build_pay_range
Build a defensible pay range for a role in a country
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Returns a floor, midpoint and ceiling salary for a broad occupation and seniority in a country, anchored on ILO's measured earnings where they exist and on the modelled national wage ladder where they do not — basis says which. Built for the employer side of pay transparency: since 7 June 2026 the EU Pay Transparency Directive has required a starting salary or pay range in the job advert. IT IS NOT LEGAL ADVICE AND DOES NOT CERTIFY COMPLIANCE — it is a market range from official statistics, and every response carries a caveats array saying so, which should be reproduced alongside any figure quoted from it. Seniority is applied as a percentile offset within the country's own distribution rather than a fixed multiplier, so the same level means the same position locally rather than the same ratio. The gender pay gap for the occupation is reported beside the range and never folded into it. ISCO-08 major groups are broad families of work, not job titles.
Input schema
| Property | Type | Required | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| country | string | yes | ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 country code (case-insensitive). |
| occupation | string | no | ISCO-08 major group. Defaults to 'total' (all occupations). An unrecognised value is rejected, never widened to the default. |
| seniority | string | no | Defaults to 'mid'. An unrecognised value is rejected. |
Raw JSON schema
{
"type": "object",
"additionalProperties": false,
"required": [
"country"
],
"properties": {
"country": {
"type": "string",
"description": "ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 country code (case-insensitive)."
},
"occupation": {
"type": "string",
"enum": [
"total",
"armed-forces",
"managers",
"professionals",
"technicians",
"clerical",
"services-sales",
"agricultural",
"craft",
"operators",
"elementary"
],
"description": "ISCO-08 major group. Defaults to 'total' (all occupations). An unrecognised value is rejected, never widened to the default."
},
"seniority": {
"type": "string",
"enum": [
"entry",
"mid",
"senior",
"lead"
],
"description": "Defaults to 'mid'. An unrecognised value is rejected."
}
}
}