Every figure traces back to the live OpenDataPhilly payroll record, not a scraped or hand-cleaned copy — the kind of provenance an editor or a court will actually accept.
Compensation Atlas flags unusual raises, overtime spikes, and leadership-vs-rank-and-file gaps automatically, instead of requiring a pivot table built from scratch.
Full career trajectories per employee mean a promotion, a transfer, or a quiet title change is visible the moment it happens — not just in a single snapshot.
"The story isn't usually in any single number. It's in the gap between what a title suggests and what the record actually shows."