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jeenyus_ones · 01-15-2006, 10:23 AM

Anyone know where a chart of different salaries made by different occupations in North America can be found?

For example the average yearly income of : police officers $20, 000
advertisers $22, 000
etc...

maleficent · 01-15-2006, 10:40 AM

Salaries are really dependent upon location... a position in a major market will pay a lot more than one out in the middle of no where -- but your cost of living will also be a lot higher...

Places like www.salary.com - allows you to enter a job title and a zip code and it willt ell you approximately what it will pay

hunnychile · 01-15-2006, 05:59 PM

Geez, that's so true...I'm planning to leave northern California 'cuz the rent is outrageous and the employors are rather greedy bastards. ah, but such, The Landed Gentry.

OKay, it's in Napa, but the real estate just isn't worth the money or inflation points now, especially since the flood plan is failing miserably! So those who own land are being wiped out or seriously challanged because most weren't insured properly in the City's flood plan.

It's a sad situation. Unless Napa prepairs to be the new Venice of the West...oh, it''s so Altantian...sorry I got Hollywood there for a second.

Elphaba · 01-16-2006, 02:33 PM

The Department of Labor's "Occupational Outlook Handbook" is an excellent source.

http://www.bls.gov/oco/

jeenyus_ones · 01-16-2006, 04:25 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Elphaba

The Department of Labor's "Occupational Outlook Handbook" is an excellent source.

http://www.bls.gov/oco/

excellent, that is exactly what i was looking for, thanks.

Elphaba · 01-16-2006, 04:41 PM

You are welcome,

Kadath · 01-17-2006, 05:34 AM

Hey, look, proof that my employer is screwing me to the tune of at least $10,000! Bah.

Leto · 01-17-2006, 05:56 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Elphaba

The Department of Labor's "Occupational Outlook Handbook" is an excellent source.

http://www.bls.gov/oco/

this is interesting. Need to find the local (Canadian version)...

Daval · 01-17-2006, 07:52 AM

I was going to ask the same thing, who can recommend a good canadian resource like salary.com?

cyrnel · 01-17-2006, 08:05 AM

Beyond an economics study, to me it's more interesting to find average starting salaries and then the potential for overachievers. Many industries have a relatively flat range with a minority of exceptions for tenure or mastery. Other industries - often young or heavily tied to consumerism - look more like the Alps on crack.

DDDDave · 01-18-2006, 08:21 PM

Here's another salary reporting page. Allows you to search for different occupations.

http://www.payscale.com/salary-survey/vid-7900

01-15-2006, 10:23 AM	#1 (permalink)
jeenyus_ones Upright	What are the average salaries of different occupations? Anyone know where a chart of different salaries made by different occupations in North America can be found? For example the average yearly income of : police officers $20, 000 advertisers $22, 000 etc...

01-15-2006, 10:40 AM	#2 (permalink)
maleficent Junkie Moderator Emeritus Location: Chicago	Salaries are really dependent upon location... a position in a major market will pay a lot more than one out in the middle of no where -- but your cost of living will also be a lot higher... Places like www.salary.com - allows you to enter a job title and a zip code and it willt ell you approximately what it will pay __________________ Free your heart from hatred. Free your mind from worries. Live simply. Give more. Expect less.

01-15-2006, 05:59 PM	#3 (permalink)
hunnychile Alien Anthropologist Location: Between Boredom and Nirvana	Geez, that's so true...I'm planning to leave northern California 'cuz the rent is outrageous and the employors are rather greedy bastards. ah, but such, The Landed Gentry. OKay, it's in Napa, but the real estate just isn't worth the money or inflation points now, especially since the flood plan is failing miserably! So those who own land are being wiped out or seriously challanged because most weren't insured properly in the City's flood plan. It's a sad situation. Unless Napa prepairs to be the new Venice of the West...oh, it''s so Altantian...sorry I got Hollywood there for a second. __________________ "I need compassion, understanding and chocolate." - NJB

01-17-2006, 05:34 AM	#7 (permalink)
Kadath Muffled Location: Camazotz	Hey, look, proof that my employer is screwing me to the tune of at least $10,000! Bah. __________________ it's quiet in here

01-17-2006, 07:52 AM	#9 (permalink)
Daval Junkie Location: The True North Strong and Free!	I was going to ask the same thing, who can recommend a good canadian resource like salary.com? __________________ "It is impossible to obtain a conviction for sodomy from an English jury. Half of them don't believe that it can physically be done, and the other half are doing it." Winston Churchill

01-16-2006, 02:33 PM	#4 (permalink)
Elphaba Deja Moo Location: Olympic Peninsula, WA	The Department of Labor's "Occupational Outlook Handbook" is an excellent source. http://www.bls.gov/oco/

01-16-2006, 04:41 PM	#6 (permalink)
Elphaba Deja Moo Location: Olympic Peninsula, WA	You are welcome,

01-17-2006, 08:05 AM	#10 (permalink)
cyrnel Adequate Location: In my angry-dome.	Beyond an economics study, to me it's more interesting to find average starting salaries and then the potential for overachievers. Many industries have a relatively flat range with a minority of exceptions for tenure or mastery. Other industries - often young or heavily tied to consumerism - look more like the Alps on crack. __________________ There are a vast number of people who are uninformed and heavily propagandized, but fundamentally decent. The propaganda that inundates them is effective when unchallenged, but much of it goes only skin deep. If they can be brought to raise questions and apply their decent instincts and basic intelligence, many people quickly escape the confines of the doctrinal system and are willing to do something to help others who are really suffering and oppressed." -Manufacturing Consent: Noam Chomsky and the Media, p. 195

01-18-2006, 08:21 PM	#11 (permalink)
DDDDave Addict Location: Sarasota	Here's another salary reporting page. Allows you to search for different occupations. http://www.payscale.com/salary-survey/vid-7900 __________________ I am just a simple man trying to make my way in the universe... "Go confidently in the direction of your dreams. Live the life you have imagined." - Thoreau "Nothing great was ever accomplished without enthusiasm" - Emerson