Terms of Use

The short version: FastWages is here to show you what work pays, from the public record. Everything on it is for general information and reference, and we do our best to get it right. Here's the longer version.

About the figures

Wage figures come from the Bureau of Labor Statistics' Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics survey, minimum wages from the U.S. Department of Labor and from state and local statutes, federal pay tables from the Office of Personnel Management, and military pay tables from the Defense Finance and Accounting Service. Each page names its source and the release or effective date it was taken from. The figures are those publications' estimates and schedules, reproduced without adjustment; they are not our own measurements and they are not a promise of what any employer pays.

About estimates and dates

OEWS wages are survey estimates for a reference month, with sampling error the Bureau of Labor Statistics documents, and they describe groups of workers, not any one job. Where BLS withholds a figure we say so rather than fill it in. Minimum wages and pay tables change on dates set by law; each row shows the date we last verified it, and the current rate is whatever the statute, ordinance or agency says today.

Not advice

Nothing here is legal, financial, tax or career advice. Summaries of minimum-wage, overtime and exemption rules state the rule and cite its source, but they can't account for your situation; for that, consult the agency or a professional.FastWages publishes no calculators: anything that takes your own numbers and returns a pay figure lives on FastCalc, under its own terms.

Using the content

The underlying federal data is in the public domain. The pages, text, charts and data files we build from it may be read, linked to and quoted with attribution. Please don't republish the site wholesale or present our tables as a publisher's official release.

We work hard to keep everything accurate, but we can't promise there are no mistakes. If you find one, please let us know.