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JobStar now links to over 300 online salary surveys. If your occupation is not listed here try these sites:
- Try the Bureau of Labor Statistics' Occupational Outlook Handbook which offers "Earnings" information for 250 occupations.
- For salary ranges for hundreds of occupations by STATE, try America's Career InfoNet: Wages and Trends. First select a category or enter a Keyword, then choose a state.
- Get the California angle on hundreds of occupations (including Wages, Hours and Benefits) from the California Occupational Guide.
- California Labor Market Information Division offers OES Employment and Wages by Occupation which provides specific occupation salary ranges for California counties and regions.
ACCOUNTING
ADMINISTRATIVE SUPPORT
Average Administrative SalariesAdministrative Professional Skills Benchmarking Survey Job titles, key responsibilities, average salaries, job satisfaction from the International Association of Administration Professionals.
California Wage Estimates - Office & Administrative Support Occupations
Bureau of Labor Statistics reports median hourly and mean annual wages for office & administrative support positions for all California employers.
Office and Administrative Support Positions
Occupational Outlook Handbook outlines various administrative settings including earnings information.
ADVERTISING
AGRICULTURE
Agriculture Wage & Benefit SurveySummary of Farm Employers Labor Service California annual survey.
California Farm Workers: Employment and Earnings SF LA Sac SD
Each monthly Agricultural Bulletin contains regional hourly earnings for farmworkers.
AgriCareers Salary Survey
Salary ranges for swine, dairy, beef and crop farming from an agricultural recruiter.
Wine Business Monthly Salary Survey
Salaries arranged by winery size. Covers positions in winery, vineyard, sales, marketing,
administration.
AIRLINES
Aviation Career Salary RangesFrom Airline Employment Assistance Corps: broad salary ranges for a variety of positions in aircraft, airlines, airports, flight attendants, food preparation, office, pilots.
Aviation Maintenance Salary Survey
Aviation Maintenance's annual salary survey covers major airlines, repair stations and corporate flight settings.
Aircraft Maintenance Salary Survey
Aircraft Maintenance Technology Magazine article covers average hourly pay rates by region, job
title, age, and education (in
IAM Facts & Figures
International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers: Earnings & Hours, Cost of Living, Employment data.
AUTOMOTIVE
Underhood Service Repair Market Industry ProfileAutomotive service dealer workforce and earnings data for managers and technicians.
BodyShop Personnel Profile
Select "Personnel" for average pay & benefits for metal techs, painters, mechanics from
Body Shop Business.
Brake & Front-End Salary Survey
Surveys wages & fringe benefits for automotive technicians, managers and sales/service writers in independent and specialty repair shops.
BUILDING INDUSTRIES
See also Trades.
Survey for California Architectural Firms
SF LA Sac SD
Management Design's survey includes salary data for California, LA, Orange County, San Diego County, Sacramento Central Valley and the San Francisco Bay Area. Covers management & technical positions in architectural firms.
Growth in Architect Compensation
Report on triennial compensation survey of architecture firms from AIArchitect (in .pdf format.)
Landscape Architects Graduating Students Salary
Survey
American Society of Landscape Architects survey of graduating students (graduate & undergraduate) in landscape architecture programs.
FacilitiesNet
Salary Base
Search salary benchmarks by location, job type, facility type/size,
operations budget.
COMPUTER FIELDS
CONSULTING / CONTRACTING
How Much Should You Charge for Your Service?How to compute hourly rates for independent contracting services from Nolo Press' Nolo News.
EDUCATION
ENGINEERING
ENVIRONMENTAL
Environmental Protection - Salary SurveysEnvironmental Protection Online offers annual salary surveys for environmental professionals in compliance, engineeering, and health/safety.
Professional Scientist Salary Survey
Compensation survey from State of California Dept. of Personnel Administration includes Environmental Professionals and covers a wide range of county, city and other jursidictions (in .pdf format).
Environmental Scientist Salary Survey Results
Data from California Association of Professional Scientist's survey.
ENTERTAINMENT
S.A.G. Contracts, Wages & Working Conditions
Screen Actors Guild Basic Agreements covering theatrical, TV, commercial agreements as well as extra performers. Select a category (Theatrical Film, Television, Commercials, etc.) from the "contract dropdown menu"to view.
EXECUTIVES
Silicon Valley Executive Compensation Report SFSan Jose Mercury News feature ranks executive pay & other compensation at the top 150 public companies headquartered in Silicon Valley.
Executive Pay
BusinessWeek's annual report on executive compensation at the 300+ largest US companies.
CEO Compensation
Annual feature from Forbes.
