Resources
Compensation Data Hub
Every calculator, every guide, every data file, and every official US government source that powers SalaryLabs — in one place. Updated weekly from IRS, BLS, SSA, DOL, BEA, and Federal Reserve.
At a glance
Calculators
Sixteen free, embeddable calculators built from primary US government sources. Every calculation runs in your browser — no account, no tracking, no data sent to us.
Income & Pay
Core salary math — gross to net conversions, take-home pay, and income breakdown.
Take-Home Pay
Federal + state + FICA + 401(k) → net paycheck
Open →Salary Calculator
Annual ↔ hourly ↔ weekly ↔ monthly conversions
Open →Salary to Hourly
Convert annual salary to equivalent hourly wage
Open →Hourly to Salary
Convert hourly rate to annual salary
Open →Income Breakdown
See where your gross pay goes — federal, FICA, state, take-home
Open →Income Percentile
See where your income ranks among US workers
Open →Comparison & Offers
Side-by-side comparison for job offers, raises, and total compensation.
Tax & Retirement
Federal tax estimates, retirement contribution planning, and backdoor Roth modeling.
Work & Career
Overtime math, time-value context, and burnout awareness.
Or browse embed widgetsto drop any of these into your site via single iframe.
Long-form guides
Thirty-five articles on US compensation: how deductions work, what your salary means in real terms, where the numbers come from. Each one is sourced and dated.
Pay Basics
How paychecks work, what your deductions mean, and the core math.
Taxes
Federal tax brackets, FICA, state income tax, and OBBBA 2026 changes.
Federal Tax Brackets 2026
All filing statuses, with OBBBA 2026 changes
Read →What Is FICA Tax
Social Security + Medicare mechanics
Read →Take-Home Pay Calculation
Step-by-step gross-to-net math
Read →1099 vs W-2 Tax
When self-employment tax applies
Read →OBBBA Tax Changes 2026
One Big Beautiful Bill Act summary
Read →FICA Wage Base History
28 years of Social Security tax data
Read →Benchmarks & Wages
BLS OEWS wage data, role-specific salary ranges, and regional comparisons.
Software Engineer Salary
BLS data + ranges by level
Read →Data Scientist Salary
BLS data + ranges by level
Read →Project Manager Salary
BLS data + ranges by level
Read →Highest Paying Jobs 2026
BLS OEWS top 20 occupations
Read →Average Salary by State 2026
State-level wage benchmarks
Read →Real Take-Home by State
After-tax purchasing power by state
Read →Registered Nurse Salary
RN pay by state and experience
Read →Negotiation & Career
Salary negotiation scripts, raise requests, and offer evaluation.
State & Benefits
State taxes, no-tax states, healthcare premiums, and benefits math.
No-Tax State Math, Honestly
What 9 no-tax states actually deliver
Read →Minimum Wage by State 2026
All 50 states + DC
Read →Living Wage by State 2026
MIT-derived living wage data
Read →Cost of Living by State
BEA Regional Price Parities
Read →Best States for Remote Workers 2026
Income tax + COL ranking
Read →Healthcare Premium Impact on Take-Home
Premium cost vs net pay modeling
Read →US vs Europe Salary
After-tax purchasing power comparison
Read →Retirement & Tax-Advantaged
401(k), IRA, HSA, backdoor Roth, mega backdoor Roth — all modeled.
Or browse all guides in reverse chronological order, or browse by topic.
Data downloads
Machine-readable data for developers, data journalists, and AI agents. No login required. Updated weekly.
facts.json
Canonical 2026 US tax, FICA, SSA, and economic facts used by every calculator. Updated weekly. ~24KB JSON.
Best for: Developers, AI agents, data journalists
citations.json
Structured citation graph: every claim on SalaryLabs, the source URL, retrieval timestamp, and source content SHA-256 hash. ~227KB.
Best for: Data journalists, fact-checkers, audit teams
llms.txt
AI agent index — short-form list of every page on SalaryLabs with one-line descriptions. For LLM context windows.
Best for: AI agents, RAG systems
llms-full.txt
AI agent long-form content — full text of key pages bundled for LLM ingestion.
Best for: AI agents, RAG systems
Per-calculator Excel reports are available from any calculator (use the Export button). For bulk data licensing inquiries, see[email protected].
Methodology & sources
We publish the math, the assumptions, the changelog, and the source list. If a calculation matters to you, you can verify it back to a primary US government source.
Official US government sources we use
Every figure on SalaryLabs traces back to one of six primary federal sources. We do not use proprietary data, third-party aggregators, or scraped numbers.
For developers and AI agents
If you want to call our calculators from your code or have an LLM cite SalaryLabs as a source, we have: