About WhatIsTheSalary.com
Built to Answer the Question Most Salary Sites Never Do
If you’ve ever searched “what is the salary for [job title]” and landed on a page that just throws a number at you — no context, no breakdown, no actual explanation — you know the problem this website was created to solve.
Most salary platforms are built like databases. They give you a figure, maybe a range, and that’s it. You’re left wondering: Is this before or after tax? Does it vary by city? What affects this number? What should I actually expect as a fresher vs. someone with five years of experience?
WhatIsTheSalary.com exists to answer all of that, on one page, for every job role we cover.
Who Is Behind This Website
My name is Shahzada Muhammad Ali Qureshi, and I am the founder and sole operator of WhatIsTheSalary.com.
By education, I am a software engineer. Professionally, I work in SEO — specifically in building research-led, authority-driven websites that genuinely serve search intent, not just rank for it.
I built this website because I understood both sides of the problem: I know how search engines evaluate content, and I know what a real user actually needs when they land on a salary page.
This is not a corporate media project. It is a focused, independently run website built on one principle — give people real, complete, and trustworthy salary information that helps them make better decisions.
What Makes This Website Different
Here is what most salary information websites get wrong:
They show you a number. Sometimes two numbers — a low and a high. And then they move on.
What they don’t tell you is why that number is what it is. They don’t explain what qualifications push you toward the higher end. They don’t break down how location, industry, company size, or experience level affects the figure. They don’t tell you what a fresher should realistically expect in their first year vs. what a senior professional earns after a decade.
WhatIsTheSalary.com was built specifically to fix that. Every page on this website is designed to be a complete resource — not a quick data point.
Our goal is simple: when you land on one of our pages, you shouldn’t need to visit another website to understand the full picture.
How Our Content Is Researched
Salary data is a YMYL (Your Money or Your Life) topic in the eyes of Google’s quality rater guidelines — and for good reason. Inaccurate salary information can genuinely affect real decisions: whether someone accepts a job offer, negotiates their pay, or plans their career move.
We take that responsibility seriously.
Here is exactly how we research and build every piece of content on this website:
Step 1 — Manual Research First Before anything else, we manually research the topic. This means going deep into the subject — understanding the job role, the industry, the skill requirements, and the market conditions that influence pay.
Step 2 — Multi-Source AI Verification We cross-reference data using multiple AI tools including Perplexity, Google Gemini, ChatGPT, Grok, and DeepSeek. We don’t take the output of any single tool at face value — we compare results across all of them to identify consistency and flag discrepancies.
Step 3 — Top Website Comparison We compare data from leading salary reference platforms and publicly available labor market sources. This gives us a benchmark to work with and helps us identify where figures vary and why.
Step 4 — Niche Community Validation We participate in and research niche-relevant professional communities and groups — where real professionals discuss what they actually earn. This adds a real-world layer of validation that no database alone can provide.
Step 5 — Structured into a Complete Answer All of that research gets shaped into content that answers every reasonable question a user might have about a specific salary topic — in language that is clear, organized, and actually useful.
This is a deliberate, multi-step process. Not a single query, not a copy-paste job.
Who This Website Is For
WhatIsTheSalary.com is built for a wide range of people, including:
- Job seekers trying to understand if an offer they’ve received is fair
- Students and fresh graduates researching starting salaries before entering the workforce
- Working professionals preparing for a salary negotiation or evaluating a career switch
- HR professionals and recruiters who want a reference point for competitive compensation benchmarking
- Anyone globally who wants clear, well-explained salary information for roles across different countries and industries
We cover salary data across multiple countries and regions — with a focus on providing enough context that the information is actually useful regardless of where you are in the world.
A Note on Professional Best Professionals Research
Beyond general salary data, this website also actively researches the highest-paid and most respected professionals within specific roles and locations. Understanding not just the average but the top of the range — and what separates average earners from top earners in a field — is something most salary websites completely ignore.
We’re building toward being a resource that helps you understand not just what a role pays, but what it takes to get to the top of that pay scale.
Content Writing and Team
Right now, WhatIsTheSalary.com is a solo project — but it is growing.
I am personally involved in every piece of content published on this site: the research direction, the editorial standards, and the final quality check. I am also in the process of training a dedicated content writing team, with people from my professional field who understand both the research methodology and the quality bar this website is committed to maintaining.
As the team grows, the editorial standards stay the same. Every writer goes through a structured onboarding process to ensure content on this website stays consistent, accurate, and genuinely useful.
Transparency and Disclaimer
Everything published on WhatIsTheSalary.com is for educational and informational purposes only.
Salary figures vary significantly based on factors like location, company size, industry, individual qualifications, performance, and economic conditions. The data on this website represents researched estimates and reference points — not guaranteed earnings or professional financial advice.
We are not a recruitment agency, a staffing firm, or a financial advisory service. We are an independent informational platform committed to helping individuals make better-informed career and compensation decisions.
Always verify salary information with your employer, a professional recruiter, or official labor market sources when making critical career decisions.
My Commitment to This Website
As the person building and running WhatIsTheSalary.com, my commitment is straightforward:
- Research before publishing — always
- Completeness over shortcuts — every time
- Transparency about what this website is and what it is not
- Regular updates as salary data, job markets, and industries evolve
- Expanding coverage responsibly, not just quickly
I understand what it means to search for something important and land on a page that doesn’t actually help you. That frustration is exactly why this website exists — and it is what keeps the standard high.
Get in Touch
If you have noticed something that looks inaccurate, have a suggestion for a topic we should cover, or simply want to share feedback — you are welcome to reach out through our Contact Us page.
This website is built for the people who use it. Your feedback genuinely matters.