Abbott, Langer Association Surveys FAQ#13

QUESTION:  Do you use "gross" or "net" figures?

All Abbott, Langer Association Surveys (ALAS) salaries are reported in standardized gross amounts, prior to national/local tax treatments or whatever individual deductions may apply to reach a net figure.

For example, an employer may pay all incumbents of the same clerking job a fixed rate (and that's what ALAS reports); but each individual clerk-employee receives a different amount of net take-home pay based on his/her tax treatment, number of specified personal deductions for dependents, automatic dues paid, optional benefit payments, or other directed diversions of personal earnings to savings plans, etc.

Our pay figures are all pre-tax gross amounts.