An apparatus and method pertains to calculating and presenting
compensating values for one or more professions. An apparatus generates a
user interface that prompts a user for a job description entry and a
geographic location entry. The apparatus has a database to store
salaries, each salary associated with a job description and a geographic
location. The apparatus retrieves from the database salaries whose job
description and geographic location matches the job description entry and
the geographic location entry. The apparatus compiles retrieved salaries
to generate a median salary, which is transmitted to a user device.