AIGA Salary Survey
http://www.aquent.com/free_tools/index.html
The Aquent website includes a comprehensive
salary survey for a broad range of print and web positions in the US. The
survey is broken down by region. Produced jointly by the AIGA and Aquent.
Aquent is an agency that represents and places experts in creative and IT
positions.
Aquent
http://www.aquent.com
This site specializes in representing
freelancers in the creative and technical fields. The site also offers free
downloads including a Web Skill And Salary Guide. Aquent recently purchased IT
consulting firm Renaissance Worldwide.
Certification Magazine Salary
Survey
http://www.certmag.com/issues/dec01/feature_gabelhouse.cfm
This survey conducted by Certification magazine
reinforces the value, in terms of salary, of IT certification. The article
provides information about the top ten certifications for salaries of IT
professionals and the impact of additional certifications.
ComputerJobs.com Salary Survey
(2000)
http://www.computerjobs.com/salary2000/
The job site, ComputerJobs.com conducts regular
salary surveys for IT professionals and posts the results on their website. The
survey includes contractor rates. In addition to viewing survey results, you
can submit information about your own income for their current survey.
ComputerJobs.com Salary Ticker
http://www.ticker.computerjobs.com/
For the most up-to-date salary information on
the IT industry, the online jobsite, ComputerJobs.com maintains a salary
ticker. They update the ticker based on an online salary information form
submitted by IT professionals in the U.S. The ticker lists yearly salary and
contract hourly rates by job category. The page also summarizes the highest and
lowest salary and contract rates across all job categories.
Computerworld Surveys
http://www.computerworld.com/cwi/surveysandreports/
The Computerworld site has an entire area
dedicated to surveys and reports. In addition to IT salary surveys, the site
includes other surveys such as the 100 Best Places to Work in IT and the
Premier 100 IT Leaders.
Data Masters Cost of Living
Comparison
http://www.datamasters.com
DataMasters provides a cost of living calculator
where you can enter two US locations and see what the equivalent salaries are
taking into account the cost of living in each location.
Data Masters Salary Survey
http://www.datamasters.com/survey.html
This site provides a history of salary surveys
for IT and management positions going back to 1990.
Health Care Salary Surveys
http://www.pohly.com/salary.html
Provided by Pam Pohly Associates, a health care
and hospital management consulting and executive search firm, this site
provides a number of salary surveys for various healthcare professions. The
surveys are based on 1997 numbers.
Public Relations Society of
America (PRSA)
http://www.prsa.org/_Jobs/career/survey.asp?ident=job6
With nearly 20,000 members and 117 chapters,
PRSA is the world’s largest organization for public relations professionals. Contact
them to find a public relations professional for your business. The society
provides a service called PR Power that can search its database for
professionals with the public relations skills you require. Then they contact a
number of candidates to determine their availability and present the resumes of
several candidates. After you interview the candidates by telephone or in
person, you select a qualified professional who meets your needs. In most
cases, you complete the process in three days or less. They also conduct a
salary survey of their members, however they charge a $50 fee for non-members
to receive a copy of the survey.
Rates for IT Consultants
http://www.realrates.com
This site provides the best rate surveys for
computer consultants. It's run by Janet Ruhl, author of The Computer
Consultant's Guide
Rates for Technical Writers
http://www.stc.org/salary.html
This site provides the best rate surveys for
technical communication consultants. It is provided by the Independent
Consulting Special Interest Group (SIG) of the Society for Technical
Communication (STC)
University of California, Santa
Cruz
http://econ.ucsc.edu/faculty/fairlie/
Robert W. Fairlie, Associate Professor and
Director of the Masters Program in Applied Economics and Finance at the
University of California, Santa Cruz, has conducted research on labor
economics, public economics, entrepreneurship, and inequality. His surveys
include the most current estimates available for the number of self-employed
business owners in the United States using micro data from the Current
Population Survey (CPS) Outgoing Rotation Group Files. The surveys also compare
estimates for white, black, Hispanic, and Asian entrepreneurs.
WinWriters Salary Survey
http://www.winwriters.com/salaryresults01.htm
Updated survey provided by WinWriters that
includes results by experience, gender, location, training, management,
organization size, satisfaction, and contractor rates.
