Setting Up Compensation Research

Why It Matters

Choose the roles and regions to track. Kit saves your choices and starts fetching data in the background.

Activating

Navigate to Compensation Research. Compensation Research (Beta) is included with every active Kit subscription. If your account has not configured it yet, the setup wizard opens automatically.

Account admins choose the roles and regions to track. Team members can use the configured research workspace according to their Hiring permissions.

After activating, the setup wizard starts automatically.

Step 1: Choose Roles

Select which role clusters to track. Each cluster covers a family of related job titles. For example, “Backend Engineer” matches titles like Ruby Developer, Python Developer, Java Developer, and more.

• Check the roles relevant to your hiring needs
• Optionally filter by technology per role: expand a selected role to narrow tracking to specific technologies (e.g., track only React listings within Frontend Developer)
• Leave technology filters empty to track all technologies for that role

Click Next to continue.

Step 2: Choose Regions

Select the cities and regions to monitor. The list includes major tech hubs and a “Remote” option.

• Check all regions where you hire or compete for talent
• Each region is tracked independently, so you can compare salaries across locations on the dashboard

Click Next to continue.

Step 3: Confirm & Start

Review your selections:

• Tracked Roles: the role clusters you selected, shown as tags
• Regions: the cities and regions you selected

Click Start Tracking to save your configuration. On initial activation, Kit queues data collection in the background. Results appear after listings have been fetched and processed.

Reconfiguring

You can re-run the setup wizard at any time:

1. Go to the Compensation Research dashboard
2. Click Configure in the top-right corner
3. Adjust your role and region selections
4. Click Start Tracking to save

Changes take effect on the next data refresh.

Quick Checklist

• Confirm that the Kit subscription is active
• Select the role clusters you want to track
• Optionally filter roles by technology
• Select regions where you hire
• Confirm and start tracking
• Wait for data to appear on the dashboard