For content publishers and journalists
Free salary data and tools for your readers
Embed interactive calculators in your article, pull machine-readable data for your reporting, and cite every number back to a primary US government source. No paywalls, no embargo, no fees.
What's in the box
Embed calculators, not screenshots
Drop an interactive salary calculator into your article. Readers see their own state tax, 401(k), and filing status applied to whatever scenario you're writing about. No screenshots that go stale.
Machine-readable data
Every number on SalaryLabs is sourced from /facts.json and traceable through /citations.json. If you're doing data journalism, you can grab the canonical data without scraping.
Clear citation, clear license
Republish our data, charts, and calculator outputs with attribution. We publish a standard citation format and a citation generator so your readers can verify the source.
Calculators publishers embed most often
Five calculators cover 80% of the embed requests we see from newsletters, career blogs, and journalism. All are free, embed in one iframe, and respect the same attribution requirement.
Take-Home Pay Calculator
Show readers what gross vs net pay looks like in their state
Open calculator →Hourly to Salary
Help readers convert hourly rates to annual equivalents
Open calculator →Salary to Hourly
Reverse: convert annual salaries to hourly for freelance comparisons
Open calculator →Income Percentile
Show readers where their income ranks nationally — great for context pieces
Open calculator →Job Offer Comparison
For career-advice columns: compare base + bonus + equity packages
Open calculator →How to embed
One iframe, one line of CSS, no JavaScript SDK. The embed renders in your page as a self-contained widget — it cannot read or write to your site's DOM, cannot set third-party cookies, and cannot follow users across your site.
<iframe
src="https://salarylabs.site/embed/take-home-pay/"
width="100%"
height="480"
style="border:none;border-radius:8px;"
loading="lazy"
title="SalaryLabs Take-Home Pay Calculator"
></iframe>See all 16 embed widgetsfor live previews, attribution policy, and FAQ.
Where the numbers come from
Every figure on SalaryLabs traces back to one of six primary US government sources. Citations are published at/citations.json and updated weekly.
Citation guide
When you cite SalaryLabs data in your article, use this format:
Source: SalaryLabs (salarylabs.site), aggregated from [IRS / BLS / SSA / DOL / BEA / Federal Reserve]. Data current as of [date].
For machine-readable citations that include a SHA-256 hash of each source document, see the citation graph at/citations.json. Each citation object includes the source URL, retrieval timestamp, and the source's content hash at the moment we pulled it — making their sources independently auditable.
For data journalism, the canonical facts are exposed at/facts.jsonand the API at/developers/ returns the same data as JSON with the source version stamp.
Frequently asked questions
Can I republish your data and charts in my article?
Yes. SalaryLabs data is published under CC0 1.0 for the underlying government-sourced data, with the calculator formulas released under MIT. You may republish, adapt, and build on top of it commercially or editorially. Attribution is appreciated but not required for raw data. For calculator outputs (charts, screenshots), credit SalaryLabs as the source.
Do I need permission to embed a calculator on my site?
No. Every calculator is free to embed via a single iframe. The embed attribution requirement is automatic — your readers will see "by SalaryLabs" in the calculator footer. If you need a white-label version without attribution, contact [email protected] for an enterprise agreement.
How do I cite a SalaryLabs chart or number in my article?
Use the citation generator at /citations/by-topic/{topic}.json — it returns machine-readable metadata (source URL, retrieval date, hash) for any data point. Or use the standard format: "Source: SalaryLabs (salarylabs.site), aggregated from [IRS/BLS/SSA]. Retrieved [date]." For paywalled content, the same citation applies — there's no separate license tier.
Can I get an interview or background with the founder?
Yes. Wahyu Agustiar, founder of SalaryLabs, is available for background briefings on US salary, tax, and labor data. Contact [email protected]. We do not accept payment for editorial coverage or story selection, and any partnership arrangement is disclosed in our editorial policy.
What about the citation graph at /citations.json?
/citations.json is a structured dataset of every claim we publish on SalaryLabs, the source URL we pulled it from, the retrieval timestamp, and a SHA-256 hash of the source content at the time we pulled it. This makes every number on the site independently verifiable — you can cite us and your readers can audit us. We publish a new version weekly.
Start publishing with SalaryLabs
Most publishers start by embedding the take-home pay calculator in one article to test the workflow. From there, you can pull data from our facts endpoint or build something more custom on the API.