Wages Calculator
Want to see how much more you could be making at a different job? Could you make a better living by switching jobs? Should you move to a new city for better pay or lower cost of living? Our Wages Calculator can help answer these questions and so you can get paid more or make your money go farther.
Start by entering your desired job, and where you live. We’ll create your Personalized Wages Report, which includes our Quality of Life score and metrics to compare against your life today, and how you can improve it. Or, start with your current job and pick a new location to see how life could be different there.
1. Desired Job
2. Industry
First, enter a job.
3. Desired Location
Currently supporting the following US States: AL, CA, NY, OH
Want to see some examples?
Where does this data come from?
Core Jobs and Labor data (Wages, Occupation Projections, Job Density (Location Quotient), Industry, Occupation, and Location Mapping) is from the Bureau of Labor Statistics. All of this data is publicly available and can be found on their website.
Cost of Living data is from the Economic Policy Institute's Family Budget Calculator. The estimates were assembled to reflect a "modest yet adequate standard of living". All estimates currently available through this site reflect the cost of living for a family of 4, including 2 adults and 2 children.
Content pertaining to Risk of Automation is from the McKinsey Global Institute as published in a report entitled "Human + machine: A new era of automation in manufacturing". While some data from this report has been approximated, Work ahead believes it to be accurate enough to provide initial guidance and meaningfully inform further research by consumers.
Remote Work Friendliness and Job Flexibility data is from Flexjobs. The data is accumulated from an analysis of Job Postings and includes full time, part-time, employee and freelance roles for remote and flexible arrangement positions.
What is not included in this data?
Education level and Job Skills data is not yet accounted for within this data set of the recommendations provided. Some data is in included on the education and experience levels required to get entry level jobs by occupation as provided by the Bureau of Labor Statistics. The data does not yet reflect changing requirements throughout an individuals continuing professional career.
We believe this data is vital for consideration in properly informed career decisions and are working towards to meaningful integration of this information."
How is this tool different from other resources out there?
We believe in providing a simple holistic view of the options available in your professional life. While other resource specialize in one or a few of these areas, Work ahead provides a broad view across many potential influencing factors and translates them into easy to understand consumer language. We believe that everyone should be able to make career decisions with confidence and the first step is an informed perspective.
Or said more simply, is equal access to information, catered to your needs.
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This data is presented with no guarantee of accuracy or warranty. Our goal is to have the most up to date data, but it may differ from what you see when you visit a government site, data source, or partner service.