How the salary calculator works
SalariQ takes three quick inputs and turns them into a clear market position:
- Your role and situation — job title, industry, city, seniority, and your current or offered salary.
- The benchmark — we match your role to real Australian pay data and place your salary on the distribution.
- Your result — a deal score (A–F) and your exact percentile, so you instantly see whether you're paid below, around, or above market.
Built on real Australian pay data
Unlike global salary sites that lean on self-reported reviews, SalariQ is built on official Australian sources — the Australian Bureau of Statistics (Employee Earnings and Hours) and Jobs and Skills Australia occupation data — refined with our own modelling. Every result carries a Data Confidence Score so you know how strong the data is for your specific role and location. When a niche role has thinner data, we say so.
What you get — free vs the full report
Free: your deal score and market position (percentile) — where your pay sits against the market, no signup.
Full report (from $9.99): your counter-offer range (floor, target, stretch), word-for-word negotiation scripts, your leverage points, and the five-year earnings impact of negotiating now.
Roles, cities and industries covered
SalariQ benchmarks salaries across 20 Australian industries and 100-plus specialisations, in Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane, Perth, Adelaide, Canberra and remote. Your report adapts to the exact job title you enter, so even a niche role gets a benchmark built around your situation.
Frequently asked questions
Is the salary calculator free?
Yes. Checking your market position — your score and percentile against Australian pay data — is completely free and needs no signup. The full report with your counter-offer range and negotiation scripts is a paid upgrade from $9.99.
How accurate is it?
Every result is benchmarked against real Australian data (ABS Employee Earnings, Jobs and Skills Australia) and shows a Data Confidence Score so you know how strong the match is for your specific role and location.
Is it really anonymous?
Yes. We never store your name or employer and never publish your inputs. You don't need to expose where you work to see your number.