Why do salary estimates on Google Jobs vary so much for the exact same job title and location in my city?
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The searches the AI actually ran for this prompt.
SEED QUERY
Why do salary estimates on Google Jobs vary so much for the exact same job title and location in my city?
1 real search · 1 real-search pass
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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 (1)
Classes come from the query-classifier (a local Laya model). 1 of 1 calls are low-confidence (under 50%) — hover a query in the table to see its confidence.
Searches and sources
ChatGPT1 real searches · gpt-6
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