CheckMyPayRate — open salary benchmarks + MCP server
Salary benchmarks for 20 countries and 13 sectors, derived from official
OECD and Eurostat statistics. Gross annual pay in each country's own currency.
🌐 Website: https://checkmypayrate.com
📊 Live dataset (updated daily): https://checkmypayrate.com/data
📐 Methodology: https://checkmypayrate.com/methodology
Dataset
Columns: country_code, country_name, sector, monthly_value, annual_value,
currency, reference_year, source, last_updated
Countries: United States, United Kingdom, Germany, France, Canada, Australia,
Estonia, Sweden, Finland, Norway, Netherlands, Switzerland, Austria, Ireland,
Italy, Spain, Portugal, Poland, Belgium, Denmark
Sectors: national average, IT & software, finance & insurance, energy &
utilities, professional & consulting, manufacturing, public administration,
healthcare, education, construction, transport & logistics, retail & wholesale,
hospitality & food
- National average — OECD average annual wages per full-time equivalent
employee (series AV_AN_WAGE).
- Sector ratio — Eurostat national accounts (nama_10_a64): compensation of
employees ÷ number of employees, relative to the whole economy.
- 14 EU countries + Norway: each country's own Eurostat sector ratios
- Canada and Australia: EU-27 average sector structure (marked as an estimate)
- Switzerland: only sectors with Swiss data
- United States and United Kingdom: no sector figures; the website offers
occupation-level pay from BLS and ONS instead
- Sector benchmark = national average × sector ratio.
Limitations: sector figures are modelled estimates, not directly measured
salaries. Sector ratios are per employee, not per full-time equivalent, so
sectors with many part-time workers (healthcare, education, retail, hospitality)
may appear lower than full-time pay. Figures are not adjusted for cost of living.
MCP server
A remote MCP server lets AI assistants query the benchmarks directly.
- Endpoint:
https://checkmypayrate.com/mcp (Streamable HTTP)
- Authentication: none required
Tools
| Tool | Description |
|---|
list_options | Supported country and sector codes |
get_salary_benchmark | Benchmark for a country and sector |
compare_salary | Compare a salary with the benchmark as a percentage |
License
Dataset: CC BY 4.0.
Attribution: "Data via checkmypayrate.com (OECD/Eurostat-derived salary benchmarks)".
Underlying sources: OECD and Eurostat, used under their respective reuse terms.
Corrections and questions: https://checkmypayrate.com/contact