• The Salary Calculator Use this calculator to compare the cost of living in hundreds of U.S. and international cities.

General Salary Information

• Economic Research Institute Maximum Career Earnings, U.S. and Canada, 88 Benchmark Jobs. 

• Economic Research Institute A College Student's Consumables Cost of Living in any of over 6,700 U.S., Canadian and international locations. 

• Economic Research Institute Listings of Available International Salary Surveys, U.S. and Canadian Salary Surveys and COL and Relocation Management Sources. 

• WageWeb 150 benchmark positions with compensation data. 

• Occupational Outlook Handbook Brand new online version from the Bureau of Labor Statistics. Earnings information is given for each of 250 occupations in addition to training, outlook, work setting and related occupations. 

• Abbott and Langer Extensive wage information for a wide variety of jobs and industries, taken from their compensation survey reports.  

Salary Negotiation

• How to Get a Better than Average Raise Hard@Work offers advice on handling salary reviews or bringing up the compensation issue on your own. 

• Job Offer Negotiation Strategies A cautionary approach from David Jensen, Search Masters International, about negotiating salary in some companies. 

• Salary Negotiation from the Colorado Career Center Tips on what to research before the interview and the actual negotiation process. 

• Salary Negotiation is more than haggling over money Helpful hints on how to negotiate the best benefits and salary in the academic world. 

• The Noel Smith-Wenkle Salary Negotiation Method Methods to getting the salary you want. Bottom line is don't tell them how much you'll take too early in the negotiations.