CRN Executive Salary Survey
Extensive surveys of high tech executive salaries (including "solution providers") from Computer Reseller News.
FINANCE
FOOD PROCESSING
Salary & Job Satisfaction SurveyFood Engineering's survey of food manufacturing professionals: management, supervisors, technical, sales.
FOOD SERVICE
San Francisco Restaurant Employee Compensation Survey SFGolden Gate Restaurant Association survey of San Francisco city bars and restaurants (in .pdf format.)
Dietary Manager Salary Survey
Dietary Manager's Association national survey of dietary managers and directors of food service covers multiple settings: hospitals, long-term care, retirement homes and schools.
Food & Beverage Service Occupations
Median annual earnings nationwide from the Occupational Outlook Handbook.
GOVERNMENT
GEOLOGY
Explorer Salary SurveyAmerican Association of Petroleum Geologists survey of geologist compensation.
GRAPHIC ART
In-plant Salary SurveyIn-plant Graphics biennial survey of in-house reproduction departments operated within an organization, company, government office or university.
AIGA Salary CalculatorSF LA
Obtain customized report (type of organization, location, size)
based on surveys
of American
Institute of Graphic Artist members.
Wage Minimums and Survey LA
Contracted wage minimums provided by the Animation Guild I.A.T.S.E.
Local 839, Burbank, CA.
HEALTHCARE
HOSPITALITY
Top 10 Jobs in HospitalityCareerbuilder.com listing of 10 jobs with average salaries.
San Francisco Restaurant Employee Compensation Survey
Survey from Golden Gate Restaurant Association (in .pdf format.)
HUMAN RESOURCES
Human Resources, Training, and Labor Relations Managers and SpecialistsDept. of Labor reports on earnings for workers in this setting.
INSURANCE
Actuary Salary SurveysD.W. Simpson & Co. reports on salaries for actuaries in Property/Casualty and Life/Health.
LAW ENFORCEMENT
BJS State & Local Law Enforcement StatisticsBureau of Justice Statistics conducts surveys of police, sheriffs' departments, law enforcement management, federal law enforcement offices nationwide. The individual reports cover starting salaries, special pay and educational & training requirements (in .pdf format.)
Law Enforcement Officer Locality Pay Tables SF LA Sac SD
For federal law enforcement officers from the U. S. Office of Personnel Management.
Police and Detectives - Earnings
Occupational Outlook Handbook compiles various compensation surveys for law enforcement positions.
Microsoft WORD Document: California Association of Criminalists - Salary Survey
Annual salary report for criminalists--in EXCEL file format.
LEGAL & PARALEGAL
Salaries & CompensationSalary information spotlight from lawjobs.com.
Salaries & Compensation
Both private and public sectors salary information from The National Association for Law Placement (NALP).
Law Firms in Transition
An Altman Weil Flash survey.
Lists & Rankings
Collection of articles, many on compensation trends, from National Law Journal.
Infirmation - Law Firm Salaries
Specific firm salaries by state from Findlaw's Infirmation.
Survey on Paralegal Compensation in Law Firms and Law Departments
Brief summary of a compensation survey by Altman Weil Publications in
partnership with the Legal Assistant Management Association (LAMA).
Law Teacher Salary Surveys
Salaries at U.S. law schools from the Society of American Law Teachers.
Legal Assistants Utilization and Compensation Survey Report
Bi-annual National Association of Legal Assistants report covers
billing rates and salary and compensation levels.
LIBRARIES
Special Library Association Salary SurveySummary data from SLA survey of special librarians & information personnel.
ARL Salary Survey
Surveys and data from Association of Research Libraries for university and nonuniversity research library positions.
Placements & Salaries
Annual review of starting salaries for new library school graduates from ALA-APA survey.
MANAGEMENT
Should You Get an M.B.A?A Business School Calculator from Forbes: select the school, tuition, your current & expected salaries and calculate ROI.
Haas School of Business - Placement Reports SF
Starting salaries and signing bonuses for graduates of UC Berkeley's Haas School of Management.
USC
Marshall Recruiter Handbook - Undergraduate Business Program LA
Starting salaries for undergraduates of USC's undergraduate Business Program.
USC Marshall - MBA Employment Report LA
Starting salaries for graduates of USC's Marshall School of Business; includes industry, location and internship salaries.
MANUFACTURING
Logistics Management Salary SurveyAnnual survey for supply-chain professionals from Logistics Management.
Plant Maintenance Salary Surveys
Maintenance managers, foremen, engineers, technicians and more are covered in this survey from Plant Maintenance Resource Center.
