Salary Survey Data

Donnak · July 2001

I am in search of salary survey data and/or websites to visit similar to Salary.com. The position I am trying to benchmark would be VP Administration. Any help would be appriciated.

bsa · July 2001

"salariesreview.com" and "wageweb.com" are sites I have consulted, but I found salary.com the most helpful.

C_J · July 2001

You can also try the Occupational Employment Statistics Home page at [url]http://stat.bls.gov/oeshome.htm[/url] It has the information from the Bureau of Labor Statistics. It is usually from a few years ago but can be a helpful source. Your state or local Chamber of Commerce may also have some information. Good Luck.

Donnak · July 2001

Thank you for the information.

Paul · August 2001

In addition to the ones already listed, check out SalaryExpert.com. They are also a pretty good source.

PMI · August 2001

I use surveys compiled annually by:

1) The Hay Group

2) CBIA (CT Business & Industry Association) -- most states probably have an organization like it

3) Government stats (previous posts mention them)

4) Industry organizations and affiliations that my company belongs to

5) Internet (Salary.com, wageweb). I recently completed a salary analysis on our IS department, and got some good information from Monster.com -- some posts include salary information.

I also network with HR people in companies that are similar to mine.

Wouldn't it be great it HR Hero included a forum specifically for sharing salary information? Anybody else out there interested in this?

Donnak · August 2001

Thank you to everyone who has been so helpful. I have what I need.

Rockie · August 2001

Yes. I would be very interested in comparing salary data with members of the Forum.

Donnak · August 2001

I would also be interested in sharing data.

System · August 2001

PMI and others,

Sharing salary information via HRhero.com is a great idea. What about a form to fill in job title, salary, benefits, and comments? What other items would you want to share? Possibly the city and state to gauge differences in cost of living? Let me know what other demographics you'd be interested in.

Christy Reeder
Website Managing Editor
[url]www.HRhero.com[/url]

Donnak · August 2001

Regarding information on the form. . .

Position title, compensation, industry, size of company, and state.

Thanks. This will work well.

sonny · August 2001

I think city and state is important. How about type of employer ie private, private non profit, government/public sector etc?

sonny · August 2001

PS. Would it also be beneficial to know if the position is caverd by CBA?

PMI · August 2001

I am so glad there is interest! I'd like to see the items noted in the previous posts, along with a brief job description, and basic educational & skill requirements, and years of experience required. That'll make it easier to compare apples to apples.

HR Surprise · August 2001

This is a terrific idea! I have been told that some of the Web sites do not reflect a true analysis of salaries for some areas. For instance, we are a not-for-profit health clinic and I always have a problem obtaining relevent salaries.

Thank you for providing a site where I can access "real" information and feedback!! I look forward to reading it everyday.

Candi · August 2001

I would like to see average salary paid also. Another piece of information that is useful is gross and net income of the company.

Don Avery · August 2001

Median salary paid would be better to measure typical paid rates.

Juneau · August 2001

Yes, sharing salary data would be very helpful. A reliable source is valuable.

joyce · August 2001

Great idea! I'd also like to see the year's of experience the employee has in that specific field and also with the company and if they hold a 2 or 4 year degree.

Renie · September 2002

Did anything ever come of this?? I am currently trying to find benchmarks for our company salaries...
Any suggestions??

System · September 2002

[font size="1" color="#FF0000"]LAST EDITED ON 09-05-02 AT 04:22PM (CST)[/font][p]Renie,

Someone else asked me about this a few days ago. After getting input from forum users and other HR people, I suddenly realized why this information is scarce (or you have to pay big $$ for it) - it's a HUGE, complicated task to put together this kind of survey. xflash That's not to say we don't have it still on our to-do list, but it's going to be a little while before we attempt it. If we do it, we want to do it right. We'll be sure to let everyone know when we launch the survey.

Christy Reeder
Website Managing Editor
[url]www.HRhero.com[/url]

Renie · September 2002

th-up Thank you for the update!

njjel · September 2002

As long as confidentiality remains I would participate in a survey as mentioned above. It's true big bucks are paid for wage info, however I have found 9 times out of 10 that not much information is provided at all as to the details like are also mentioned above so if we HR Hero can get one started that would be a fantastic tool!

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