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Use these to find out how your current compensation rate compares with others in your area. However, be careful not to take this information as fact. Many factors combine to make up the actual pay rate offered by an employer.

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Free Salary Guide from Accountemps

..a summary of the Robert Half and Accountemps Salary Guide, updated annually. You can order a free complete guide online. If this does not work, go to their main page, click on Career Center and select the list of Free Resources.

Charity Navigator's 2007 CEO Compensation Study

Released August 1, 2007, this report summary states that "The top leaders of the 5,242 largest charities in America earn an average salary of $145,270. This represents a modest pay raise of 2.34% over the previous year studied. All together, their salaries add up to over $730 million. Although this is a considerable amount of money, CEO compensation accounts for just 3.37% of the average organization's spending." This is a good overview of CEO pay in the nonprofit sector but also offers advice to contributors on how to judge a nonprofit by how it treats its CEO. (Mega-benefits are not good.)

Computerworld: Careers

...scroll through or try a keyword search to review their many articles talking about IT careers, in-demand skills, and salary surveys.

Compensation Info from CFO.com

...articles, surveys, and additional recommended reading for Chief Financial Officers

InterEC.NET Salary Survey for Engineers

...a salary survey for engineers in all fields. This is self-reported data, but because it also includes base salary, bonus, raise, job title, location, and optional company name, company size, visitors can have some idea of how the data here relates to their own situations. The most recent data is at the top of the list, but they have info back to 2005 available.

LegiStorm

...free access to the salary data for congressional staff -- the folks who run the offices and services for the US Senate and House of Representatives. Before you are encouraged or discouraged by what you see here, read the short article on About Congressional Salaries and remember, the biggest reason these folks are working on the Hill is to make a difference, not to make a mint doing it.

Medical Device & Diagnostic Industry Magazine Annual Salary Survey

...The results of MD&DI's annual salary survey are reported in general terms in this article. Scroll to the bottom for profiles based on various categories and a link where you can order the full report (not cheap).

Information on Federal Pay and Leave, U.S. Office of Personnel Management Salaries and Wages

...The current Federal pay schedules, including the locality pay definitions are now available, along with the schedules from several previous years. If you are not a Federal employee, these can also be useful to those searching for work with employers who do a lot of contract work with the Federal government.

Defense Finance and Accounting Service

Need to double-check your pay rate due to a status change? Want to compare your current pay rate to past rates? Need to check on the taxable status of your Veterans Affairs (VA) Compensated Work Therapy? This the place to go. Civilian DOD employees will also find much of their need-to-know pay and benefits info here.

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Non-US Salary Surveys

Labour Market Information service -- service d'Information sur le marché du travail, Human Resources and Skills Development, Canada

....General and detailed information on local job markets across Canada. Provides detailed information on occupations, including duties, employment requirements, terms and conditions of work, potential employers, census information, wage ranges, trends, training availability and professional associations. Select "Wages & Salaries" from the menu to connect to that page. Wonderful resource for Canadians.

Reed.co.uk Regional Salary Calculator for the U.K.

"Whether you are changing career or simply want to find out how much you should be earning in your chosen sector, you can take advantage of our Salary Calculator."

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