Enter your city, profession, and salary — see your percentile, take-home pay, and real purchasing power.
Is My Salary Good?
Enter your city, profession, and salary. Get your percentile ranking, take-home pay after tax, and real purchasing power vs your city's cost of living.
Select your city and professionChoose from 182 cities and 37 job categories so we can benchmark against the right local market.
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Enter your annual salaryInput your gross (before-tax) salary in your local currency.
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We calculate your salary percentileWe compare your pay against the range for your profession in that city — from entry-level to senior — and place you on the scale.
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Get your full financial pictureSee take-home pay after tax, real purchasing power vs the city's cost of living, and how your salary stacks up globally.
Frequently Asked Questions
Is $100,000 a good salary?
It depends entirely on your city. In New York or San Francisco, $100k is average for most professions after high rent and taxes. In cities like Prague, Bangkok, or Medellín it's exceptional — providing top-quartile purchasing power. Use the calculator above to check your specific situation.
How do I know if my salary is above average?
Compare your salary to the median for your profession in your city, adjusted for local cost of living. A salary that looks modest in USD may have excellent purchasing power in a lower cost-of-living city. Our calculator adjusts benchmarks for each city using COLI data.
What percentage of my salary should go to rent?
The standard rule is under 30% of gross income, or under 35% of take-home pay. Above 40% is considered rent-burdened. Our calculator shows your rent-to-income ratio after tax so you can see exactly where you stand.
How is purchasing power calculated?
We calculate after-tax take-home pay, subtract the median 1-bedroom rent for your city, then adjust the remaining disposable income by the city's actual non-rent cost basket (groceries, utilities, transport, healthcare) relative to New York. This avoids double-counting rent and gives a more granular spending-power figure that's comparable across cities worldwide.
About this data
Benchmarks use one of three tiers, shown on each result:
✅ Verified from primary national statistics sources —
⚠️ Estimated from OECD wage ratios vs the US baseline —
🔴 COLI estimate where no salary data exists.