PAY RANGE RESEARCH REQUESTS (made-up firm: Fernhill Architecture, role: Project Coordinator)
The city of Lakemont, the employers, their websites and every pay range are made up.

1. The Research request (turn Research on first):
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Research job postings for Project Coordinator roles at architecture and engineering firms within 25 miles of Lakemont. For each employer, find the posted pay range, whether the job is in office, hybrid or remote, the paid time off, and any benefit they lead with. Put it in a table with a source link for every fact, and say when something is missing, old, from a recruiting agency, or self-reported by employees instead of posted by the employer. Then compare them with our draft: $50,000 to $56,000, in office 5 days, 12 days PTO plus holidays, 8 weeks paid parental leave.
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2. After you open a source and find something the report missed (turn Research off for this one):
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Calder Studio's posting is from March 2025 and the job is filled, so mark that row as out of date. Then give me 3 short talking points for Thursday's meeting with the partners about where our draft range sits. Don't pick a new range for us.
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BLANK VERSION (fill in for your next role)
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Research job postings for [job title] roles at [kind of employer] within [distance] of [city or area]. For each employer, find the posted pay range, whether the job is in office, hybrid or remote, the paid time off, and any benefit they lead with. Put it in a table with a source link for every fact, and say when something is missing, old, from a recruiting agency, or self-reported by employees instead of posted by the employer. Then compare them with our draft: [your range], [your work setup], [your PTO], [your best benefit].
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Checking the report:
- Open at least two sources. Check the range is on the page, check the date, and check whether the job is still open.
- A recruiting agency's post may not match the employer's own range. Look for the employer's careers page.
- Salary-review sites are a few anonymous reports. Treat them as a lead, not a fact.
- Compare jobs with the same duties and experience level, not just the same title.

Before you use it for real: Research is on paid Claude plans (Pro, Max, Team and Enterprise) and uses your usage limits faster than a normal chat. On Team and Enterprise an Owner turns web search on in Organization settings > Capabilities. Never paste your current employees' salaries into a research request. Check the pay-transparency rules for every place you post the job before you publish the range. The range itself is a decision for you and the people you report to.