WageTruth

See where your pay really stands.

Pick your job and your city. You'll see what that job actually pays — the low end, the middle and the high end — and where your own number falls.

The figures come from the U.S. government's survey of employers, not from salaries typed in by strangers. Free, no sign-up.

Same ruler, different jobs

Each bar runs from what the lowest-paid tenth of workers earn to what the highest-paid tenth earn. The darker part is the middle half, and the line marks the midpoint — half earn less, half earn more. Pick a job to see its cities.

Fast food and counter workers$31,200$22,840 to $42,650Electricians$63,190$42,640 to $108,510Elementary school teachers$63,970$47,960 to $104,340Accountants and auditors$83,680$56,020 to $144,090Registered nurses$97,550$68,940 to $137,470Software developers$135,980$82,460 to $214,670

Yearly pay across the whole country. Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025 (published May 2026). All 150 jobs →

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Who's counting

Most salary sites

Ask visitors to type in what they make. Nobody checks the numbers, and the people who answer aren't a fair sample of the people who do the job.

This site

Uses the Bureau of Labor Statistics' survey, which asks about 1.1 million workplaces what they actually pay. Every figure here is one the Bureau published, shown exactly, with a link back to it.

What this can't tell you. The survey doesn't know your experience, your employer or your bonus, and the latest figures describe May 2025. It shows the real range for a job; where you belong inside it is your call. Informational only, not professional advice.

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