TalentUp | Salary Benchmarking Platform Documentation

The Compare Salaries feature lets you run side-by-side salary comparisons across multiple roles and locations simultaneously. Unlike the single-role Market Salary Search, this tool is designed for strategic comparisons — helping you understand how the same role (or different roles) is compensated across cities, countries, or company types.

Compare Salaries interface showing search fields for multiple positions and locations, with filters and previous search history — The Compare Salaries tool lets you compare up to 10 roles and 10 locations at once, with full filter control.

How to Set Up a Comparison

The search panel on the left lets you configure your comparison with three inputs:

Position(s) — Enter up to 10 job titles. Each position will appear as a column in the comparison results.

Location(s) — Enter up to 10 cities or countries. Each location will be benchmarked for every position entered.

Reference Location — Set a “home” location to use as the baseline. Salaries from other locations will be shown relative to this reference, making it easy to spot geographic pay differences.

Click Compare to generate the results matrix.

Applying Filters

As with the Market Salary Search, you can refine your comparison using the Filters panel:

Filter	What it does
Sector	Focus The Benchmark On A Specific Industry (E.G., Fintech, E-Commerce)
Number Of Employees	Compare Salaries Within Companies Of A Specific Size Range
Funding (€)	Target Companies With A Specific Funding Level

Click Apply after adjusting filters. These filters apply globally to all roles and locations in your comparison, ensuring a fair and consistent benchmark across all data points.

Reading the Comparison Results

The results panel displays a matrix showing each position at each location, anchored to the reference location you defined. For each cell in the matrix you’ll see:

The median market salary for the role in that location

The percentage difference versus the reference location (e.g., +15% or -8%)

The currency of the benchmark (automatically shown in the local currency)

This matrix format makes it easy to quickly identify where a role is most expensive to fill, where you might find cost-effective talent, or how pay varies between your company’s operating locations.

Search History

All previous comparisons are saved in your Search History panel on the right. Each entry shows the roles and locations compared, the reference location, and active filters. Click any history entry to reload the comparison instantly.

Common Use Cases

Global expansion planning — Understand what a role costs to hire in your target markets before deciding where to build a new team or open an office.

Relocation package design — When moving an employee from one city to another, use Compare Salaries to see how much the market salary differs and design a fair adjustment.

Salary band calibration — Compare pay for related roles (e.g., Junior, Mid, Senior Engineer) across multiple locations to build consistent, defensible salary bands.

Remote work equity — If your company has employees working remotely from different countries, use this tool to evaluate whether location-based or role-based pay is appropriate for your team.

Multi-role benchmarking — Compare the market rate for several different roles in one go — useful when planning a new department or restructuring your team.

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