About Paygrade

Paygrade explains how money and work really function. Why some jobs pay ten times more than others. Which careers are actually worth it. And how to get into them, no matter where you live.

Most career advice fails one of two tests: it's either recycled (the same ten tips, reworded forever) or it's local (true in one country, useless everywhere else). Paygrade exists to pass both. Every career profile and guide on this site is a researched breakdown with real numbers: salary ranges compared across the US, UK and EU, honest trade-offs, and the realistic path in rather than the brochure version.

What you'll find here

• Career profiles: what each job really pays worldwide, what it actually involves, and how people actually get in.
• Guides: long-form answers to the questions that decide your pay: degrees vs certifications, negotiation, the hidden rules of pay.
• The blog: written twins of the YouTube videos, plus research that doesn't fit a video.

The channel came first

Paygrade started as a YouTube channel, and the channel is still the heart of it: clear, researched video breakdowns of careers and money. This site is where the research lives in full: sortable, searchable, and updated as the numbers change.

Spotted a number that looks off? Salary data shifts constantly and we'd rather fix it than defend it. Reach out via the channel.