About Culpepper and Associates, Inc Culpepper and Associates, founded in 1979, is a leading provider of compensation survey data and human capital benchmarking services. Our custom reporting and advisory services help organizations utilize survey market data to establish competitive and effective compensation plans. Culpepper Compensation Surveys provide the data companies need to establish competitive and effective compensation plans. Comprehensive data is provided on base salaries, hourly pay rates & premiums, short-term cash incentives, cash allowances, total cash compensation, equity compensation & long-term incentives, total direct compensation, and pay practices. Our surveys cover a wide range of jobs in IT, technology, cleantech, alternative energy, and life science organizations. We report worldwide data for companies of all sizes, ranging from startups to multi-national corporations.