Know what your work pays. Then ask for it.
Most people walk into a review or an offer conversation without a number. What It Pays™ gives you the government-verified range for your role in your state, tracks your pay over time, and shows you exactly where you stand before you say a word.
Government-verified data • All 50 states • 40,000+ job titles • One plan, everything included
Do any of these sound familiar?
You don't know what your role pays.
Job boards show a range for somewhere else. Friends won't say. A national average is not the number for your title in your state.
Every pay conversation feels like a guess.
You take the offer, accept the raise, and wonder afterward whether you left money on the table. Guessing feels like losing, because it usually is.
Pay should be based on data, not on who negotiates hardest.
Employers benchmark every role against the market. You should be able to see the same numbers they do.
That gap is fixable. It takes the right data and about sixty seconds.
Built by someone who has sat on the other side of the table.
Somewhere, someone decided what your role is worth. They had a range in front of them when they did it. What It Pays™ exists so you have the same range. It was built by Dr. Bruce Brown, PhD in HR and a practicing compensation consultant who works with companies on exactly these decisions, because the people being paid deserve the same numbers the people doing the paying already have.
The numbers come from government-published wage data, the same source employers use to benchmark you, not from self-reported surveys or crowd-sourced guesses. What It Pays™ maps your title to it and does the math. You can read more about the source on the how-it-works page.
What you're getting
Government-verified ranges for 40,000+ titles in all 50 states
Your salary, bonuses, and benefits encrypted, visible only to you
Built by a PhD in HR, not a job board
Self-service by design. You run the numbers; the tools do the math.
Three steps. Sixty seconds to your first answer.
1
Look up your role and state
Type your title, pick your state. See the low, typical, and high end of what your role pays there, and how that shifts as you gain experience.
2
See where you stand
Add your pay and get your comp ratio, estimated percentile, and a plain read on whether you're under, at, or above market.
3
Make your move with numbers
Evaluate an offer, build the case for a raise, or plan a move. Every tool ends with a number you can say out loud.
Everything in one plan
One plan, one price. Every tool below is included, as often as you need it, on your phone or your desk.
State salary lookup
Any title, any state, with percentile ranges and experience bands. Hourly or annual.
Your market position
Comp ratio, estimated percentile, and a plain-language read on your current pay.
Salary and total comp tracker
Log raises, bonuses, and benefits. Watch your pay move against the market year over year.
Offer analysis and comparison
Put an offer next to the market and next to what you make now, benefits included. Compare up to three.
Raise case builder
A one-page, data-backed case for your next review: market position, inflation since your last raise, and what to ask for.
Take-home and margin
See what a salary leaves you after taxes and your monthly costs, so any job you look up answers "can I afford this?"
Compare states and relocation
Same job, different state, with your own spending adjusted for the cost of the move.
Market alerts and review reminders
A heads-up before your review with inflation and wage movement since your last raise, and a note when your role's data updates.
Annual pay report
Your year in pay on one page each January, plus negotiation scripts and the option to book a 30-minute review with Dr. Brown.
One plan. One number. No surprises.
A 3% raise on a salary that's already 10% under market is still under market. The cost of not knowing compounds every year you don't check. $99 is less than the difference on one paycheck.
What changes: you walk into the next conversation with the range, your position in it, and the words to say. That's the whole product.
Individual plan
$99
per year, billed annually
Every lookup, every analysis, all 50 states, your salary tracked over time.
Unlimited state lookups, comparisons, and offer analyses
Salary, bonus, and total comp tracker with household option
Raise case builder, negotiation scripts, and annual pay report
Review reminders and market alerts by email
Your pay data encrypted, and shared with no one unless you ask us to review it
Want a second set of eyes? Members can add a Pay Review Session.
Thirty minutes with Dr. Bruce Brown on your numbers, your situation, and what to ask for. $149 for members (normally $199), booked from inside the app.
Renews yearly. Cancel in two clicks from Settings. Student pricing available with a school code.
Managing pay for a team? See employer plansQuestions people ask before signing up
Where does the salary data come from?
Government-published wage data covering every state and 40,000+ job titles, refreshed each year when the new figures are released. It is the same data most employers benchmark against. Our how-it-works and FAQ pages explain the source and how we map your title to it.
Who can see my salary?
You. Your pay, bonuses, benefits, and spending are encrypted before they are stored, and nothing you enter is ever shown to an employer. If you share a result card, it shows your position in the range, never your number, unless you choose to include it.
Is there a free version?
The homepage lookup is free and shows the national range for any title with no account. The free pay check tells you which band you are in. State-level data, your own analysis, and tracking are part of the plan.
What happens if I cancel?
You keep access until your renewal date, then the tools lock. Your history is kept for twelve months in case you come back, and you can ask for a copy of your data or have it deleted at any time.
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What It Pays™ provides pay data and tools for informational and educational purposes only. It is not legal, tax, financial, or employment advice. Salary figures are estimates drawn from government-published data and may not reflect any specific employer or offer.