Pay transparency
What the job pays. What it costs to live there.
We publish starting pay on every posting. Here is that number next to what the same job pays across the area, and what housing actually costs — pulled from federal wage and housing data, not from us.
$70,000
Starting pay, first year
Mt. Sterling, IL
Mt. Sterling, IL
29% above area median
$54,300
$70,000
- Area median, same job
- $54,300
- 2-bedroom rent
- $823
- Average commute
- 21 min
- Left after housing
- $60,124
BLS OES, metro area
HUD Fair Market Rent
Census ACS, county
Pay minus a year of rent
The same job, every Dot location
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