Sales & Engineering Salary Survey
Automation and instrumentation engineering and sales compensation survey from the Measurement, Control and Automation Association (in
Plant Engineering Salary Survey
Report from Plant Engineering Magazine covers education level,
plant size, location and more.
MARKETING & SALES
MATHEMATICS
Annual AMS-IMS-MAA SurveyAmerican Mathematical Society annual survey of new doctoral recipient salaries as well as faculty at 4-year colleges & universities.
Salary Survey of Academic Statisticians
Report of a survey conducted by the American Statistical Association of statisticians employed in
business, industry and government.
MEDIA
MEETING PLANNERS
Meeting Professional Salary SurveyMeeting Professionals International report of annual salary survey.
Meetings - State of the Industry
A biennial profile of the average meeting planner--including compensation--from Mimegasite.com (in .pdf format.)
Convention Management - Compensation Surveys
Professional Convention Management Association's annual salary survey.
Show Management Salaries
Compensation for Association Meetings and Expositions Executives, Show Management Salary Survey and Exhibit Sales Salary Survey, sponsored by EXPO magazine, includes regional salary data.
MINING
Mining Wages and BenefitsSummary of the Annual Mining Cost Service US Mine Labor Survey from Western Mine Engineering.
NONPROFIT
Careers in Associations - SalariesSummary of data from Association Executive Compensation Survey.
Salary Survey Highlights
Survey of recent salaries at foundations and corporate foundations/giving programs from the Council on Foundations (in .pdf format.) The most current survey is restricted to members only.
Nonprofits Salary Survey
Summary of NonProfit Times annual report on nonprofit salaries (in .pdf format.)
PACKAGING
Pharmaceuticals and Medical Packaging News Salary SurveyCompensation survey for packaging professionals in the healthcare product manufacturing industry.
PERFORMING ARTS
AFTRA Contract RatesAmerican Federation of Television and Radio Artists contract rates for entertainment, commercials, nonbroadcast, interactive and sound recordings.
Actors, Directors & Producers - Earnings
Median annual earnings nationwide from the Occupational Outlook Handbook.
PETROLEUM
Geological Salary SurveyAmerican Association of Petroleum Geologists annual salary survey.
PRINTING
In-plant Salary SurveyIn-plant Graphics biennial survey of in-house reproduction departments operated within an organization, company, government office or university.
PSYCHOLOGY
Salaries in PsychologyReport from the American Psychological Association covers a wide range of settings for Master's and Doctoral level psychologists.
Faculty Salaries in Graduate Departments of Psychology
From the American Psychological Association (76 pages in .pdf format.)
QUALITY CONTROL
Quality Control Salary SurveyQuality Digest survey of salaries for various titles in quality control settings and with various certifications.
REAL ESTATE
Real Estate Agents & Brokers - EarningsMedian annual earnings of agents and brokers nationwide from the Occupational Outlook Handbook.
Accredited Residential Manager Salaries SF LA Sac SD
Summaries of surveys from Institute of Real Estate Management (in .pdf format;) see page 24-25 for salary
information
RETAIL
Earnings - Retail SalespersonsMedian hourly earnings of retail salespersons including commissions from the U.S. Dept. of Labor.
Clothing, Accessory, and General Merchandise Stores
Bureau of Labor Statistics Career Guide to Industries reports average earnings of nonsupervisory workers & median hourly earnings for this setting.
SCIENCE & BIOTECH
SECURITY
ASIS International Employment SurveySecurity manager compensation from the American Society for Industrial Security.
SERVICE TECHNICIANS
Photocopy Technician, Manager and Sales SalariesSurveys of field service technicians, managers and sales personnel from CopierCareers.com.
SOCIAL WORK
Social Work CompensationNational Association of Social Workers salary survey.
Social Worker Earnings
Occupational Outlook Handbook tables of median earnings in various
practice settings.
TECHNICAL WRITERS
San Diego Chapter - STC - Salary Survey SDSummary of Society of Technical Communicators survey (in .pdf format.)
TELECOMMUNICATIONS
Telecommunications - Industry EarningsFrom the Dept. of Labor: median hourly earnings of the largest occupations in telecommunications.
TRADES
Prevailing Wages SF LA Sac SDCalifornia Dept. of Industrial Relations prevailing wage determinations for journeyman & apprentice trades (commercial building, highway, heavy construction & dredging projects) for the state, by region or for counties.
TRAVEL AGENTS
Travel Agents -EarningsBrief information from the Occupational Outlook Handbook on salaried and self-employed agent earnings.
WAREHOUSING
Warehousing Salaries and WagesA summary of a report from the Warehousing Education and Research Council published in Operations & Fulfillment magazine.