about
Wage transparency for the workers it affects.
knowyourworth is an independent tool that checks a U.S. job offer against the same official government data the system runs on — the Department of Labor’s prevailing wages, the public visa-sponsorship record, and the wage levels employers attest to. It exists because the people most affected by those numbers — H-1B, OPT, STEM-OPT, and green-card workers — usually can’t see them without paying an aggregator or hiring help.
Why it exists
The data is public, but it’s scattered across multi-gigabyte government files most people will never open, and the sites that repackage it tend to paywall it or restrict reuse. A worker deciding whether an offer is fair, or whether an employer really sponsors, deserves to see the actual record — for free, without an account, and without handing over their salary to a third party. That’s the whole idea.
How we’re independent
- Not affiliated with, endorsed by, or speaking for any government agency (DOL, USCIS, BLS) or any employer.
- We don’t scrape or proxy third-party visa-data aggregators — every figure comes straight from official U.S. government bulk files. See the methodology.
- We show the raw public record neutrally and draw no conclusion about whether any company is “good” or “bad.”
Privacy
No accounts, no tracking that identifies you, and nothing you type — your offer, your salary, your pasted clauses — is stored or sent anywhere. Calculations run in your browser. Full detail is in the terms & privacy.
Not advice
This is an educational tool that describes the public record — not legal, tax, financial, or immigration advice. For a real dispute, talk to a licensed immigration or employment attorney or the DOL Wage and Hour Division.
Contact
Questions, corrections, or data issues: [email protected]. If a figure looks wrong, tell us which page and we’ll check it against the source.