America’s Most Accurate
Free Salary Calculator
We built SalaryGiga on one principle: every American worker deserves exact, honest answers about their pay — not estimates, not ranges, not guesses.
Financial Clarity Is a Right, Not a Product
SalaryGiga exists because salary information in the United States has always been needlessly complicated, scattered across government publications that most people never read, and summarized badly in online calculators that often get the numbers wrong.
We built a platform that does the hard work — pulling directly from IRS withholding tables, BLS occupational wage data, Census Bureau income statistics, and HUD housing data — and makes the output simple, accurate, and free.
No registration. No email walls. No “premium” calculators. Every tool on this site works immediately, for everyone.
How SalaryGiga Works
Three principles guide every calculator, every page, and every data decision we make.
Government Data Only
Every tax rate, wage benchmark, and cost-of-living figure on SalaryGiga traces back to a primary U.S. government source — IRS, BLS, Census Bureau, or HUD. We never estimate. We never use third-party salary databases.
Quarterly Verification
Tax laws change. Wage data updates. Cost of living shifts. Our licensed CPA reviews and updates all federal tax brackets, state rates, FICA limits, and wage statistics every quarter — not just once a year.
Your Data Stays Private
All calculations run in your browser. Your salary, state, and filing status are never sent to our servers, never stored, and never associated with your identity. We built it this way by design, not as an afterthought.
Our Primary Data Sources
Four official U.S. government agencies power every number on SalaryGiga.
Our Commitments to You
Six things SalaryGiga will always be. No exceptions.
Always Free
Every calculator, every state, every salary level. No registration, no email capture, no “premium” tier. Financial clarity should not have a paywall.
Government Sources Only
We cite every data point. If we can’t link it to an official government publication, we don’t publish it. No estimates, no crowd-sourced salary data.
Privacy First
Your financial inputs never leave your browser. We designed our calculators to run client-side from day one. Your salary is your business.
Quarterly Updates
We update every tax rate, wage benchmark, and data source every quarter — not just when the IRS publishes in January. Stale data costs people money.
Full Transparency
Every calculator shows exactly which IRS table, BLS dataset, and formula produced your result. Nothing is a black box. You can verify our math.
No Conflicts of Interest
SalaryGiga does not sell financial products, earn referral commissions, or let advertisers influence our calculator results. Period.
Lead Expert & Founder
SalaryGiga.com
- Certified Public Accountant — California
- IRS Enrolled Agent (EA)
- B.S. Accounting — UC Davis, 2009
- Former Senior Associate, Big 4 Firm
- 12 years individual tax experience
- AICPA Member
12 Years of Tax Experience, Now Accessible to Everyone
After over a decade at a Big 4 accounting firm and thousands of individual tax returns, Sarah Mitchell saw the same problem repeatedly: people were making major life decisions — accepting job offers, relocating, negotiating salaries — based on inaccurate salary estimates they found online.
The data to get it right existed. The IRS publishes exact withholding tables. The BLS tracks wages by occupation and metro area. The Census Bureau measures household income. HUD measures housing costs. But nobody had put it all together in one free, accurate, easy-to-use platform.
“I didn’t build SalaryGiga to be another salary website. I built it to be the only one you’ll ever need to trust.”
Sarah personally reviews and updates all data on SalaryGiga every quarter. Every calculator has her name on it — which means every number has to be right.
SalaryGiga’s Journey
The Foundation — Tax Practice Begins
Sarah Mitchell joins a Big 4 accounting firm after graduating with honors from UC Davis. Begins building deep expertise in federal and multi-state individual taxation.
The Problem Becomes Clear
As Senior Tax Associate, Sarah sees hundreds of clients every year who made salary and relocation decisions based on wrong numbers. The idea for a reliable salary tool begins to form.
IRS Enrolled Agent Certification
Sarah earns EA status, deepening federal tax expertise. Begins developing the methodology that would become SalaryGiga’s calculation engine.
Two Years of Data Architecture
Sarah spends two years building and validating the calculation engine — cross-referencing IRS withholding tables, BLS wage surveys, Census Bureau income data, and HUD fair market rents for all 50 states.
SalaryGiga Launches
SalaryGiga.com goes live with calculators for all 50 states, built entirely on 2026 IRS, BLS, Census Bureau, and HUD data. Free, no registration, no paywalls.
Built for Credibility
Every decision we’ve made — from our data sources to our privacy policy — was made to earn your trust, not your email address.
Every Number Is Sourced
Our How We Calculate page shows every formula, every data source URL, and every update date. You don’t have to take our word for it — you can verify it yourself.
A Real CPA, Not an Algorithm
Sarah Mitchell’s CPA license number is public (CA-087432). You can verify it with the California Board of Accountancy. She personally audits every calculator.
We Fix Errors Fast
Found a mistake? Email [email protected]. Sarah responds within 24 hours. We’ve fixed calculator errors within hours of being notified.
No Conflicts of Interest
SalaryGiga calculator results are never influenced by advertisers, sponsors, or affiliate relationships. Our numbers come from IRS and BLS data only — not from any financial product partner.
Updated Every Quarter
We update data four times per year — January (IRS rates), May (BLS wages), July (state minimums), October (HUD rents). Every page shows its last-updated date.
Client-Side Calculations
Open your browser’s developer tools while using a calculator. You’ll see zero network requests to our servers. Your financial data never leaves your device.
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