It’s not how much you make, it’s…. okay, so it is how much you make.
Have some fun and compare what you make to the rest of the world. It can be an eye opener when you play with minor variations in titles.
www.careerjournal.com is a great place to go looking for good jobs. Monster and CareerBuilder are fine too.
Then go to www.salary.com and find the range of salaries for that job. They have neat graphs that show you the range of salaries and what percentage of people get the high or low salary.
Add Senior or Chief to your title and see what that earns you.
www.homefair.com/homefair/calc/salcalc.html will help you compare the salary and cost of living in different locations.
Have fun. If you don’t like what you see, figure out how to fix it. If you are overpaid, figure out if you are worth it.
Something to do today
Have some fun with salary toys.
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Coming up
Working for the Fortune 50
Scrabble and muck and get ahead
When to give up and go elsewhere