Solid Money, Worried Minds (2004)

Raises are back, and the average IT manager’s salary approaches six figures. So why are they so grim about their careers? InformationWeek’s annual state-of-IT survey.

Editor’s Note: IT leaders offer advice for preparing to thrive in tomorrow’s workplace in the related article, “Where The Opportunity Is

Finance and Accounting Salary Guide

The salary guide is one item on this Accountemps free resources site geared towared those interested in accounting and finance careers.

PayScale Real-time Salary Survey Results

Get salary data based on a variety of variables (industry, country, experience, gender, company size, etc.)

Who’s Making What

… and will it make them happy? Salaries, growth projections, and job satisfaction data for a sample of 150 professions.

Negotiating a Job Offer: Points of Entry

Negotiating the details of an offer is as much a part of the job search as resume paper and shined shoes. At the moment, however, a freaky economy has many candidates gratefully lapping up any hiring package that lands before them. But a little back and forth has its place — good economy or bad. Points of Entry shows you how to get what you … [ Read more ]

Ad Age Salary Center

Hit the ground running with fodder from Ad Age’s Salary Center, where you can find surveys covering specific salaries and reimbursement trends in the advertising, marketing and media industries. Sure, you’ll want to check out the paychecks of media moguls like Sumner Redstone, Rupert Murdoch and Shelly Lazarus. Read it and weep. Then move on to the incredibly useful “real world” reports for base salaries … [ Read more ]

Salary Requirements: 6 Steps to Handling Money Questions

Talking salary with a potential employer can make even the most experienced job hunter sweat. We show you how to easily and confidently handle sticky salary questions about what you make now and what you expect to earn in the future.

Negotiating Your Salary

The site lists five rules you may want to follow in salary negotiation. The site also discusses negotiating with a potential employer for a better benefits package.

Finance Executive Compensation Survey

Welcome to SalaryCentral at businessfinancemag.com. Here finance executives will find a wealth of resources for analyzing their present and future compensation. SalaryCentral includes the most comprehensive interactive compensation database currently available for finance executives, accompanied by two articles exploring the broader significance of the survey results. Sponsored by Business Finance and AOC, SalaryCentral is the first Internet portal dedicated exclusively to helping finance professionals understand … [ Read more ]

eComp

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Salary Expert

Simple but powerful and useful service. Simply choose the job title and a zip code or metro area. What you’ll get is the average salary, a salary range, equivalent “Renter’s Buying Power”, bonus and benefits figures, national norms for the position, and a position description. Excellent!

MBA Salary Survey

“Our MBA Salary Survey is simple to complete and provides real-time data to your inbox within hours–all FREE of charge! Your information will be held in strict confidence.”

Editor’s Note: Has anyone tried this? I haven’t so if you have please offer your comments.

Christian & Timbers

Christian & Timbers is one of the top management search firms in the U.S., focusing on CEO and Board-level retained
executive search. The newly refocused site offers features of interest to both candidates and clients. Check out the compensation section, which includes “Compensation Mindshare,” offering insight and details into the compensation packages C&T consultants see everyday in their specific vertical markets. Site visitors … [ Read more ]

JobStar Salary Information

Topics include: Salary Information, Salary Surveys, Self-Knowledge, Negotiation Strategies and other articles

National Compensation Survey

This site from the Bureau of Labor Statistics’ Office supports a program to produce high quality, relevant, and timely data on levels and trends in compensation. The site has two major areas: Data and Publications

Occupational Outlook Handbook

The Occupational Outlook Handbook is a nationally recognized source of career information, designed to provide valuable assistance to individuals making decisions about their future work lives. Revised every two years, the Handbook describes what workers do on the job, working conditions, the training and education needed, earnings, and expected job prospects in a wide range of occupations.

BestJobsUSA.com Salary Survey 2003

Employment Review®’s Annual Salary Survey asked professionals what they earn. Professionals from more than 40 industries responded to the survey, which was hosted on BestJobsUSA.com. Some of the categories included years of experience, education and raises. Respondents came from all over the United States as well as Canada. The largest number of responses came from California, New York, Massachusetts, Texas and Illinois. Find results by … [ Read more ]

Paycheck Check-Up

Salary data that compares men’s and women’s average annual salaries across seventy-eight professions.