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Information technology (IT) and computer salary surveys, plus links to salary calculators, comparison, information, negotiation, averages, contractor rates, wage reports and more.
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Salary Topic Guide
From your About.com Guide, link to all the salary resources here at Job Searching - Technical, neatly organized in one place.
2002 Computerworld Salary Survey
Articles plus comprehensive IT salary survey results, in Computerworld's annual survey.
2002 Network World Salary Survey
An article with links to the survey data for network professionals, plus links to related info.
Average Entry Level Salaries
Compiled from sources around the Net for graduates with engineering and computer degrees.
Certification Salary Surveys
The top-ten certifications for the best salaries, promotions, raises, and return on investment (ROI), by Certification Magazine.
Computer Industry Salary Survey
At Datamasters.com, look up salaries by geographic region and job function or title. For some dumb reason they've ruined all the bookmarks to their site by disabling deep-linking, so look for the links to the salary info.
Computer Salary Surveys
Link to profession-specific salary surveys across the US from JobStar, a free service of the California public library system.
Computers and Information Technology
Articles and salary tables for computer professionals, courtesy of CareerJournal.
Entry Level Salaries
For graduates in various engineering and computer disciplines. Courtesy of IEEE and National Association of Colleges and Employers.
IT Interactive Salary Guide
Select your location, industry, experience and field of expertise to discover if you're paid what you're worth. At Pencom.com.
IT Rate Survey
At Dice.com, discover the salaries full-time employees make and the going rates contractors charge for their skills.
IT Salary Advisor
Information Week now charges hundreds of dollars for their salary surveys, but you may use the freebie Salary Advisor calculator to compare your pay against the results of the most recent survey.
Microsoft Certified Professional Salary Surveys
MCP Magazine offers opinions, factoids, and annual, US surveys for MCP, MCP+I, MCSE, MCSE+I, MCSD and MCT, along with an international salary survey.
The Real Salary Survey
Rates charged by independent IT contractors, and salaries for temp and direct IT employees.
Salary Ticker
ComputerJobs.com updates the "ticker" hourly with salaries and contractor rates submitted to their survey from across the USA. Not really a ticker, but a pretty cool idea anyway. If you leave the window open for awhile, refresh or reload it to make sure it displays the latest info. Click the job title links for more info.

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