Ask HN: What resources do you use to lookup salaries?

14 points·bsvalley··9 comments

Anyone can create a "fake" account on glassdoor and record a salary for any given company. Linkedin Premium feature is as bad as glassdoor. Sometimes you see the salary mentioned in a job description so you can compare with linkedin's suggested salary. They're off by $40k sometimes!

So what do you use to get an "accurate" salary range for a given position/title at a given company?

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Levels.fyi and Blind app. Definitely the most up to date and accurate.

Nice, Blind app looks good

I've recently launched http://honest.work/.

Right now, it's simply a job board where every vacancy must display a numeric salary range. In time, as we expand the features and functionality, we aim to collect significant, accurate data that will hopefully provide a more direct insight into existing salary levels across multiple skillsets and industries.

H1B data https://lcr-pjr.doleta.gov/index.cfm?event=ehLCJRExternal.ds...

H1Bs tend strongly toward the lower end of the salary range for a given position, fwiw.

Best way would be to contact someone who works in that company and ask them for their salary/position/experience.

How many people would respond honestly to this question if asked by an acquaintance?

I second that. To me this fall into the same "fake" sources...

Yeah I wouldn't tell a semi stranger... maybe not a friend.

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