Career Research -- Salary Research
Databases
Wetfeet.com -- Insider Guide to Negotiating Your Salary and Perks
Vault.com -- Scan industry and company guides
University web sites
Most Business School's career centers post internship and full-time offer salary statistics. The most recent Goizueta statistics are available here:
BBA
MBA
Government Resources
Bureau of Labor Statistics includes a variety of salary data.
Start with their customizable salary survey form:
1. select an area
2. select a category (for example: Executive, administrators and managers)
3. chose a level (the "get help" is great for this)
4. add the choices to your selection and then click "get data."
Tip - the data opens in a pop up window, so make sure your pop up blocker is turned off!BLS also has some great regional compensation charts that are also quite helpful
Take some time to explore their site, there are quite a few different ways to benchmark off their research.
National Compensation Survey: Occupational Wages in the United States
Print Resources
American Salaries and Wages Survey
BUS REF HD4973.A67Getting to Yes: Negotiating Agreement Without Giving In
CAREER REF BF637.N4.F57Negotiating Your Salary: How to Make $1,000 a Minute
CAREER REF HF5549.5.P7 C44Interviewing and Salary Negotiation
CAREER REF HF5549.5.I6.W458Negotiate the Raise You Deserve
CAREER REF HF5549.5.P7.S23Women Don't Ask : Negotiation and the Gender Divide
STACKS HD8.6 .B33
Web Resources
Abbott, Langer & Associates Salary & Benefits, Survey Report Data and Free Summary Data
- Click on link to Free Summary Data to view table with positions and average salaries
- Click on Participating Organizations to view a list of the firms that contributed data to the survey
- Home Page includes links to similar data for other industries: Manufacturing, Non-Profit, Accounting, Engineering, Executive Management, Human Resources, Benefits, Information Technology, Market/Sales, and others
SalaryExpert.com - high level information avaialbe free, specific reports avaialbe for fee.
Jobstar.org - Links to Salary Information, Salary Surveys and Negotiation Strategies.
JobWeb.com - Salary information from NACE (National Association of Colleges and Employers)
National Compensation Survey: Occupational Wages in the United States
Negotiation Tips: Career Journal from the Wall Street Journal
Robert Half International - Request complimentary Finance & Accounting, IT, Legal, Creative and Administrative Salary Guides
Sterling's BestPlaces.net
Homestore.com's Salary Calculator
Salary.com
University web sites -- Most MBA career centers post internship and full-time offer salary statistics. Click here for the most recent Goizueta statistics.
