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Salary Guides
Robert Half — Salary Guides
Salary ranges for more than 75 roles. Salaries presented in percentiles. Specific pay ranges for roles in more than 135 U.S. cities. Also includes data on benefits, incentives, and perks.
Dice — Tech Salary Survey
Average salaries by job title, by skill, by years of experience, by state, by industry, and by employment type (including hourly rates for contractors).
Hired — State of Global Tech Salaries
Average salaries by market. Includes local versus relocation comparisons. Good indicator for pay differentials between markets.
Atrium – Salary Guides
Average salaries by job levels. Includes information on other benefits as well.
Secret Weapons
H1B Salary Database
Companies that sponsor H1B visas must publicly disclose how much they pay each sponsored employee by job title. This database provides exactly what hiring companies pay for specific job titles.
Hired.com
If you are a hiring manager at your current company, you can research exactly what candidates are asking for in terms of compensation by looking at their “ask” rates on Hired.com. Note that this resource requires that you have access to a hiring manager account on this platform.
Wellfound
Wellfound (formerly AngelList) is no longer just for startups that are hiring. A number of well-established companies recruit from these platforms and not only disclose salary ranges but also stock options.
Salary Calculators
Robert Half — Salary Calculator
Calculates an estimated salary range based on location, job title, company size, and number of years of experience.
Glassdoor — Know Your Worth Calculator
Calculates an estimated market value based on years of experience, job title, number of years of experience, and education by comparing to other salaries submitted by similar people in specific location as well as estimated salaries for open positions matching profile. Also provides comparison to overall market.
Glassdoor — Salary Explorer
Enables you to explore what different positions pay based on job title, location, number of years of experience, company size, industry, and even by specific company.
PayScale — Salary Calculator
Provides high-level salary calculator as well as reports tailored to help you 1) evaluate a job offer, 2) research current pay, or 3) just explore.
Salary.com
Provides bell-curve salary ranges for base and base plus bonus compensation based on specific job title.
Salary Databases
H1B Salary Database
Companies that sponsor H1B visas must publicly disclose how much they pay each sponsored employee by job title. This database provides exactly what hiring companies pay for specific job titles.
Fairy God Boss
New and developing offering specifically for women that Includes salary information searchable by title, department, and company name.
Levels Salary Database
This is an emerging salary database that only provides compensation info for a limited number of job titles across tech, banking, and management consulting for top, name-brand companies. However, for the companies and titles it does support, it does a really great job of breaking down base salary, bonus, and stock options.