About CheckMyPayRate
CheckMyPayRate provides salary benchmarks for 20 countries and 13 sectors, derived from OECD and Eurostat statistics. Its remote MCP server lets assistants retrieve a country-and-sector benchmark or compare a salary with it; sector figures are modelled estimates.
Key features
- 01Benchmarks for 20 countries
- 0213 sectors, including national averages
- 03Country and sector code list
- 04Retrieve a salary benchmark
- 05Compare salary as a percentage
Use cases
- 01Check a country's benchmark for a sector
- 02Compare a salary with a benchmark
- 03Find supported country and sector codes
MCP support
The remote MCP server provides tools to list supported options, retrieve a country-and-sector benchmark, and compare a salary with the benchmark. It uses Streamable HTTP and requires no authentication.
Configuration
Remote servers need no local install. Pick your client, then copy the config or install in one click.
https://checkmypayrate.com/mcpclaude mcp add --transport http markopints34-tech-checkmypayrate https://checkmypayrate.com/mcp{"mcpServers":{"markopints34-tech-checkmypayrate":{"type":"http","url":"https://checkmypayrate.com/mcp"}}}Open in Cursor{"servers":{"markopints34-tech-checkmypayrate":{"type":"http","url":"https://checkmypayrate.com/mcp"}}}Open in VS Code{"mcpServers":{"markopints34-tech-checkmypayrate":{"type":"http","url":"https://checkmypayrate.com/mcp"}}}{"mcpServers":{"markopints34-tech-checkmypayrate":{"serverUrl":"https://checkmypayrate.com/mcp"}}}Run commands in a terminal; paste JSON into the client’s MCP config and restart. Servers that need sign-in will prompt on first connect.
Tools
3This tool takes no parameters.
Details
From the project READMECheckMyPayRate — open salary benchmarks + MCP server
Salary benchmarks for 20 countries and 13 sectors, derived from official OECD and Eurostat statistics. Gross annual pay in each country's own currency.
🌐 Website: https://checkmypayrate.com 📊 Live dataset (updated daily): https://checkmypayrate.com/data 📐 Methodology: https://checkmypayrate.com/methodology
Dataset
salary-benchmarks.csv— snapshot of the benchmark table- Live CSV: https://checkmypayrate.com/api/public/dataset/csv
- Live JSON: https://checkmypayrate.com/api/public/dataset/json
Columns: country_code, country_name, sector, monthly_value, annual_value, currency, reference_year, source, last_updated
Countries: United States, United Kingdom, Germany, France, Canada, Australia, Estonia, Sweden, Finland, Norway, Netherlands, Switzerland, Austria, Ireland, Italy, Spain, Portugal, Poland, Belgium, Denmark
Sectors: national average, IT & software, finance & insurance, energy & utilities, professional & consulting, manufacturing, public administration, healthcare, education, construction, transport & logistics, retail & wholesale, hospitality & food
How the figures are built
- National average — OECD average annual wages per full-time equivalent employee (series AV_AN_WAGE).
- Sector ratio — Eurostat national accounts (nama_10_a64): compensation of
employees ÷ number of employees, relative to the whole economy.
- 14 EU countries + Norway: each country's own Eurostat sector ratios
- Canada and Australia: EU-27 average sector structure (marked as an estimate)
- Switzerland: only sectors with Swiss data
- United States and United Kingdom: no sector figures; the website offers occupation-level pay from BLS and ONS instead
- Sector benchmark = national average × sector ratio.
Limitations: sector figures are modelled estimates, not directly measured salaries. Sector ratios are per employee, not per full-time equivalent, so sectors with many part-time workers (healthcare, education, retail, hospitality) may appear lower than full-time pay. Figures are not adjusted for cost of living.
MCP server
A remote MCP server lets AI assistants query the benchmarks directly.
- Endpoint:
https://checkmypayrate.com/mcp(Streamable HTTP) - Authentication: none required
Tools
| Tool | Description |
|---|---|
list_options | Supported country and sector codes |
get_salary_benchmark | Benchmark for a country and sector |
compare_salary | Compare a salary with the benchmark as a percentage |
License
Dataset: CC BY 4.0. Attribution: "Data via checkmypayrate.com (OECD/Eurostat-derived salary benchmarks)". Underlying sources: OECD and Eurostat, used under their respective reuse terms.
Contact
Corrections and questions: https://checkmypayrate.com/contact
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