Compensation Research Overview
What Compensation Research is, who it's for, and what's included.
Why It Matters
Competitive offers close candidates faster. Lowball offers lose them. Guessing where your comp sits relative to market wastes time and costs you hires.
Compensation Research gives you real salary data scraped from active job boards — not surveys with six-month lag. You pick the roles and regions you care about, and Kit delivers a live dashboard with salary ranges, technology breakdowns, market trends, and company benchmarks.
Who It’s For
| Persona | Goal | How They Use It |
|---|---|---|
| Hiring Manager | Set competitive salary bands for open roles | Filter by role, region, and experience level to see current market rates |
| Recruiter | Back up offers with data during negotiations | Share salary benchmarks and trend direction with candidates and hiring teams |
| Founder / CTO | Build a compensation strategy without expensive consultants | Monitor market trends across all tracked roles; use AI insights for quick answers |
How It Works
- Activate — Start a free 24-hour trial or subscribe from Billing Settings
- Configure — Pick which role clusters and regions to track using the setup wizard
- Data flows in — Kit scrapes active job boards and normalizes listings into salary ranges, technologies, and experience levels
- Analyze — Use the dashboard charts, filters, and AI-powered insights to inform your compensation decisions
What’s Included
Try free for 24 hours — no credit card required. Subscribe at $5/mo to keep access.
| Feature | Trial (24 hours) | Addon ($5/mo) |
|---|---|---|
| Setup wizard (roles + regions) | ✓ | ✓ |
| Dashboard with salary charts | ✓ | ✓ |
| Role detail drill-down | ✓ | ✓ |
| Multi-currency display | ✓ | ✓ |
| AI-powered compensation insights | ✓ | ✓ |
| Continuous data updates | — | ✓ |
| Request new job boards | — | ✓ |
| MCP access for external AI clients | — | ✓ |
The addon is added as a line item to your existing subscription. Cancel anytime.
Supported Data
20 Role Clusters across engineering, data, design, product, and management:
Backend Engineer, Frontend Developer, Full-Stack Developer, DevOps Engineer, Data Engineer, Data Scientist, Machine Learning Engineer, Mobile Developer, QA Engineer, Security Engineer, Product Manager, Project Manager, UX Designer, UI Designer, Business Analyst, Scrum Master, System Administrator, Cloud Engineer, Database Administrator, Technical Lead
10 Currencies: PLN, EUR, USD, GBP, CHF, CZK, SEK, NOK, DKK, HUF — exchange rates updated daily from the European Central Bank.
Job Boards: Currently tracking JustJoin, NoFluffJobs, BulldogJob, TheProtocol, SolidJobs, and BuiltInLA. Subscribers can request additional boards.
Quick Checklist
- Start your free trial or subscribe
- Complete the setup wizard — choose roles and regions
- Explore the dashboard and try switching currencies
- Ask the AI assistant a compensation question
Next Steps
- Setting Up Compensation Research — activate and configure tracking
- Dashboard & Analytics — understand charts, filters, and role drill-downs
- AI-Powered Compensation Insights — natural language queries and example prompts