The Ultimate Guide to Uncovering 💰💰💰 Insights
Salary data is one of those secrets everyone wants but no one talks about. It’s like the hush-hush treasure chest of recruitment: always sought after, rarely shared.
But let’s be honest, we all need it. Whether you’re looking to craft a competitive offer, adjust your current salaries, or simply understand the cost of resources, salary data is your golden ticket.
Luckily, there are many ways to get your hands on this precious information—some more technical than others. If you have some sourcing skills, none of these techniques will trip you up.
In this newsletter, we’ll walk you through the options. We hope you find it both helpful and a little fun!
📺 Your ATS (And A Little AI 🤖)
Surprisingly, we’ve only encountered a handful of organizations that have begun to systematically gather candidate salary information. The concept is simple: as you engage with candidates, they naturally share this information with you. By building a structure to collect and store this data, you can create an incredibly robust library.
In the era of AI, you might also consider using AI tools to help analyze your dataset and generate insightful reports. Go to our AI TOOLKIT LIBRARY and look for note-taking solutions: https://thesourcecode.academy/ai-tools-library/
📊 The Glassdoors
Glassdoor isn’t the only site that provides salary information. Here, we’ve compiled a list of some of the biggest and most important platforms.
Keep in mind that the accuracy of this information may vary, and some of these sites may be more effective in certain countries than others.
- Payscale.com
- Indeed Salary
- Salary.com
- Comparably
- Levels.fyi
- SalaryExpert
- Blind
- Jobstreet
- Monster Salary Tool
🕵🏽 Recruitment Agencies
Often, recruitment agencies provide valuable salary information. This data usually comes from their job requisition database and not necessarily from the candidate database.
Here are some of these reports:
- Hays Salary Guide 2024
- Randstad Salary Guide 2024
- Korn Ferry Salary Benchmarking And Compensation Data
- 2024 Salary Guide From Robert Half
📣 Don’t Forget Job Postings
Some job boards in certain countries also share salary data on their job postings, making them another valuable source of information.
Visit sites like reed.co.uk, and use the data scraper as described below to extract salary data easily. You can build an up-to-date and highly accurate salary report in just a few minutes.
🔎 Treasure hunting
And then there are the secret sources. There’s a wealth of salary information hidden on the open web—you just need to figure out how companies (or individuals) may have saved and stored this data online.
One approach is to use Google X-ray searches. Often, companies that utilize Google Workspace might inadvertently upload these files. Try searches like:
If you’re getting too many irrelevant results, you can narrow down your search to more recent studies, such as:
From there, you can continue your search with these variations:
- site:bit.ly salary intitle:2024
- site:tinyurl.com salary report
- inurl:salary inurl:guide intitle:2024
Don’t forget to customize these searches with specific keywords related to your target industries, companies, job profiles, etc.
🛠️ The Last Tip For Now: Working With Salary Datasets
Did you know you can easily scrape most online salary datasets using a free Chrome extension like Instant Data Scraper?
Simply add this extension to your Chrome (or Edge) browser, navigate to the salary site you want to scrape, and run it.
If the salary site has data spread across multiple pages, you can use Instant Data Scraper’s built-in pagination feature to gather everything.
For example, we’ve scraped salary data from Glassdoor, using automated pagination, and voila—we have the final results neatly organized in a spreadsheet. Easy and sweet, right?
Give it a try!
Do you have other techniques you are happy to share with the world? Share it in the comments.
Happy Sourcing!
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