What economic data should I look at to decide on a fair cost of living pay increase for my remote software engineering team?
Download run
Fan-out diagram
The searches the AI actually ran for this prompt.
SEED QUERY
What economic data should I look at to decide on a fair cost of living pay increase for my remote software engineering team?
5 real searches · 1 real-search pass
BLS CPI inflation data CPI-U 12-month regional indexes official 2026Google ↗
OBSERVEDReason
BLS Employment Cost Index wages salaries private industry 2026 officialGoogle ↗
OBSERVEDConsequence
BEA Regional Price Parities state metropolitan area latest data officialGoogle ↗
OBSERVEDReason
BLS Occupational Employment Wage Statistics software developers geographic wage data officialGoogle ↗
OBSERVEDShort fact
BLS Consumer Expenditure housing transportation healthcare spending weights CPI officialGoogle ↗
OBSERVEDReason
Badge and edge weight = share of passes that produced the query. Hover a query for its intent and routing format.
Query classes
Google's semantic query class for every sub-query: what kind of answer each search is after, simulated vs real.
ChatGPT real searches (5)
Classes come from the query-classifier (a local Laya model). 5 of 5 calls are low-confidence (under 50%) — hover a query in the table to see its confidence.
Searches and sources
ChatGPT5 real searches · gpt-6
BLS CPI inflation data CPI-U 12-month regional indexes official 2026 Google ↗
BLS Employment Cost Index wages salaries private industry 2026 official Google ↗
BEA Regional Price Parities state metropolitan area latest data official Google ↗
BLS Occupational Employment Wage Statistics software developers geographic wage data official Google ↗
BLS Consumer Expenditure housing transportation healthcare spending weights CPI official Google ↗
- BLS CPI data · bls.gov
- Regional Price Parities by State and Metro Area · bea.gov
- Consumer Price Index News Release · bls.gov
- Employment Cost Index News Release · bls.gov
Queries
5 queries · click a column to sort
| Query / type | Search | Intent | Query class | Routing format | Cluster | Freq ↓ | Weight |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
BLS CPI inflation data CPI-U 12-month regional indexes official 2026 OBSERVED | Google ↗ AI Mode ↗ | — | Reason | — | — | 1x of 1 | |
BLS Employment Cost Index wages salaries private industry 2026 official OBSERVED | Google ↗ AI Mode ↗ | — | Consequence | — | — | 1x of 1 | |
BEA Regional Price Parities state metropolitan area latest data official OBSERVED | Google ↗ AI Mode ↗ | — | Reason | — | — | 1x of 1 | |
BLS Occupational Employment Wage Statistics software developers geographic wage data official OBSERVED | Google ↗ AI Mode ↗ | — | Short fact | — | — | 1x of 1 | |
BLS Consumer Expenditure housing transportation healthcare spending weights CPI official OBSERVED | Google ↗ AI Mode ↗ | — | Reason | — | — | 1x of 1 |