Salaries Data Dictionary
Contains explanations and examples for all data fields available in the Glassdoor Salaries dataset. All company information mentioned in this data dictionary is fictional and is solely intended for illustrative purposes.
Data points in the example snippets are rearranged for better grouping. To see where a specific data point stands, check the full data sample below:
Data point | Description | Data type |
meta | Contains information about the record | object |
source | The record source | string |
object | The data object/entity | string |
created_at_date | The date when we first scraped the record | array of number |
created_at_timestamp | The date we first scraped the record (Unix time) | number |
updated_at_date | The date when we last scraped the record | array of numbers |
version_id | Dataset version ID | string |
updated_at_timestamp | The date when we last scraped the record (Unix time) | number |
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A null value means that the information was not listed in the salary posting.
Data point | Description | Data type |
id | Unique identifier of the salary record in our database | string |
source_id | Unique identifier of the record in Glassdoor | string |
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Data point | Description | Data type |
url | Salary posting on Glassdoor | string |
updated_date | The date when the salary posting was last updated | string |
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Data point | Description | Data type |
company_id | Unique identifier of the salary record company in our database | string |
company_name | Company's name | string |
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Data point | Description | Data type |
based_on_salary_count | The number of salary postings the estimate is based on | number |
confidence | Denotes if the pay estimate is reliable based on the information submitted by the Glassdoor users | string |
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Data point | Description | Data type |
title | Job title | string |
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Data point | Description | Data type |
location_type | Location type tied with the job of the salary post | string |
location | The exact location tied with the job of the salary post | string |
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Data points | Description | Data point |
employment_status | Type of contract for the discussed salary | string |
pay_period | Denotes the salary type | string |
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Data point | Description | Data type |
base_pay | Contains information on the base pay for the selected job | object |
min_pay | Minimal pay listed for the selected job | number |
median_pay | Median pay listed for the selected job | number |
max_pay | Maximum pay listed for the selected job | number |
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Data point | Description | Data type |
additional_pay | Contains information on the possible additional pay for the selected job | object |
pay_min | Minimal additional pay listed for the selected job | number |
pay_median | Median additional pay listed for the selected job | number |
pay_max | Maximum additional pay listed for the selected job | number |
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Data type | Description | Data type |
additional_pay_type | Contains information on additional compensation for the job in several categories | array of objects |
type | Denotes the category of the additional pay | string |
amount_min | Minimal additional pay listed for the selected job | number |
amount_median | Median additional pay listed for the selected job | number |
amount_max | Maximum additional pay listed for the selected job | number |
reported_count | The number of times the additional pay type was reported in the users' salary postings | number |
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