Compare real wages, take-home pay, and employers across the U.S. — from union contract data and employee-submitted paystubs, not guesses.
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WAGETru combines two clearly-labeled sources: Contract Data — real gross wage rates from publicly filed union contracts — and Employee-Submitted Paystubs from actual workers. Net take-home figures on contract-based cards are calculated estimates using current tax brackets; submitted-paystub cards show figures extracted from a real paystub. Either way, you see far more than a job posting reveals.
Most workers can't easily see how their pay compares. Companies don't share salary data, coworkers don't talk pay, and job postings list vague ranges that rarely match what hits your bank account after taxes, insurance, and retirement. WAGETru shows the numbers. We combine real rates from public union contracts with employee-submitted paystubs, then break every paycheck down to the dollar — so you can see what people in your role, city, and industry actually make, what different employers pay, and what actually reaches the worker's bank account.
Real wage rates from union contract data and employee-submitted paystubs. Each card shows take-home pay with a full tax breakdown.
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Real hourly rates from union contracts. 5 jobs per employer, 20 employers, 100 total cards.
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Aggregated averages appear here once a company has at least 3 approved employee-submitted paystubs. We don't show placeholder or sample companies. In the meantime, browse verified contract wage data in the sections above.
Worker-powered wage transparency built on real union contract data and employee-submitted paystubs.
WAGETru exists because workers deserve to know what their peers actually take home -- not estimates, not averages from job postings, but real pay data from two clearly-labeled sources: published union contract wage scales and employee-submitted paystubs.
Every submission is anonymous. We extract the data we need, permanently remove all personally identifiable information, and delete the original document within 24 hours. No accounts required. No data sold. Ever.
What we show: Net take-home pay after federal tax, state tax, Social Security, Medicare, health insurance, retirement contributions, and union dues.
What we never show: Names, SSNs, addresses, bank accounts, employee IDs, or any information that could identify you.
Share your real pay data to help workers everywhere negotiate from knowledge.
To maintain data integrity, every submission must include a photo or PDF of your paystub. Before uploading, you must remove all personal information:
🗑 Your original document is permanently deleted within 24 hours of processing. Only anonymized pay data is published.
WAGETru permanently removes all PII and deletes the original within 24 hours. Only anonymized data is published.
Disclaimer: Our AI may round values to the nearest hundred, tenth, or thousand if it encounters difficulty reading your paystub due to image quality, redactions, or complex tax calculations. WAGETru strives to display paychecks as accurately as possible, but minor rounding may occur.