About Us

Our Story

SalaryExpert, powered by ERI, was launched in 2000 with a mission to provide employers, human resource professionals, and job seekers with compensation data. Backed by over 30 years of verified and reliable salary data, SalaryExpert draws on ERI’s expertise in salary and cost of living data to provide the public with excellent tools for evaluating career, relocation, compensation, and education decisions. We want to make your compensation planning and career evaluation easier with access to salary survey data for more than 9,400 locations, 1,100 industries, and 16,500 jobs including 1,600 executive positions.

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Why SalaryExpert?

Since 2000, SalaryExpert has been utilizing ERI’s 30+ years of experience to provide the public and employers with research on compensation by pulling salary survey data and integrating that data into our custom salary products. Our only business is data, and the accuracy of our compensation data is our number one priority. Thousands of companies rely on SalaryExpert’s accurate salary data for their compensation planning needs. We have no conflict of interest from consulting or contracting, which allows us to stay independent and objective. We employ Ph.D. level data scientists and seasoned compensation professionals who provide an unrivaled level of expertise.

Advanced analytics, such as machine learning, longitudinal analysis, and meta-analysis, are all part of our methodology, which enables us to understand how each job fits into its organization, location, and industry, and how market forces influence compensation. Compensation data sourced from internal surveys, third-party surveys, and public sources provide a robust sample that is second to none in terms of volume and quality. Convergent validation has shown 99% agreement between Salary Assessor results and time-matched survey responses.

Our Process Our Process

Our Process

Data Collection
Data Collection
Data are gathered from 3 sources: surveys we conduct, surveys purchased from other organizations, and reports from publicly traded organizations.
Data Verification
Data Verification
After compiling our compensation data, we conduct QA to ensure our data is vetted, verified, and of the highest quality.
Analysis
Analysis
SalaryExpert conducts advanced analytics to accurately capture the market value of each occupation in our salary survey database.
Quality Assurance
Quality Assurance
SalaryExpert analysts double-check the results for each job every quarter. Our verified salary survey information helps set benchmark pay.
SalaryExpert Results
SalaryExpert Results
Explore SalaryExpert’s wage, salary, and compensation databases of over 11,000 job titles, 1,100 industries, and 8,500 locations.

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