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Our Data Sources

500M+ data points from verified, public sources. No surveys. No self-reported data. Every number is traceable.

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Government Salary Disclosures

Public employee compensation from state, county, and municipal governments across all 50 states. Actual reported salaries — not estimates.

✓ State controller payroll data
✓ Municipal salary databases
✓ Federal employee compensation (OPM)
✓ Public university & education salaries

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SEC EDGAR Filings

Executive compensation extracted directly from DEF 14A proxy statements filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

✓ Named Executive Officer (NEO) compensation
✓ Peer group analysis
✓ Annual incentive bonus targets
✓ Long-term incentive plan details

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Bureau of Labor Statistics

Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (OES) data covering 800+ occupations across all industries and geographies.

✓ National & state wage estimates
✓ Metropolitan area breakdowns
✓ Industry-specific percentiles
✓ Annual updates

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Job Market Data

Aggregated salary data from millions of job postings with disclosed compensation ranges across industries and locations.

✓ 60M+ jobs analyzed
✓ Salary range extraction
✓ Title normalization & clustering
✓ Geographic pay differentials

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Immigration & Visa Data

Certified salary data from H-1B and PERM labor condition applications — employer-verified wages filed with the Department of Labor.

✓ H-1B wage data by employer & title
✓ PERM prevailing wage determinations
✓ Employer-specific compensation
✓ SOC code mapping

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Data Quality & Methodology

Every data point goes through our quality pipeline before reaching you.

✓ IQR outlier removal (1.5x fencing)
✓ Minimum 20 data points per title
✓ Geographic normalization
✓ Aging factors applied to older data

500M+ Data Points and Growing

Updated continuously from public sources. No surveys. No estimates.

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