On the money
What kind of value does the marketplace put on your labor and skills? The answer may lie in the World Wide Web. Several Web sites feature general and specific salary information for numerous career fields in different regions and states.
To see if your salary measures up to the going rate in your area, or to find out what other career fields have to offer wage wise, it might be worth a visit to one of the following sites.
- America’s CareerInfoNet
Select the “Wages and Trends” link to begin an in-depth salary survey by occupation and location.
- HomeFair.com
http://www.homefair.com/homefair/calc/salcalc.html
Users can search and compare salaries between cities.
- JobStar Central
jobstar.org/tools/salary/sal-prof.cfm
It offers a gateway to profession-specific salary surveys in more than 50 career categories.
- Salary.com
Users can explore salary information by job type and state or metro location.