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 dictionary /#metadata data dictionary /#employer details data dictionary /#job posting details data dictionary /#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 data sample docid\ p u4tiq9f72 oh7tmsma4 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 s tring source id record identifier on glassdoor s tring url salary posting url s tring updated date salary posting update date in month day year format s tring (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 s tring 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 o bject 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 o bject 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 a rray of objects type additional pay category s tring 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 	 } 	],