Data dictionary
What every make100k field means
These definitions keep public pages, exports, and methodology language aligned. Source fields come from annual disclosure files; resolved entities and derived metrics are added by make100k.
Source fields
- name
- The employee name published in the annual disclosure source.
- employer
- The source employer string, resolved into a canonical employer profile when possible.
- position / title
- The disclosed role title, normalized for title pages and role comparisons.
- salary
- The disclosed salary amount for the calendar year, shown in Canadian dollars.
- taxable benefits
- The taxable benefits amount disclosed by the source when present.
- year
- The calendar year covered by the annual disclosure file.
Resolved entities
- person
- A persistent person profile built from one or more disclosure rows.
- employer
- A canonical employer profile with source aliases and annual aggregates.
- title
- A normalized job-title cluster used for distributions, peer lists, and rank context.
- municipality
- A municipal employer group used for local salary summaries.
- sector
- A source or derived employer category used for browsing and peer comparisons.
- needs review
- A conservative flag for ambiguous records that should not be over-interpreted.
Derived metrics
- trajectory
- An ordered salary history across years for a person, employer, title, city, or sector.
- year-over-year delta
- The salary change from the previous matched disclosure year.
- median
- The middle disclosed salary in a group for a year.
- percentile
- A relative salary position inside an employer or title group for the same year.
- rank in title
- A salary rank among people with the same normalized title in the same year.
- real threshold
- The original $100,000 threshold adjusted into another year's dollars.
Reading salary pages safely
Disclosure data is public, but it is not a complete compensation model. A salary page shows amounts disclosed under the public sector law for a specific year. It should not be read as net pay, private compensation, job performance, or total household income.