Who gets into the database
The showcase and the sitemap carry only profiles with the status looking for work (looking_for_work). Freshness affects the order, not the inclusion: a stale profile sinks lower instead of disappearing.
The median expectation
On the salary hubs for a role we compute the median of the lower bound of candidate expectations — p50 across all profiles for that role, with the profile count N next to it. The median, not the mean: it survives a single inflated ask.
These are expectations, not employer offers and not confirmed salaries. The figure says what people are willing to start for — a point of departure for a negotiation, not a market rate.
Duplicates and sources
- One profile often appears on several platforms — duplicates are merged and we show a single record.
- A resume with an empty or unfilled description does not go into the index.
- Each record states the date of the source snapshot.
