A CPA white-label version should behave like a transparent workpaper. The firm needs editable client facts, visible source tables, a reproducible calculation, and room for the CPA's own conclusion. A polished PDF without those parts creates review work instead of removing it.
What is included for firm review?
The full report maps the owner questionnaire to task occupations and documented hours, then attaches the relevant BLS area and occupation data. It includes the 25th, median, and 75th percentile points, a factor narrative, a one-page minutes summary, and the underlying CSV. Each published wage carries the release and table citation.
Why use BLS data?
The Bureau of Labor Statistics explains on its percentile-wage page how each percentile is defined and warns against averaging percentile estimates across occupations without accounting for their different distributions. The workpaper uses explicit hour weighting and preserves the component figures so the CPA can inspect the method.
Who owns the conclusion?
Reality Contact can place the firm's branding on the deliverable and return the data in a reviewable format. The engagement still remains a benchmark prepared for the firm and taxpayer. Reality Contact does not communicate with an agency, prepare the tax return, or tell the firm what salary to adopt. The CPA records any changes and decides the final figure.
What can the Reality Contact check provide?
The free read returns the published 25th, median, and 75th percentile wages for one occupation and metro. The $49 memo adds a short rationale for the file. The $149 report decomposes multiple duties, weights documented hours, works the stated approaches, and includes a minutes summary and CSV. An annual reissue is $99. Every wage figure identifies its BLS release and table.
Where does the operator boundary sit?
This is not tax advice. Reality Contact, LLC prepares a benchmark for the taxpayer and CPA. It is not an opinion. We do not file, sign, present anything to an agency, or represent anyone. The CPA decides the salary. The free read returns published wage percentiles for one occupation and metro. It is a real source check and a way for Reality Contact to sample demand for the fuller report. We reply by email with the BLS table and release. The current source check starts with this published record.