Changelog & data update log
Transparency about when our data refreshes and what changes. See the data sources for provenance and the methodology for formulas.
Current data freshness
| Dataset | Last refreshed | Coverage |
|---|---|---|
| US salaries (BLS OEWS) | 2026-06-11 | 0 BLS-direct, 0 category-estimated, 207 drift |
| US metro premiums | 2026-06-11 | 99 updated, 22 skipped (no World Bank data) |
| International wages (OECD/ILO) | — | — |
| Salary history (trend) | — | — |
Recent changes
2026-06-20
Data accuracy- ›Fixed BLS series IDs to use the current OEWS national prefix and the annual-median datatype — US medians now reflect real BLS figures instead of falling back to estimates.
- ›Added real BLS metro wage premiums for US cities (metro median ÷ national), replacing the cost-of-living proxy that overstated high-cost metros.
- ›Added crawlable salary-trend charts, take-home/affordability breakdowns, and this changelog + a data-sources page.
2026-06-18
SEO / structure- ›Split the sitemap into a sitemap-index with per-section children.
- ›Marked highly templated city-pair comparison pages noindex,follow to protect site quality.
- ›Strengthened organization-level structured data (publishing principles, corrections policy).