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Squirrel: real-time salary data from employer-posted pay
Squirrel tracks wages in real time from more than 80 million job postings with employer-reported pay, adding 80,000 to 100,000 new postings every day, across the US, Canada, the UK, Australia and India. Use it beside your salary surveys for the most current view of every labor market you hire in.
From a WorldatWork panel
How enterprise comp leaders use Squirrel
“Getting data that’s more real time than what we have is helpful. If the last couple of years taught us anything, it’s that sometimes things move really fast, and they don’t move on the annual survey cycle.”
“It helps with a lot of those sanity checks: validating what we’re seeing in the survey data, and also what’s happening right now in the market.”
“We were able to put together a structure that blended both data sources and get to a place where we were able to get buy-in.”
“My team is in Squirrel weekly. We want to keep a pulse on job postings and see what the competitive environment is doing.”
Supplement your salary surveys
The most current view of every local labor market
Salary surveys are thorough but slow. Squirrel shows what employers are posting right now, down to the neighborhood, so the two together give your team the most complete picture in every country you hire in.
- 80,000 to 100,000 a day
- New postings with employer-reported pay, added every day.
- Five countries
- The US, Canada, the UK, Australia and India.
- Search your way
- By location, job content or company.
- Compare like for like
- Your roles and pay beside similar companies.
Wage tracking
See hiring wages move before your surveys do
How fast hiring ranges move is one of the best leading indicators of compression, attrition and retention problems.
- Track wage growth every month
- Review several years to see seasonal pressure
- Monitor how many postings offer remote work
Median employer-posted pay, last 12 months
Hyper-regional analysis
Know where the jobs are, who is hiring and what they pay
Unlike a salary survey, which must be anonymous, Squirrel uses publicly available postings, so you can see what specific organizations post for new talent and which ones offer remote work.
- Where are the jobs?
- Who is hiring for roles like yours?
- What are they posting?
- Who offers remote?
Built for global teams
Thousands of US cities, plus Canada, the UK, Australia and India
Enterprise comp teams hire in hundreds of markets at once, so Squirrel covers employer-posted pay in thousands of cities across the United States, and in Canada, the United Kingdom, Australia and India.
Large hourly workforces use it to set start rates location by location, even on different sides of the same city. Global teams use it to check markets where survey data is thin or a cycle behind.
- Job data in thousands of US cities
- Postings from the US, Canada, the UK, Australia and India
- City-level pay differentials and geographic pay ranges
- One Squirrel workflow in every country
Use cases
How comp teams use Squirrel
Confirm if your salary surveys are accurate, or if the local market has shifted
Compare Squirrel with your surveys to show leaders exactly what a competitor posted last week.
Read the use caseFind salary data before it’s in the surveys
Emerging roles show up in Squirrel years before survey cycles catch up.
Read the use caseGet more specific salary data
Find jobs called by their common names, like Salesforce developer, instead of broad survey families.
Read the use caseSee if local companies are really paying more
Check what a new local employer actually posts before you raise pay.
Read the use caseCheck whether your surveys keep up with a fast market
Compare current posted ranges with survey data when recruiting gets harder.
Read the use caseSet start rates for hourly roles
See what competitors post for frontline roles store by store, including shift differentials and sign-on bonuses where they’re disclosed.
Read the use caseWhat customers say
“Squirrel has been a game changer by providing reliable, real-time pay data. As a compensation professional, I trust the insights because the platform was clearly built by someone who understands what comp practitioners actually need.”
“The product is user friendly and provides a quick and easy way to search for and filter positions. … We perform a total review of our positions every 5 years and use this tool in the interim to ensure competitiveness. The customer service has been excellent and the cost of the product fits well within our budget!”
FAQ
Questions comp teams ask
What data is in Squirrel?
Publicly available job postings with employer-reported salary ranges: more than 80 million of them, with 80,000 to 100,000 added every day.
Which countries does Squirrel cover?
The United States, with job data in thousands of cities, plus Canada, the United Kingdom, Australia and India.
Where does the data come from?
Major job boards and employers’ own career sites. Squirrel only uses pay that employers post themselves; it never uses employee-reported or estimated pay.
How accurate is the data?
Several methods validate the data and remove outliers, inaccurate postings, duplicates, postings with estimated pay and ranges too wide to be useful. There is no black box: you can review each data point exactly as it was posted.
Does Squirrel replace our salary surveys?
No. Surveys give you depth, validated benchmarks and incumbent pay; Squirrel shows what employers are posting right now. Together they give the most complete view of the market, and Squirrel is a fast sanity check when leaders question your survey data.
Should we blend Squirrel with survey data or compare them side by side?
Both work in CompTool. Most comp teams compare Squirrel side by side with their surveys as a separate lens on the market. You can also benchmark jobs with Squirrel just as you would with a survey, and blend it with your surveys using your own weights. See market pricing
Which roles is Squirrel best for?
Frontline and hourly roles where the start rate matters most, technology roles (including remote indicators), healthcare, and new or niche roles that surveys don’t cover yet. Postings for emerging roles are also a helpful starting point when you write a job description.
When should we rely on traditional surveys instead?
For executive roles and others where bonuses, equity and long-term incentives make up much of pay, since job postings rarely show them. Surveys are also better for leveled career ladders and for what incumbents actually earn: a posting shows the rate a company offers to attract new hires, not what its tenured employees are paid.
Can we see what a specific company posts?
Yes. Salary surveys have to be anonymous, but job postings are public, so you can search Squirrel by company, job and location to see what a specific competitor is offering, and how that compares with your range.
Does Squirrel show shift differentials and sign-on bonuses?
When employers disclose them, yes. Postings in places with strong pay transparency laws, such as Colorado, California and Washington, often include shift differentials, sign-on bonuses and incentive details that most surveys don’t capture.
How often is the data updated?
Every day. Because postings arrive continuously rather than once a year, you can track wage movement month to month and spot a competitor raising its rates as it happens.
Is using job posting data a concern under antitrust guidelines?
Squirrel is built only from publicly available job postings, many of which pay transparency laws require. Antitrust guidance for HR focuses on sharing non-public pay information. We aren’t attorneys, so check with your own counsel.
Does Squirrel use our company’s data?
No. Squirrel is built from public job postings; no customer data is used.
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