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About SalaryTruth

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What we do

SalaryTruth publishes real BLS wage percentiles by occupation and metro so job seekers can negotiate from data, not guesses.

We focus on U.S. occupation-level salary and wage data. Every page on salarytruth.org is built from the BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (OEWS) program, cited and linkable so readers can trace any number back to its source.

Who this is for

SalaryTruth is built for job seekers, HR compensation teams, career coaches, and labor-market reporters.

Why this exists

Public data on U.S. occupation-level salary and wage data is technically free, but practically locked behind file formats, acronyms, and paywalled dashboards. SalaryTruthexists to close that gap: take the raw federal and public-sector data, and turn it into pages a normal person can read in thirty seconds.

How we work

  • Primary source only. We pull from the BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (OEWS) program and cite the exact dataset and version on every page.
  • No invented numbers. If a figure is not in the underlying public data, it does not appear on salarytruth.org. We never generate synthetic statistics to fill gaps.
  • Refreshed on a schedule. Data is refetched on a published cadence — you can see the "Last updated" date on every dataset page.
  • Corrections welcome. Readers flag issues all the time. When the source fixes a record, SalaryTruth follows.

Independence

SalaryTruth is an independent publication. We are not funded, owned, or directed by any of the agencies, companies, or organizations that appear in our data. Hosting is paid for by advertising — see our Privacy Policy for details — and we do not take paid placements, sponsored rankings, or "remove-my-entry" fees.

History

SalaryTruth launched in 2025 as part of a small portfolio of independent public-data sites. It has been maintained and updated continuously since.

Contact

Tips, corrections, data-partnership questions, and press inquiries: [email protected]. More options on our contact page.