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Agreed. I'm always shocked when I go to Glassdoor and see how wrong the compensation is.

Glasdoor community are marketing representatives from companies and angry employees. lots of negativity and fake or wrong submissions there.

Glassdoor systematically underestimates total compensation for pretty much every position I've looked at. Not exactly sure why that is.

Employers are incentivised to have pay reports underrepresented so new goes don't negotiate for more.

I don't know what actually happens, but following the money is usually a good first place to look.