PayContext - Salary Context & Hiring Signals for SEEK

Adds employer-provided salary details, market pay context, and hiring-source signals to SEEK search results.

Stop opening every SEEK job ad just to check salary, super, or recruiter details. PayContext helps Australian job seekers compare SEEK listings faster by adding useful pay and hiring context directly to supported SEEK search result pages. Many SEEK job ads show no salary, unclear salary wording, hourly rates without weekly hours, “up to” pay, package wording, OTE, commission, or unclear superannuation details. PayContext gives you a clearer first-pass view before you spend time opening the full listing. With PayContext, you can quickly see: • Salary shown in the job ad, when available • Market salary estimates when pay is not clearly disclosed • Broader category salary estimates when only general benchmark guidance is available • Equivalent hourly rate for annual salaries where relevant • Hourly pay scenarios when weekly hours are not shown • Whether a rate appears to be an “up to” maximum rather than guaranteed base pay • Superannuation clues, including whether salary may include or exclude super • Recruiter, agency, employer-listed, or unclear poster signals • Salary range confidence and missing-pay indicators • Built-in Australia take-home pay estimates for supported salary inputs What’s new in version 1.0.2 PayContext now includes an embedded Australia take-home salary calculator inside the job card. When reliable salary information is available, you can estimate approximate take-home pay without leaving SEEK or opening a separate calculator. PayContext can show take-home pay, tax, Medicare levy, and superannuation context using 2025–26 Australian resident tax assumptions. Version 1.0.2 also improves: • Hourly job scenarios for 15, 20, 30, and 38 hours per week • “Up to $X/hr” handling for maximum-rate job ads • Salary-includes-super and salary-excludes-super comparison scenarios • Clearer labels for disclosed salary, market estimates, category estimates, and salary not disclosed • Support for SEEK’s current au.seek.com domain Why use PayContext? PayContext is built for the comparison stage of job search. Instead of opening every job ad just to work out whether the salary is visible, whether super is clear, or whether the listing is from a recruiter, PayContext surfaces key context directly on the search results page. Use PayContext to: • Compare SEEK jobs faster • Find salary information more easily • Understand whether pay is disclosed or estimated • Compare annual salary and hourly pay more clearly • Estimate approximate take-home pay from listed salary information • Check whether super may be included or paid separately • Spot recruiter and agency-style listings earlier • Avoid spending time on low-context or unclear job ads How it works PayContext appears as a lightweight visual layer on supported SEEK search result pages. When a job ad clearly provides salary information, PayContext prioritises the salary shown in the listing. When salary is not clearly disclosed, PayContext may show a market salary estimate or broader category estimate as general comparison guidance. These estimates are clearly labelled so you do not confuse them with an employer’s actual salary offer. For hourly jobs where weekly hours are not shown, PayContext avoids forcing one misleading annual salary. Instead, it can show scenario-based comparisons to help you understand possible part-time, casual, or full-time outcomes. Privacy PayContext runs locally in your browser. It does not send your personal job browsing activity to external servers. The extension uses narrow permissions for supported SEEK pages and is designed as a local job-search helper, not a tracking or application automation tool. Important notes Salary guidance shown by PayContext is for general market context only. It is not a guaranteed salary offer for any specific role. Employer-provided salary information comes from the listing when available. Market and category estimates are based on benchmark data and should be treated as comparison guidance only. Take-home pay estimates are approximate and for general information only. They are not tax, financial, employment, or legal advice. Actual take-home pay may vary depending on residency status, deductions, HELP/HECS, salary sacrifice, private health insurance, Medicare levy surcharge, allowances, bonuses, commissions, and other personal circumstances. PayContext is an independent third-party browser extension. It is not affiliated with, endorsed by, or sponsored by SEEK. All trademarks belong to their respective owners.