Salary Spy: Real Salaries from Verified Employees

See what people at your target company actually earn, reported by verified employees rather than scraped from job ads. Compare compensation by company, role and experience level before you negotiate.

What people actually earn, not what job ads claim

Salary ranges in job postings are written to attract applicants, not to inform them. They are wide, often stale, and frequently absent. Salary Spy uses figures reported by people who verified they work at the company, which is a different and more useful thing: what someone at your level, at that company, is actually paid.

Compare before you name a number

Break compensation down by company, role and experience level, so you can see how the same title is paid across employers and how much the jump from one level to the next is really worth. This matters most at exactly one moment: when a recruiter asks for your expectation and you have about four seconds to answer.

Getting that number wrong is expensive in both directions. Too low and you anchor your own offer down. Too high with nothing behind it and you look unserious.

Contribute yours to unlock

Salary Spy runs on contribution. Add your own compensation, anonymously, and you unlock what others have shared. That is deliberate: a salary database made of people who only take from it stops being accurate very quickly.

Your submission is not attached to your name or your profile.

Frequently asked questions

Where does the salary data come from?

From RefOpen members who reported their own compensation. Many are verified employees, meaning they confirmed their work email at that company. It is self-reported data, not scraped from job advertisements.

Do I have to submit my salary to see others?

Yes. Salary Spy is contribution-based: you add your own figure to unlock what others have shared. It is what keeps the data current.

Is my salary submission anonymous?

Yes. Submissions are not shown against your name or profile.

How is this different from other salary sites?

Most aggregate from job postings or very old submissions. Salary Spy is centred on people who verified they work at the company, and it sits next to the referral marketplace, so you can research a company and then ask someone inside it for a referral.