Welcome to Compbase!


Welcome to Compbase, a search tool for salary insights. Compbase was built to demystify salary data. During a job search, negotiating the right salary can be difficult. Compbase wants to help you by providing insights with real data. Even though there are other tools available like Compbase, I wanted to add my own taste and insights and different sources of data. I will gradually add more features. I hope you find this tool useful.

Disclaimer: I built this site for fun and to learn. Please bear with me as I constantly strive to improve this website.


The Data


The first iteration of Compbase uses the data from the U.S. Department of Labor. The data is generated when the U.S. companies apply for work permit visa (H-1B) to employ foreign workers. That is why this data is real, unlike many other websites that uses anonymous, self-reported data. The second iteration of compbase now includes salary data from state of California.

Privacy

Privacy is all the rage these days, for a good reason. The gist is that I know very little about you.

First, I use Google Analytics to track things like user traffic and location, but nothing much more. Second, I log page visit time and search queries. For example, if you search Netflix Software Engineer, I will log the searched items and the time it was searched. I don't know anything about who searched it and where it was searched.


The Name


We used to be called Salary Ninja. Now we have rebranded as Compbase = compensation + database.