Salary Research & Benchmarking
Never negotiate off a single number. These 22 sources let you triangulate real pay for your role, level, and location: verified data, user reports, and anonymous community figures. Note whether a company pays location-based or a global rate; it changes everything.
Last updated July 2026
Tech compensation
- Levels.fyi ↗Tech comp
The best source for tech pay: verified offers and leveling info.
- Built In Salary Calculator ↗US tech by city
Tech-focused, broken down by city.
- Hired. State of Software Engineers ↗Tech report
Annual report on tech salaries.
- Stack Overflow Developer Survey ↗By tech stack
Annual, global, sliced by technology.
All industries
- Glassdoor ↗All industries
User-reported; volume varies by company.
- Payscale ↗All industries
Personalized reports based on your profile.
- LinkedIn Salary ↗All industries
Aggregate by role and location.
- Salary.com ↗US mid-market/enterprise
Mid-market and enterprise data.
- Indeed Salaries ↗All industries
Aggregated from job postings.
- Comparably ↗Comp + culture
Compensation and culture data together.
Public pay models & transparency
- Buffer, open salaries ↗Reference point
A public salary formula and every employee's pay.
- GitLab, compensation calculator ↗Reference point
GitLab's public, location-based formula.
Street interviews plus a searchable database.
- TLDR Options ↗Startup equity
Model what your startup equity is worth.
Community & anonymous
- Blind ↗Tech (anonymous)
Anonymous but verified by work email.
- Reddit, r/cscareerquestions ↗Tech (anecdotal)
Search a company name plus 'salary'.
- Reddit, r/ExperiencedDevs ↗Senior tech
Higher-quality salary discussion.
- Fishbowl ↗Many industries
Anonymous professional networks.
Region-specific
- AmbitionBox ↗India
User-reported salaries by company.
- Grapevine.fyi ↗India tech
User-shared offers in India.
- PayLab ↗Europe
Europe-focused salary data.
- Glassdoor UK / India / Canada ↗Country data
Country-specific Glassdoor portals.