Lossdog 101: How to Calculate Your Professional Worth
The Salary Guessing Game Ends Here
If you’ve ever Googled “what should my salary be?” and ended up on Glassdoor, Indeed, or Reddit, you know the frustration. The ranges are vague, outdated, and often contradictory. Instead of answers, you’re left second-guessing yourself.
The result:
- 68% of professionals believe they’re underpaid
- Most leave $1.1M–$2.2M in lifetime earnings on the table
- Women and BIPOC workers face even greater compounding losses
Lossdog was built to change that.
What Is Lossdog?
Lossdog is your AI-powered valuation engine. A system that calculates your real, data-backed professional worth in minutes.
Unlike job boards or crowdsourced tools, Lossdog doesn’t rely on averages or anonymous self-reports. Instead, it uses:
- Whole-person valuation: Skills, certifications, pivots, and even gaps count.
- Mathematical worth engine: Real models, not guesswork.
- AI onboarding: A friendly guide that surfaces overlooked value in your resume.
- Scenario planning: See how your number changes if you switch industries, learn a new skill, or relocate
Let’s break down the flaws in the current system:
- Crowdsourced chaos → Anonymous submissions with no verification
- Averaging trap → Wide ranges (“$85K–$140K”) that help no one
- Title traps → A “manager” at one company isn’t the same as a “manager” at another
- Missing context → No accounting for certifications, non-traditional paths, or real-time demand
The bottom line: salary ranges aren’t reality.
How Lossdog Works (In 3 Steps)
Step 1: Upload Your Resume
Lossdog analyzes your work history, skills, education, and achievements.
Step 2: Refine Your Story with AI
Our built-in AI coach helps refine your story—highlighting transferable skills, pivots, and overlooked strengths.
Step 3: Get Your Number
You’ll see a clear, personalized valuation with a breakdown of what’s driving it, backed by real market data from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.
Who Should Use Lossdog?
Lossdog is built for professionals at key career moments. Stand out in interviews with data-backed confidence.
- Negotiators → Walk into raise or offer discussions with proof
- Career Changers → Translate skills into new industries without losing value
- Growth Trackers → Monitor your worth over time and plan strategic moves
- Benchmarkers → Check your standing before relocating, grad school, or a big life shift
The Real Cost of Not Knowing Your Number
Being underpaid by just $5,000 annually costs $524,000 over a 40-year career.
And it doesn’t stop there:
- Women lose $407,760+ over a lifetime from pay inequities.
- Black workers lose $584,000 compared to their white peers.
- Starting salaries compound—miss a raise early, and you’re losing hundreds of thousands long-term
Not knowing your worth is one of the most expensive mistakes you can make.
Why Lossdog Is Different
Lossdog is a new system for valuing talent—no anonymous guessing.
- Whole-career context → Titles don’t define you; skills and outcomes do
- Dynamic insights → Your number updates as the market shifts
- Scenario planning → Experiment with career moves before making them
This isn’t another salary range site. It’s the future of compensation clarity.
FAQs About Lossdog
Q: How is this different from Glassdoor or Levels.fyi?
A: We don’t do averages. Lossdog calculates your personalized number based on your resume, skills, and the market—down to role and location.
Q: What if I don’t have much experience?
A: Lossdog works for everyone, from recent grads to executives. Even internships, certifications, and side projects count toward your number.
Q: How accurate is the number?
A: We use verified data sources (like the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics), market trends, and AI modeling to deliver a number that reflects your real-time value.
Q: Can I use this in negotiations?
A: Yes. Users report negotiating raises of $22K–$50K after using Lossdog to prove their worth.
Stop Losing. Start Lossdog.
The average professional is leaving over $2 million on the table across their career. Don’t let vague ranges or outdated data define your worth.
Lossdog is launching soon—and you can be one of the first to use it. In just five minutes, you’ll see the number that changes how you view your entire career.
👉 Sign up now to join our beta and be the first to get your worth.