See who
outpaid you.
Your pay vs. what they swore to the government.
Real salaries employers reported to the U.S. government, not guesses from anonymous posts. Enter your job, city and pay and we compare it to government pay data for your exact job in your metro. If your employer files with the government, we also show what they reported paying people in your role. In 30 seconds you’ll know if you’re underpaid or ahead.
- 1Enter your job, city & pay
- 2We compare it to U.S. government pay data
- 3Get your verdict in 30 sec
U.S. BLS & DOL data · salary computed on your device · how we calculate
Red means ask for more.
Gold means you’re winning.
Cards above are generated from real DOL cohorts. Only the example salary is hypothetical. Your card never shows your salary.
They swore it.
We ranked it.
Each row is a real employer cohort from the FY2026 Q3 file. The salary is an example input, so try your own.
vs 49 filings
vs 1598 filings
vs 1238 filings
vs 2338 filings
vs 810 filings
vs 2795 filings
Counts come straight from the DOL file and this build. Your percentile is computed in your browser; your salary is never sent to us.
$21,486/yr
That’s the typical gap between the 25th and 75th percentile for the same job, at the same employer, in the same city, across 9,721 cohorts in the federal file. Two people, one title, very different paychecks. Over 5 years, that’s $107,430.
of role-and-city markets have a rival employer whose median beats the typical employer by 10%+ (1,072 of 1,414).
$14 vs. a
$21,486 gap.
If the Dossier helps you get even a 1% raise on a $100K salary, it pays for itself 70 times over in year one.
| COMPARE | Free $0 | Dossier $14 once · no subscription |
|---|---|---|
| Your percentile in your metro (850+ jobs, BLS) | ||
| Company verdict when your employer files with the U.S. government | ||
| Shareable verdict card | ||
| Exact target ask (75th pct of your cohort) | ||
| Your gap in $/yr and $/mo | ||
| Nearest filings above you with DOL case numbers | ||
| Who pays more nearby: rival employers, same role + city (where filing data exists) | ||
| Word-for-word raise or job-offer counter script | ||
| Employers nearby that pay more, with job-search links (where filing data exists) | ||
| Neutral one-pager to hand your manager | ||
| Branded PDF (Dossier + one-pager) | ||
| Private re-open link, any device | ||
| 7-day money-back guarantee | ||
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Sure. Block out
your weekend.
The raw DOL file has 1,032,735 rows. 631,323 are withdrawn or denied, and wages are mixed hourly, weekly and yearly.
55,404 raw employer spellings. We merged 4,223 companies’ variants (Inc/LLC/commas) by federal employer ID.
The file lists filings, not your rank. We build your exact employer × role × metro cohort and compute your percentile on your device.
A spreadsheet won’t tell you what to ask for or how to say it. The Dossier gives you the number, the receipts and the email.
Fair questions.
ALL FAQ →Is this legal?+
Yes. These are public government records published by the Department of Labor. We show employer-level wage data and public case numbers, never worker names. Discussing your pay with coworkers is also protected for most U.S. private-sector employees under the National Labor Relations Act. This isn’t legal advice.
Is my salary private?+
Yes. Your salary never leaves your device. Your browser downloads the public filings for your employer and does the math itself. Share cards show your percentile and employer, never your salary. Payments go through Stripe, and Stripe never sees your salary either.
My employer doesn’t sponsor visas. Does this still help?+
Yes. Every check gives you a market verdict from Bureau of Labor Statistics data for your job in your metro, covering all employers. If your employer also files wages with the Department of Labor (5+ salaries for your job), you get a second, company-specific verdict. Employer filings skew toward tech, finance, healthcare, universities and large companies.
What do I get for $14?+
The Leverage Dossier, which also works for job offers: your target ask (75th percentile of your exact group), your gap in dollars, the nearest filings above you with case numbers, the rival employers that pay more for your role nearby, a word-for-word raise email and counter-offer lines using your real numbers, and a PDF to bring to the conversation.
Why not just download the DOL file myself?+
You can, and it’s public. It’s also a 1M-row spreadsheet with hourly, weekly and yearly wage units mixed together, withdrawn and denied cases, and dozens of spellings per employer. You’d have to clean it, merge employers, build cohorts and compute percentiles, then write the email. That takes hours. Outpaid does it in 30 seconds.
Is this financial or legal advice?+
No. Outpaid is an information tool. For visa or employment questions, talk to a qualified attorney. We can connect you with one through “Get matched.”
The data.
U.S. DOL OFLC LCA Disclosure Data, FY2026 Q3 (LCA_Disclosure_Data_FY2026_Q3.xlsx). Published by the Office of Foreign Labor Certification. Wages are the base wage offered on the filing (annualized), not total compensation.
- Rows in file
- 1,032,735
- Certified full-time used
- 393,062
- Employers indexed (≥5 filings)
- 10,041
- Filings in indexed employers
- 329,768
Market band (blue) uses all 393,062 filings by SOC × state. Employer percentiles require n≥5. Built 2026-10-11.