Salary and compensation data

Compare salary ranges and compensation details when they are present in job and company data.

A displayed range may describe base salary, total compensation, or a limited sample. Check the definition before comparing it.

Salary context with occupation, place, and period attached

Use BLS OEWS for U.S. occupation-and-area wage estimates and OECD data for carefully defined international context. Never turn either source into a company offer or candidate-specific salary claim.

What does the official wage distribution show for this occupation, geography, and reference period?

Verified public facts

830 approximatelyOccupations covered2026-08-27

The May 2025 OEWS release provides employment and wage estimates for approximately 830 occupations across national, state, metropolitan, nonmetropolitan, and selected industry views.

How to use it: Occupation-and-location wage context, with the release period shown.
What this data cannot establish: A company-specific salary, a candidate-specific offer, or current job-posting demand.

1100000 aboutEstablishments in the six-panel sample2026-08-27

May 2025 OEWS estimates use a model-based method built from a sample of about 1.1 million establishments collected over three years.

How to use it: Explaining why OEWS is a population estimate rather than a live list of offers.
What this data cannot establish: That every employer was surveyed in the reference year.

38 countriesOECD member countries covered where applicable2026-08-27

The OECD Employment Database covers all 38 OECD countries where applicable and includes employment, unemployment, working-time, wage-dispersion, and wage-gap series.

How to use it: Cross-country labour-market context when the same indicator definition and period are preserved.
What this data cannot establish: A direct occupation-level salary comparison when countries use different classifications or wage concepts.

How the data is handled

Match the published occupation
Use the source occupation code and label; document any mapping from a product title to that code.
Keep the complete measure
Display geography, reference date, hourly or annual basis, mean or percentile, currency, and coverage exclusions with the value.

Definitions that travel with the result

Wage estimate: A survey-based estimate for a defined occupation and geography, not an advertised salary or guaranteed offer.
Percentile wage: The wage level below which a stated percentage of jobs in the estimate fall. It is not a candidate ranking.

Results that still require observed data

Official wage context

What mean and percentile wage estimates are published for the matched occupation and geography?

Awaiting observed data

Required result fields

Source URL
The exact page or record used for the observation.
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Source updated at
The update or filing date stated by the source, when available.
date
Reference period
The period the value or observation describes.
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Occupation code
The source taxonomy code, not a label inferred from a job title.
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Occupation label
The occupation label published with the taxonomy code.
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Geography
The country, state, metro, or other area represented.
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Value
The disclosed or published numeric value before presentation formatting.
number · required
Unit
The unit attached to the source value, including currency when relevant.
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Metric definition
The exact inclusion, exclusion, and calculation rule.
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Publish only when: Publish only when the source row, occupation mapping, geography, measure, unit, and reference period can be reproduced.
Awaiting observed data: Choose a published occupation and geography to view official wage estimates.

What this data cannot establish

OEWS excludes self-employed workers and does not identify a specific company, level, equity package, or candidate.
Cross-country wage values require compatible definitions and adjustments; nominal values should not be compared casually.

How to use it

Use the distribution as negotiation context, then compare it with the actual role scope and total compensation.

Official data sources

Occupational Employment and Wage StatisticsU.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics2026-08-27
Coverage
Employment and wage estimates by occupation, geography, and industry, published with an annual May reference date.
Boundary
OEWS estimates cover wage and salary workers in nonfarm establishments. They do not represent a specific company offer or an individual candidate.
OECD Employment DatabaseOrganisation for Economic Co-operation and Development2026-08-27
Coverage
Internationally comparable labour-force, employment, unemployment, working-time, wage-dispersion, and wage-gap series.
Boundary
Cross-country values must keep the published definition, population, frequency, currency or adjustment method, and reference period attached.