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I've thought about this as well. Ultimately you need access to some pretty private data. One thought I've had is to use the mint/intuit APIs to get a list of a
by ones_and_zeros 10y ago
I've thought about this as well. Ultimately you need access to some pretty private data. One thought I've had is to use the mint/intuit APIs to get a list of a persons transactions in their bank account and find the ones that occur every 2 weeks, etc.
Or possibly have users upload paystubs, though you'd have to have someway to verify. I'm sure that's possible.
- notyourwork 10y agoIts an interesting approach but I see trouble convincing a user to give their mint credentials to a site for salary information. Imagine if Glassdoor or LinkedIn asked for this.
- ones_and_zeros 10y agoYou wouldn't need to give your mint credentials. They have an API so that you can create an app that gets read only access based on an OAuth token for a particular user. Similar to fb oauth, google, etc.
- pixeloution 10y agoEven if users were willing, this would be woefully inaccurate information. Mint shows take-home pay. But you have to keep in mind ... * People contribute between 0 to X% to a 401k. This couldn't be deduced from take-home. * Many companies have a Employee Stock Purchase Program, which is deducted from payroll. * Some (Many?) programmers get a large chunk of compensation in options or RSUs. I think self-reported is likely the only way to get numbers without some extremely invasive requests.
- duaneb 10y agoThis would cause weird effects, like my canceling my 401k contribution if I want to change jobs to boost my apparent income.
- coredog64 10y agoWhy not just go to ADP?