Why this site exists
Salary Center started in 2018 as an independent project with one aim: to close the information gap between employers and the people they hire. Employers know what a role pays across the market, and candidates usually do not. The Department of Labor publishes those numbers, but as large spreadsheets that are hard to use. We turn them into pages you can search by employer, job title and location, for free.
Where the data comes from
How we process it
- Employer names are normalized so one company is one page, whichever way a filing spelled it.
- Hourly wages are annualized at 2,080 hours.
- Median wages leave out values outside $20,000 to $1,000,000, which are almost always entry errors or unconverted hourly rates.
- Job titles have stray spacing removed, and rows we cannot read are left out. Wages and other details are shown as filed.
What the data cannot tell you
- The wage is base pay as attested on the filing. It leaves out bonus, equity and sign-on pay.
- A filing does not prove anyone was hired. Applications can be withdrawn or denied.
- The newest year is often partial, so it should not be compared directly with a full year.
- This site is for information only and is not legal or immigration advice.
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