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  • If you're a recent or soon-to-be engineering graduate, focus in on entry-level salaries from the National Association of Colleges and Employers, at the site of the IEEE.
  • ZDNet's Salary Zone is the place to be if you're looking for average salaries in this new age of Internet jobs. Since this is an ongoing survey updated quarterly, not every job title has salary stats yet. You can help them out by participating if you wish. To fill in where the Salary Zone leaves off or to compare and contrast, link to the other Internet jobs surveys in Part 3 of "Web Spinning."
  • If you're a Microsoft Certified Professional, check out the comprehensive salary data at MCP Magazine.
  • Search and sort through computer consultants' rates all kind of ways at The Real Rate Survey™. You may also contribute confidentially if you wish.
  • Salary & Hiring Info from the Wall Street Journal is where you'll find a wider spread of salary data plus hiring trends and such, by region, years of experience and other key criteria.
  • Connect to over 300 surveys at the popular and comprehensive, Profession-Specific Salary Surveys section of JobStar. While you're at it, take the Salary IQ Quiz.
  • If you still haven't found your occupation, browse the additional resources in Salary Research.

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