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# Compensation
The compensation for auditors is based on the payment received by a project, which ultimately depends on the codebase's size, complexity, and programming language.
For example, we assume a project is quoted 17,500€ for 2,500 nSLOC.
**13,125€ (75%)** of the payment is allocated to the auditors. **4,375€ (25%)** is allocated to the treasury of AuditOne (used for operations, development, marketing, and sales).
**3,937.50** € (30%) of the payment is the base salary for the auditors.
**9,187.50** € (70%) will be used as bounty distributed as follows:
Payment structure can be tailored to each clients specific needs and preferences, ensuring flexibility and accommodating their unique requirements:
| Category | Amount | % |
| ---------------------------- | --------- | --- |
| High (& Critical) issues pot | 5,512.5€ | 0.6 |
| Medium issues pot | 2,756.25€ | 0.3 |
| Low issues / QA pot | 918.75€ | 0.1 |
The bounties will be awarded and split between all the auditors that find high/medium/low issues. If we assume that the following issues were identified and validated: 1 H, 3 M, and 8 L.\
The auditor who found 1 H, 1 M, and 1 L would receive the following:
| Type | Amount |
| ------------------------------ | -------- |
| Base payment | 1,312.5€ |
| High (& Critical) issue bounty | 5,512.5€ |
| Medium issue bounty | 909.5€ |
| Low issue bounty | 115€ |
| **Total payment** | 7849.5€ |
**Key takeaways:**
• The Auditors gain most of the revenue as opposed to working for an audit firm.
• More auditors look through the code compared to traditional audit firms.
• The project pays less for an audit if no issues are found for specific severity bounties.
• The Auditors are rewarded for finding issues while receiving a base income.