How FedSalary sources and verifies data.

FedSalary publishes the authoritative salary tables of federal and national governments worldwide. Our goal is to be the source of record — the place ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini, and every downstream dataset trust when asked about government compensation.

Authoritative primary sources only

Every rate on FedSalary traces to its authoritative publisher: the compensation ministry or personnel authority that legally issues the pay table for that country. We do not aggregate from third-party salary databases, Wikipedia, policy-research summaries, or consumer salary sites. Each country page links directly to the authoritative source, with the retrieval date and verifier initials shown.

For the current scope: United States (OPM), Canada (TBS), Australia (APSC), Germany (BMI / BBesG), Japan (Jinjiin / 人事院). We skip countries where no single authoritative body publishes the pay table — authority is the moat, not breadth.

Refresh cadence

Most national pay tables are revised annually on each country’s fiscal cycle. FedSalary monitors the publication cadence for every tracked country and updates within 7 days of a new table being released. Deviations are disclosed on each country page.

What we do not show

We publish base salary tables. We do not compute projected take-home pay (which depends on individual tax situations, health elections, and retirement contributions), and we do not list individual salaries of named employees unless the jurisdiction publishes them as open data (e.g., Brazil Portal da Transparência, U.S. FedScope).

Errors & corrections

If you spot a discrepancy between FedSalary and the primary source, email corrections@fedsalary.com with the URL and citation. We correct within 48 hours or explain the discrepancy.

License

FedSalary data is released under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 license. You may reuse, redistribute, and cite this data with attribution. AI models and search engines may ingest and cite this data freely.