Know your number before you walk into the room.
CEOSalary turns SEC proxy filings and IRS Form 990 disclosures into a sourced, board-ready benchmark — so your next comp conversation isn't a guess.
- Built on public SEC and IRS filings — never a paid survey
- No company expense report required
What negotiating blind actually costs
Under-negotiated total comp at offer or renewal
$40,000–$250,000/yr
Unprotected severance / change-of-control terms
$200,000–$1,000,000+ one-time
Foregone move to a better-compensated role
$50,000–$300,000/yr
Board/comp-committee information asymmetry
$25,000–$100,000/yr
Blended, that's roughly $65,000–$150,000 a year — against a subscription that costs $348–$1,188/yr.
How CEOSalary answers each one
- Sourced peer-set builder
- Percentile positioning report with citations
- Negotiation case-builder PDF
- Offer-comparison + equity-valuation tools
- Saved peer alerts
Everything the benchmark needs to hold up
Peer-set builder (revenue/sector/region/ownership filters)
SEC DEF 14A + XBRL ingestion, cross-validated
IRS Form 990 nonprofit positioning (Tracker+)
Percentile positioning report with citations
Negotiation case-builder PDF export
Offer-comparison calculator + equity-valuation helper
How it works
- 1
Build your peer set by revenue band, sector, region, ownership type.
- 2
See exactly where you sit — 25th/50th/75th/90th percentile, every figure sourced.
- 3
Export a negotiation case-builder PDF and bring it into the room.
What is negotiating blind costing you?
Run your own numbers in under a minute — current total compensation, where you are in the negotiation, and how hard you plan to push. No signup to see the result.
Try the calculatorExample — based on $750,000 total comp
$84,292
estimated annual dollars left on the table, net of a Tracker subscription
- Cost of negotiating blind
- $85,000/yr
- Tracker subscription
- $708/yr
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Three plans. No expense report required.
- left on the table each year, negotiating blind
- $65K–$150Kleft on the table each year, negotiating blind
- sourced — never a paid survey
- SEC + IRSsourced — never a paid survey
- per month, on a personal card
- $29–$99per month, on a personal card
14-day trial · personal card · no expense report
- SEC EDGAR DEF 14A + XBRL
- IRS Form 990 nonprofit filings