About PayLens
PayLens exists because the wage data is already public, already excellent, and almost entirely unread.
What this is
Seven governments run large, methodologically careful surveys of what people are paid, and publish the results for nothing — the American OEWS covers 1.1 million establishments, the British ASHE samples PAYE records directly. That data sits in spreadsheets. The sites that rank for “average salary” questions mostly do not use it, because self-reported figures are cheaper to gather and a sign-up wall converts better than an answer.
So this is the official data, read properly: the median rather than the average where both exist, the whole distribution rather than one number, the measurement stated on every page, and no email required to see any of it.
What it is not
It is not a salary benchmarking tool, a negotiation service or a jobs board, and it does not tell you what you personally should be paid. An occupation median describes a population; your pay depends on your employer, experience and location in ways no national statistic captures.
Corrections
If a figure here disagrees with the source it cites, that is a bug and worth reporting — every number on the site is traceable to a named release. Get in touch.