Salary Benchmark Data
42K+ salary benchmark cells by occupation (42,002 SOC by state cells plus 867 national cells) with p10 to p90 ranges and 95% confidence intervals, fused from posted pay, employee-reported pay and BLS OES. 98.2% of cells are BLS-backed. US only, refreshed monthly. Per-posting salary stays a Job Postings Data feature.
Benchmarks are market aggregates at occupation by state grain. Salary on individual postings ships with Job Postings Data.
Key Highlights
- Three-source fusion: posted pay, employee-reported pay and BLS OES
- Percentile ranges (p10 to p90) and a 95% confidence interval on every cell, with the source mix behind it
- Skill pay premiums by occupation and state
- Pay by years of experience and year-over-year pay trends
- Company pay profiles
Use Cases
- Pay benchmarking and offer design
- Pay transparency compliance
- Compensation planning tools
- Cost-of-labor models
Sample FieldsView full schema
socCodestatesalaryP10salaryP50salaryP90ciLowerciUpperWhat You Receive
Delivered as separate files that join on one key, so you take only what you need. Catalog version 8.4.
| File | What it carries | Availability |
|---|---|---|
salary_benchmarks | SOC by state and national cells: percentiles, confidence interval, source mix | Standard |
salary_skill_premium | Pay premium of a skill within an occupation and state | Standard |
salary_company_profiles | Pay profile per company | Standard |
salary_yoe_curve | Pay by years of experience | Standard |
salary_yoy_trend | Year-over-year change in median pay | Standard |
Delivery
Cadence: Monthly
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Frequently Asked Questions
Common questions about the Salary Benchmark Data dataset.
- How many benchmarks are there?
- 42K+ cells: 42,002 SOC occupation by US state cells and 867 national cells, 98.2% of them BLS-backed.
- Which sources are fused?
- Posted pay from job postings, employee-reported pay and BLS OES, with the source mix stated on every cell.
- What does each cell carry?
- Percentiles from p10 to p90 and a 95% confidence interval.
- Does it cover countries outside the US?
- No. Salary benchmarks are US only. Postings outside the US still carry their own salary fields in Job Postings Data.
- How is it delivered?
- Monthly. Parquet by default, CSV on request, delivered to Amazon S3, Google Cloud Storage, Azure Blob Storage, Google Drive or SFTP. Every product carries its own catalog version, so a delivered schema never changes without notice. Request a sample to evaluate the files before you buy.