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Editorial policy

Pay, tax and visa questions affect real decisions. Here's how we make sure what we publish holds up.

Who writes Paygrade

Articles and guides are written and edited by Dominic Roworth, Paygrade's founder and editor. Every article carries the name of the person responsible for it. We never publish under made-up names or invented experts.

Where the numbers come from

Salary, wage and tax figures come from official sources wherever they exist: national statistics offices and government bodies such as the US Bureau of Labor Statistics, the UK's Office for National Statistics, Canada's Job Bank, the Australian Bureau of Statistics and Ireland's Central Statistics Office. Each figure is cited on the page where it appears, with the period it covers.

Where no official figure exists for a job in a country, our salary pages show a modelled estimate and say so. How that model works, and its limits, is explained on the methodology page.

How articles are made and checked

  • Each article starts from the questions people are actually asking, and from the official data that answers them.
  • Drafts are researched and written with the help of AI writing tools.
  • Before an article is published, every salary, wage and tax figure in it is checked against the source linked on the page. If a number can't be verified, it's left out.
  • We never invent quotes, studies, surveys, people or reviews.
  • Currency conversions state the rate and the date used.

Keeping pages up to date

Figures with a shelf life, such as tax years, minimum wages and visa thresholds, are rechecked when the official source publishes new data. The "Updated" date on a page only changes when its content has really changed.

Corrections

If something we've published is wrong or out of date, please send a correction (or email hello@paygradecareers.com) with the page and, if you can, a source. We review every correction against the sources and fix the page if it's wrong.

Independence

  • Nobody can pay to change a salary figure or to make a career look better paid.
  • Any sponsored content or paid placement will always be clearly labelled as such.

Information, not advice

Our content explains how pay, tax and work generally function. It isn't financial, tax, legal or immigration advice: your situation may differ, so check decisions with the relevant official body or a qualified adviser.