Data Dictionary

Overview

Contains explanations and examples of all data fields available in the Glassdoor Salaries dataset.

All personal/company information mentioned within this context is entirely fictional and is solely intended for illustrative purposes.

Data points by category

1. Metadata

2. Employer details

3. Job posting details

4. Salary information

The data points in the example snippets have been rearranged for better grouping. To see where a specific data point stands, check the full data sample here.

Metadata

Record metadata

Data point	Description	Data type
meta	Contains metadata about the record	Object
created_at_date	Date when the record was initially scraped	Array of numbers (integer)
created_at_timestamp	Unix timestamp for when the record was first scraped	Float
updated_at_date	Date when the record was last updated	Array of numbers (integer)
updated_at_timestamp	Unix timestamp for when the record was last updated	Float
version_id	Identifier for the dataset version	String
source	Source from which the record was obtained	String
object	Type of data object or entity described	String
is_deleted	Indicates if the record is available on Glassdoor	Boolean

See a snippet of the dataset for reference:

Meta fields

		"_meta": {
			"created_at_date": [
				2024,
				1,
				1
			],
			"created_at_timestamp": 123456789.987654,
			"updated_at_date": [
				2025,
				1,
				1
			],
			"updated_at_timestamp": 987654321.123456,
			"version_id": "123a4b56",
			"source": "glassdoor",
			"object": "salaries",
			"is_deleted": false
		},

Salary metadata

Data point	Description	Data type
doc	Dataset starting point	Object
id	Record identifier in our database	String
source_id	Record identifier on Glassdoor	String
url	Salary posting URL	String
updated_date	Salary posting update date in month-day-year format	String (date)

Salary metadata

"id": "glassdoor_salaries_123abc456def789ghi",
"source_id": "0a1b2c3d4e5f6g7h8i9j",
"url": "https://www.glassdoor.com/Salary/Example-Company-Service-Assistant-Manager-Profile-Salaries.htm",
"updated_date": "May 1, 2022"

Employer details

Data point	Description	Data type
company_id	Company identifier in our database	String
company_name	Company name	String

See a snippet of the dataset for reference:

Employer details

"company_id": "123456",
"company_name": "Example company",

Job posting details

Data point	Description	Data type
title	Job title	String
employment_status	Contract type for the salary	String
location_type	Job location type	String
location	Job location	String

Job posting details

"title": "Assistant Manager Profile",
"employment_status": "REGULAR",
"location_type": "STATE",
"location": "New York",

Salary information

Data point	Description	Data type
pay_period	Pay period for the listed salary	String
based_on_salary_count	Number of salary postings the estimate is based on	Integer
confidence	Denotes if the pay estimate is reliable based on the information submitted by the Glassdoor users	String

See a snippet of the dataset for reference:

Salary information

"pay_period": "ANNUAL",
"based_on_salary_count": 1,
"confidence": "Low Confidence",

Base pay

Data point	Description	Data type
base_pay	Base pay for the job	Object
min_pay	Lower end of the salary range for the job	Float
median_pay	Median pay listed for the job	Float
max_pay	Upper end of the salary range for the job	Float

See a snippet of the dataset for reference:

Base pay

"base_pay": {
		"min_pay": 414531.07,
		"median_pay": 450292.5,
		"max_pay": 486547.84

Additional pay

Data point	Description	Data type
additional_pay	Additional pay for the job	Object
pay_min	Lower end of the salary range for the job	Float
pay_median	Median pay listed for the job	Float
pay_max	Upper end of the salary range for the job	Float

See a snippet of the dataset for reference:

Additional pay

"additional_pay": {
        "pay_min": 1600.50,
        "pay_median": 1600.50,
        "pay_max": 1600.50,

Other compensation

Data type	Description	Data type
additional_pay_type	Additional compensation for the job in several categories	Array of objects
type	Additional pay category	String
amount_min	Lower end of the salary range for the job	Float
amount_median	Median pay listed for the job	Float
amount_max	Upper end of the salary range for the job	Float

See a snippet of the dataset for reference:

Other compensation

"additional_pay_type": [
		{
			"type": "Base Pay",
			"amount_min": 431127.0,
			"amount_median": 450333.0,
			"amount_max": 469539.0
		},
		{
			"type": "Total Pay",
			"amount_min": 429214.5,
			"amount_median": 449003.25,
			"amount_max": 468792.0
		}
	],