100+ Salary Surveys, Databases and Calculators From Around the World in 2009

Use this list of salary surveys and other resources to prepare yourself for job offer and salary negotiations.

The list only includes sites that are credible or that explain where their numbers come from.

Compare results across multiple sites for best results. Salaries are always changing and many of these sites are based on employee-submitted information.

If you know of any other resources that aren’t in the list, please
suggest them in the comments below.

Salary surveys - numbers come from reader surveys about their jobs.
Salary databases - readers contribute information about their jobs, sometimes in exchange for access to the rest of the database.
Salary reports - more general, a salary report can come alone or from a combination of salary surveys, government statistics, company disclosures, etc.
Salary or wage search - search on a profession and the results will show typical earnings.
Salary calculators or checkers, wage/worth estimators - you fill out a form of questions about your profession and the calculated result is an estimate of the salary you should be earning. If you’re employed, this a good way to judge how fair your pay is.

Global Directory of Salary Surveys

Australia

Jacob Richman’s CJI Hitech Salary Survey 2009
Techshoret Salary Surveys - writers of different kinds
CPS’s Hitech Salary Surveys (Hebrew)
Ethosia HR’s Salary Surveys (Hebrew) - very complete.
Check Compare (Hebrew) - a mostly-Hebrew database of user-submitted salary information covering many industries.
Maskorot (Hebrew) - another Hebrew database of submissions, but with some features such as the 50 Highest Salaries by Position.
Jobsindex (Hebrew) - links to salary surveys
Council for Higher Education (Hebrew) - average salaries of students post-graduation, per university or college
Jobinfo (Hebrew) - find the salary for a job in a few clicks
Hilan Tech Salary Calculator (Hebrew) - calculate your Net (after tax) salary as far back as 2000

United Kingdom

Glassdoor - submit your own first to see the information that other users have anonymously submitted about their companies.
Realrates - not very nice to look at, but has user-submitted information that is (somewhat) verified by moderators.
JobSearchIntelligence - salary calculator
jobnob - search and compare salaries across companies and professions
SalaryExpert Search
CareerOneStop - credible information from a government source.
JobStar’s 300+ Salary Survey Results
Indeed.com Salary Search
ComputerJobs.com Salary Ticker
Robert Walters 2009 United States Salary Survey (pdf)
Salary.com Resources

PayScale - mainly a salary checker, somewhat long-winded forms but very detailed results for almost every country.
Hays Salary Guides 2009 for Asia
Robert Half Global Salary Survey: Accounting, Finance & Banking
National Statistical Agencies - per country, many of which have salary numbers in your local language.
SalaryExpert (international version) - only one position at a time can be checked.
SalaryScout - search or browse salaries from around the world, such as via their
interactive World Salary Map.
WageIndicator - these “salary checks” are supposed to confirm if your current salary is fair.
Vault.com Salary Surveys - a lot of employee-submitted information categorized by industry. Time-consuming to look through and you can’t search the submissions.
Robert Walters Global Salary Surveys for 2009 - in addition to the above countries are covered Belgium, France, Hong Kong, Japan, Luxembourg, Malaysia, New Zealand, Spain and The Netherlands.
Robert Half Finance Free Resources - a 2009 guide with “projected average starting salary ranges for accounting, finance and banking positions,” requires free signup.
Salary Survey for Engineers - covers the United States, India, Canada, UAE, Singapore, the United Kingdom, Australia, Saudi Arabia, Malaysia, Qatar, Germany, Nigeria, the Philippines and Egypt.
2009 Randstad Remuneration Survey - accountants in New Zealand

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