Salary Negotiation - Your Bottom Line - CareerAlley

Salary Negotiation - Your Bottom Line - CareerAlley We may receive compensation when you click on links to products from our partners. There are not too many people who think they are overpaid. Human nature is to think you worth more than you are being paid (and maybe you are). While there are many factors when considering a job offer, one of the key drivers is how much compensation you are offered. While your job title, responsibilities and career track are also key considerations, you still need money to pay the bills and put food on the table. After you find your job, the one that really motivates you, the money comes next. And, if you are like most people, you want to be paid what youre worth. While we are only worth what the market will pay, there are ways to maximize your compensation. While there are many factors when considering a job offer, one of the key drivers is how much compensation you are offered. Tweet This Of course, if you dont know what you are worth its hard to know. So what are you worth? Do you know? Well, you should know before you get the job offer. Salary guides and salary search tools are helpful. Like everything on the Internet these days, you could spend days (maybe weeks) researching salary. After a few tries at the sites listed below, you should be able to get the basic information you need without spending days looking for it. Image by StartupStockPhotos from Pixabay Start first with: 5 Tips to Maximize Your Job Offer Salary Negotiation Do You Know How Much Youre Worth? Salary Surveys Guides: 2015 SALARY GUIDE: IT Salary Evolution This survey provides the average salary by Robert Half. Click on the get the guide do download your copy. There are also some tools on the page. There is a salary calculator as well as a chart on hiring trends. JobStar Salary Surveys This link to surveys, from JobStar.org, provides links to over 300 salary surveys. They start with a very long list of career types, followed by a link to general salary surveys. You should be able to find your functional role from this list and get a rough idea of what your salary might be in this market. Salary Guides by Robert Half Another great resource from RHI, there are links to industry / functional role-specific surveys such as Legal, Technology, Finance Accounting and Office Team (to name a few). Click the link that interests you and you are led to a page where you can sign-up for the surveys. Negotiating Your Salary: How To Make $1000 a Minute Price: $8.69 Negotiating Your Salary: How to Make $1000 a Minute has sold more than 250,000 copies because career professionals recommend it and it's better-paid readers who applied the strategies, tell their friends. Buy Now from Amazon We earn a commission if you click this link and make a purchase at no additional cost to you. Last Updated: March 2, 2020 Salary Calculators and Negotiation Tips: Salary Calculator One of many salary calculators (way to many to list here), this one is offered by homefair.com. Type in your title put in your zip code and you are all set to go. Fairly generic, but should give you a rough indication. PayScale Salary Calculator This one is from, you guessed it PayScale.com. Same deal here job title, city and state and off you go. Salary Comparison and Salary Calculator This is salary.coms version which has both a salary comparison and salary calculator. Submit your title and location. The calculator will return a second screen where you can refine the search or read the results of the search. Bureau of Labor Statistics The BLS has a bunch of information on salaries, inflation, employment and salary ranges for different job titles. Take a look and compare the ranges to your job title. How to Raise Your Own Salary Price: $14.95 Buy Now from Amazon We earn a commission if you click this link and make a purchase at no additional cost to you. Last Updated: March 2, 2020 What's next? Ready to take action? Choose the right tools to help you build your career. Looking for related topics? Subscribe and make meaningful progress on your career. It’s about time you focused on your career. Get Educated Contact Us Advertise Copyright 2020 CareerAlley. All Rights Reserved. Privacy Policy + Disclosure home popular resources subscribe search