The useful comparison is not whether two products print the same number. It is what evidence each product delivers, who reviews it, whether the wage sources are visible, how many clients the price covers, and what happens to the file after the subscription ends.
What does RCReports currently publish?
RCReports' current pricing page lists a Premium firm plan at $1,500 per year for up to 10 reports, a Professional plan at $2,100 for up to 20, and higher-volume tiers. It also says customers commonly charge $400 to $1,200 for an analysis. Pricing and features can change, so the provider page is the source rather than an old comparison table.
What does Reality Contact provide?
The $49 memo covers one occupation and metro with the 25th, median, and 75th percentile wages and a short rationale. The $149 report decomposes an owner's duties, cites each BLS table, works the three approaches described in the report method, and includes a minutes summary and CSV. The $99 annual reissue updates the record after the next data release.
Where is the boundary?
RCReports markets software, methodology, and optional support. Reality Contact prepares a source-cited benchmark for the taxpayer and CPA and does not promise defense or agency acceptance. It does not file, present, sign, or represent. The CPA reviews the result, considers other facts in the return and payroll records, and decides the salary.
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.