salary-data-license — launch kit

1-liner

Salary intelligence dataset packager — disclosed-comp job-posting bands by (role × seniority × state × company size). $5-50K licenses.

Tweet hook

Pay-transparency laws (CA, NY, CO, WA, IL) made disclosed-comp the new normal. 70%+ of postings now have salary range. Aggregate is a sellable dataset.

Built the packager. $5-25K snapshot license. Refreshed monthly $1-5K/mo.

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Outreach (B2B, no cold spam)

• HR tech founders
• VC partner teams (talent platforms)
• Industry analysts / Mercer / RHR

Outreach template

Subject: salary band data Q2 2026

Hi {first} — for {firm}'s talent / comp work.

I aggregate disclosed-comp postings across major ATSes; quarterly
rollups by role × seniority × state × company size. $5-25K snapshot.

Sample finding: "DataOps L4 in CA: P50 $185K, P75 $215K, +12% YoY."

Sample free; quarterly $15K. Reply if useful.

SEO content

1. "Pay-transparency dataset 2026 — public abstract"
2. "Comp benchmarks by role family"

salary-data-license

Salary intelligence dataset packager. Aggregates disclosed-comp job postings into licensable bands by (role × seniority × state × company size). Sells to HR / talent platforms / VCs.

Pricing

• Snapshot license $5-25K (one-time, one quarter)
• Subscription license $1-5K/mo (refreshed monthly)
• API license $10-50K/yr per buyer
• Co-branded report $25K+ (we generate a "State of X Compensation 2026" report jointly with a buyer who wants the marketing equity)

This pairs with job-intel-dashboard (#46) and ats-fingerprint-intel (#18) — three monetizations of the same data exhaust from the apply/ pipeline.

Run

cd C:\openclaw-products\salary-data-license
python -m venv .venv
.\.venv\Scripts\activate
pip install -e .

# Records JSONL: one record per row; schema = SalaryRecord
salary rollup raw-records.jsonl \
   --out-csv bands-2026q2.csv \
   --out-parquet bands-2026q2.parquet

Roadmap

• Year-over-year delta calculation
• Quintile bands (currently only quartiles)
• Cost-of-living-adjusted bands per metro
• Industry breakdown (currently grouped only by role family)
• Web dashboard (subscription tier)