Urban Institute researchers conducted exploratory research to better understand employers’ experiences in reporting pay data to the EEOC. In 2019‒20, the EEOC collected pay data from a large majority of reporting establishments, but the interrupted process of the data collection presented unique challenges in compiling and reporting pay data. This brief examines the processes employers undertook to assemble pay data and identifies ways the EEOC and other partner organizations could make the process more transparent and streamlined, should the EEOC decide to move forward with a new pay data collection.