# LinkedIn Salary: how AI models rank it, November 2026

Gane Index, November 2026 Edition. Named in 2 judge labels across 2 categories by 2 of 14 models. Page: https://www.gane.ai/index/hr/vendors/linkedin-salary

## Standing by category

| Category | Share | Rank | Negative rate | Labels |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| [Compensation benchmarking data](https://www.gane.ai/index/hr/rewards/compensation-benchmarking-data/index.md) | 0% | 77 | 0% | 1 |
| [Compensation management](https://www.gane.ai/index/hr/rewards/compensation-management/index.md) | 0% | 131 | 100% | 1 |

## What the models said for it

- "Best For: Quick market checks, especially for office jobs and white-collar roles." (Qwen 3.7 Flash, Compensation benchmarkin)

## And against it

- "Be wary of internet compensation data. One of the biggest issues with internet compensation data sources like Glassdoor or LinkedIn Salary is their sources." (Muse Glimmer 30B, Compensation management)

## By model

| Model | First choice | Alternative | Mention | Warning | Labels |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Claude Haiku 4.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| GPT-5.4 mini | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Gemini 3.5 Flash | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Perplexity Sonar | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Grok 4.20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Mistral Small | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| DeepSeek V4 Flash | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Llama 4 Maverick | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Qwen 3.7 Flash | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Kimi K2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| GLM 4.7 FlashX | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| MiniMax M2.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| GPT-6 Luna | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Muse Glimmer 30B | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |

## Sources returned with these answers

The sites and pages cited by the answers that named LinkedIn Salary, from 3 of the 3 answers that named it (only the models that return a source list).

### Domains cited

- ravio.com: 3
- comprehensive.io: 2
- g2.com: 2
- hrpaypick.com: 2
- reddit.com: 2
- comptool.com: 1
- hr.web.baylor.edu: 1
- hrlineup.com: 1
- inc.com: 1
- inop.ai: 1

### Pages cited

- https://comprehensive.io/content/best-compensation-benchmarking-data-sources: 2
- https://g2.com/categories/salary-benchmarking/small-business: 2
- https://hrpaypick.com/salary-benchmarking-small-business: 2
- https://ravio.com/blog/the-best-tools-for-salary-benchmarking: 2
- https://comptool.com/affordable-salary-surveys: 1
- https://hr.web.baylor.edu/news/story/2023/determining-pay-salary-surveys-vs-salarycom: 1
- https://hrlineup.com/best-compensation-benchmarking-companies: 1
- https://inc.com/magazine/20011201/23732.html: 1

## Record

- Method: https://www.gane.ai/index/hr/methodology
- License: CC BY 4.0. Cite as Gane Index, November 2026 Edition, www.gane.ai/index/hr.