What if I don’t have LinkedIn? As a Requester, is it mandatory to have a LinkedIn profile?

Salary Confidential requires that all Requesters have a LinkedIn profile.
We frontload this requirement on the first page of the account creation flow.

If there were credible alternatives to LinkedIn *, we’d support them — but today, none match its depth or reliability for professional identity.

We understand that some people choose not to have a LinkedIn profile, but this requirement protects respondents.
It ensures transparency and accountability when someone they don’t personally know reaches out for data.
You can read more about our requester transparency principle here.

Even beyond transparency, LinkedIn strengthens your poll’s quality.
It helps you find peers outside your immediate network and build a well-defined participant sample.

If you’re concerned about messaging limits, note that LinkedIn Premium can make outreach easier (and is available month-to-month).
You can also reach out to potential respondents through other social platforms once you’ve identified them via LinkedIn.

* There’s a joke about old Google Plus here, but it’s escaping us.