Remote Salary Calculator

We start from published United States wage data for your role and map your years of experience to that role's own wage percentiles. We then show two separate ranges, one adjusted only for where you live and one adjusted only for where the company is based, and we never blend the two into a single number. The global band range is an upper bound, since few employers actually pay full home market rates in every country.

It is a guide for the conversation, not a guarantee. The final offer depends on the company, your fit and the full package.

Companies often anchor pay to the market where they hire. Some use global bands, while others use location-based ranges.

Some do, which is the first range we show. Others pay one global band everywhere, which is the second range, and we show it as a ceiling rather than a likely offer. We cannot know which a given company does, so we show both ranges separately instead of guessing.

Low is a realistic starting point, mid-point is the most common market point, and high is an ambitious but defensible ask.

Ask with confidence when your experience supports it, then connect your request to outcomes you can create.

Yes. Use the range as one piece of evidence alongside your scope, results, interview feedback and the complete benefits package.

The estimate is for a full time employee. Contractors often ask for more to cover benefits, paid leave and employment protection, so treat the high end as a starting point.

Role pay comes from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025 estimates, released May 15, 2026. The where you live range uses the World Bank's GNI per capita, PPP dataset, most recent value per country, dampened by a square root since national income understates what remote knowledge workers typically earn. The one global band range uses the same World Bank dataset for the company's home market, undampened for United States, United Kingdom, Europe and Canada, and square root dampened the same way when a specific other country is chosen. Exchange rates come from the European Central Bank's daily reference rates. Exact dates are shown next to each figure in the tool.

Yes. There is no account and no email needed.

It is an estimate built from public wage data, adjusted for seniority and location. Real offers vary by company, funding, and negotiation, so use it as a starting point.

It depends on the company. Some adjust pay by where you live, and others pay one band to everyone. The calculator shows both so you can compare.

Pay set by pay levels where you live. The same role can pay differently in different countries.

One pay range for a role, paid wherever the worker lives. It is often tied to the country where the company is based.

Because companies use two different models and you often do not know which until you ask. Showing both lets you plan for either.

Ask the recruiter which model applies. If they will not say, start from the location-based result and treat the global band result as the upper limit.

No. It covers annual gross base pay only.

Before tax. Tax depends on your country and your contract type.

No. It runs in your browser and never sends what you type to us. We do record anonymous usage events with no cookies, such as a broad years of experience bucket and a broad company region category, but never your exact role, country, or the figures shown.

Pick the closest role. The calculator covers 102 roles across 15 fields.

By default, results show in US dollars. If your selected country has a matching exchange rate, a Local toggle appears, covering currencies such as the euro, British pound, Canadian dollar, Australian dollar, Indian rupee, Philippine peso, Brazilian real, South African rand, Swiss franc, and Japanese yen, 30 currencies in total including the US dollar.