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Salary Discussions About Market Research, Negotiation, Raise, Relocation

This subreddit is meant to help encourage discussions related to salaries, promotions, negotiations, relocation, and market research based on title, location, education, and experience. Submit your anonymous salary data and explore verified compensation at: https://salaries.net

526k subscribers565 posts / mo in Sep 2026 (incl. ~1% by known bots)319 authors / mosince 2012

r/Salary has 526k members (+51% over the last 12 months). It gets about 565 posts a month from 319 people. Top topics: Salary Negotiation & Transparency, Salary Negotiation and Bait and Tech Companies Job Hunt.

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Size and growth

How r/Salary has grown

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Subscriber growth

Subscribers over time

+51%in 12 months · +6.1% in 3 months · +0.9% in 1 month
Oct 2026524k
Growing524k subscribers
Data since Mar 2018Live · through Oct 2026
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Monthly activity

Posts, comments and authors per month

−33%vs Sep 2025 · −12% last 3 months vs the 3 before
Sep 2026565
QuieterPeaked at 3.7k in Dec 2024
Sep 2026: incl. ~1% by known botsData through Sep 2026 · October usually lands mid-November

What people talk about

Topics and brands on r/Salary

Top topics

Share of the subreddit's posts

  1. Salary Negotiation & Transparency2.2%
  2. Salary Negotiation and Bait1.9%
  3. Tech Companies Job Hunt1.5%
  4. Salary Raises & Promotions1.2%
  5. Sales Career Advice0.9%

Brands people mention

Most-mentioned brands and sites, last 12 months

  1. Levels.fyi
  2. Bureau of Labor Statistics
  3. Economic Resources & Data
  4. Census
  5. DQYDJ

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