How to read World Career Atlas data
We want World Career Atlas to be useful without pretending that public data, user ratings or salary estimates are more exact than they really are.
Use it as guidance
World Career Atlas is meant to help you compare options and ask better questions. It is not financial, legal, immigration, admissions or career advice. Always check important decisions against official sources and local rules.
Salary data can differ
Countries publish salary statistics in different ways. Some report monthly pay, some hourly pay, some yearly pay, some gross income and some offered vacancy wages. We convert and label data where needed, but the source and year should always be read with the salary value.
Ratings are reviewed
Ratings and submissions are held back when they look suspicious, abusive, duplicated or part of a sudden review wave. The goal is not to hide criticism. The goal is to keep ratings useful for people who actually want to study, apply or work somewhere.
Admissions are estimates
Grade calculators and admissions matching depend on what each country and institution publishes. Where exact cutoffs exist, we can be more direct. Where admissions are holistic, the result is an estimate based on available signals.
Sources matter
Source labels are shown on salary and comparison pages, and on other pages when the source requires or benefits from attribution. When a number looks surprising, the source and year are the first things to check.