquartered outside United States are excluded even when they keep an office there.
Match quality: In blind human judging of this matching method, 86% of matched companies were on target. Expect roughly 1 in 7 rows to be adjacent to the category rather than a pure play. Every row shows the company's own description and its RevenueBase Smart Search rating so you can judge each match yourself. Read the full methodology: how the lists are built, how the judging worked, and what the figure means.
Ranking: Team size, largest first: companies are ordered by the number of professionals RevenueBase tracks at each one. Employee ranges shown are reported bands, for context.
Verification: Every listed company carries at least one verified work email, 5,284 across the full list. Contacts re-verify on a rolling cadence, and each contact's own verification date is shown inside RevenueBase.
Refresh: This page's figures were pulled from the company graph on August 31, 2026. Lists refresh periodically as the graph is re-checked.
Corrections: Wrong category, wrong headquarters, or a company that has closed? Use “Report an issue” on any row. Reports go to the RevenueBase Data Team and feed back into the company graph.

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Frequently asked

What is RevenueBase Smart Search?

RevenueBase Smart Search is how RevenueBase decides which companies belong on this list and how strongly each one fits. Its data engine and AI assess a company's LinkedIn profile, information supplied directly by the company, its website and other publicly available information, then relate it to the category the list is about. Each row is rated strong evidence when the company's own description names compensation consulting firms, partial evidence when it names part of the category, and indirect evidence when the description shown names none of it and the match rests on the rest of the company's profile.

How many compensation consulting firms are there based in the United States?

RevenueBase identified 1,015 compensation consulting firms headquartered in the United States as of August 2026, matched on each company's own description of what it does rather than its industry code.

What is the largest company on this list?

salary.com, headquartered in Waltham, tops this list with the largest team on record.

Which city has the most compensation consulting firms?

New York leads with 58 headquartered companies, followed by Atlanta (29) and Chicago (24).

How do I get contact information for these companies?

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How current is this list?

The list refreshes periodically as the company graph is re-checked. This page's figures were pulled on August 31, 2026.

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About this data

RevenueBase is a B2B data infrastructure company. Its company graph covers 60 million companies and 398.9 million professional contacts, with emails verified on a rolling cadence rather than scraped once and left to decay. These company lists are generated directly from that graph with RevenueBase Smart Search, the same natural-language company search every RevenueBase user has: describe a market in plain words, get the companies that match, and add verified emails and direct dials for the people at them. It is the same data that powers RevenueBase's B2B data products, and a free account includes 500 credits to start. How these lists are built and judged.