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Our salary data methodology
Compensation data is only useful if you know exactly what it counts. Here is what ours counts, where it comes from, and what it deliberately excludes.
Updated July 2026
Pre-launch notice: every figure currently published on this site is an illustrative placeholder used during build. Sourced data replaces it before launch, and this page will state the collection window and sample size at that point.
Sources
Three inputs, weighted in this order: (1) signed offer letters and placement records from our own pre-sales searches; (2) employer briefs and approved bands supplied during live searches; (3) candidate-reported current compensation, verified against offer documentation where available. Self-reported figures with no corroboration are excluded.
Sample and window
our verified US data points over a rolling 12-month window (placeholder). Roles are US-based only; equity, sign-on bonuses and benefits are excluded from both base and OTE.
Definitions
| Term | How we define it |
|---|---|
| Base | Fixed annual cash salary, before any variable, bonus or equity. |
| OTE | Base plus variable at exactly 100% quota attainment. Not a cap and not an average payout. |
| Split | The base-to-variable ratio of OTE, e.g. 70/30. |
| Range | 25th to 75th percentile of the underlying sample, not minimum to maximum. |
| Median | The 50th percentile. We never publish means — outliers distort pre-sales data badly. |
| Top decile | The 90th percentile of OTE for the segment. |
Cleaning
Duplicate offers to the same candidate are collapsed. Roles mis-titled against their actual scope (a delivery consultant advertised as a pre-sales consultant, for example) are re-mapped to the function performed, not the title advertised. Segments with fewer than 30 data points are not published.
Update cadence
Quarterly. Each refresh restates the full rolling 12-month window rather than appending, so figures can move down as well as up. The last update date appears at the top of every page.
Corrections
If a published figure doesn't match what you're seeing in your own hiring, tell us — we review challenges against the underlying sample and publish corrections on this page.
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Methodology
Figures are medians drawn from placement records, offer letters and employer briefs across the last 12 months, expressed as 25th–75th percentile ranges. Base is fixed cash; OTE is base plus variable at 100% attainment, excluding equity. All numbers currently shown are illustrative placeholders. Read the full methodology.