rouka · compensation intelligenceBenchmark set 6.2 · September 20265,191 roles · 140 regions · 10 sectors
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The record

What the benchmark set says, and when it changed.

The set is versioned. Every version gets an entry saying what moved. Between versions, one role a week, read from the set as it stands.

ReleasesSet 6.2, September 2026
Set 6.2 · September 2026
The first entry in the record. What the set holds today.
Role notesWeekly
September 2026
Protocol Manager / Director of Protocol

Seventy-eight roles in the set carry a scarcity of 9 or above. Their median pay is $265K. This one pays $85K, the lowest of the seventy-eight. The next cheapest is last week's aircraft mechanic, at $120K.

September 2026
Aircraft Mechanic / A&P with IA

Ten to thirty people. Fifty-two roles in the set have a tighter pool than that, and their median pay is $290K. This one pays $120K. Two of the fifty-two pay less, and both are hotel roles with the same size pool.

September 2026
Family Office CISO

London reads 0.75 of the national baseline and Dubai 0.62. For this seat the international markets sit below the United States, not above it, which is the opposite of what most people assume when they scope it.

When the set updates

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