Privacy, in plain English

What we collect

When you submit your pay, we collect exactly what you type into the form: your trade, specialization, city, state, years of experience, pay structure, rate, employer type, and certifications. Email is optional — if you skip it, we have no way to identify you at all.

What we never collect

• Your name
• Your employer's name
• Your address or exact location
• Anything from your phone or contacts

Anonymous means anonymous

Submissions are anonymous by default. Pay data is only ever shown in aggregate — grouped by trade, city, and experience level. No individual submission is ever displayed publicly, and nothing we publish can be traced back to you. Your boss, your coworkers, and your employer will never know you submitted.

What we do with it

One thing: build the pay index. Your submission gets aggregated with others to show real market rates for the trades. If you gave us your email, we use it only to tell you when data goes live in your city and about your Journeyman profile. No spam, no selling your email to anyone, ever.

Where it lives

Data is stored encrypted in private cloud storage (Vercel, US-based). It is not publicly accessible, and access is limited to the Journeyman team.

Want your data removed?

If you left your email with a submission, contact us from that address and we'll delete your submission. If you submitted fully anonymously, we can't identify which entry is yours — that's the flip side of true anonymity.