What is the actual percentage discount companies are currently applying to remote worker base pay compared to on-site roles for L4 data scientists?
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The searches the AI actually ran for this prompt.
SEED QUERY
What is the actual percentage discount companies are currently applying to remote worker base pay compared to on-site roles for L4 data scientists?
2 real searches · 1 real-search pass
2026 US remote work salary geographic pay differential remote employees compensation survey data scientist salary location based pay discountGoogle ↗
OBSERVEDComparison
2025 2026 compensation report remote pay differential location based pay remote workers percentage salary reductionGoogle ↗
OBSERVEDComparison
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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 (2)
Classes come from the query-classifier (a local Laya model). 2 of 2 calls are low-confidence (under 50%) — hover a query in the table to see its confidence.
Searches and sources
ChatGPT2 real searches · gpt-6
2026 US remote work salary geographic pay differential remote employees compensation survey data scientist salary location based pay discount Google ↗
2025 2026 compensation report remote pay differential location based pay remote workers percentage salary reduction Google ↗
- Home Sweet Home: How Much Do Employees Value Remote Work? · nber.org
- Remote Work · read.calchamber.com
- Results of the March 2025 US Compensation Planning Survey · imercer.com
- Geographic Pay Differentials: How They Impact Compensation · pave.com
- Home sweet home: The value of remote work · cepr.org
Queries
2 queries · click a column to sort
| Query / type | Search | Intent | Query class | Routing format | Cluster | Freq ↓ | Weight |
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2026 US remote work salary geographic pay differential remote employees compensation survey data scientist salary location based pay discount OBSERVED | Google ↗ AI Mode ↗ | — | Comparison | — | — | 1x of 1 | |
2025 2026 compensation report remote pay differential location based pay remote workers percentage salary reduction OBSERVED | Google ↗ AI Mode ↗ | — | Comparison | — | — | 1x of 1 |