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Bureau of Labor Statistics

BLS collects all kinds of data on wages, unemployment, and other employment trends. Search through their press releases, regional data, and other areas for salary and compensation information.

Occupational Employment Statistics, BLS

“The Occupational Employment Statistics (OES) program produces employment and wage estimates for over 700 occupations.” Select a job family from the right side, then look for the closest matching job title to get data for that profession.

Government Reports and Surveys

…use the Occupational Outlook Handbook and individual state Labor Market Information pages to look for prevailing compensation for various occupations.

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Check the various Professional and Trade Associations and Labor Unions

These organizations frequently survey their members to collect salary and wage information, and many trade associations and unions maintain standard pay rates for their locals. If you cannot find information on their web sites, contact the office or local nearest you.

Search JobCentral, Careerbuilder, or other major online recruiting sites

Search for jobs that matches your area of interest in the same location you are interested in and see what the pay offers are. Realize that many jobs may have no salaries posted or that they might even be incorrect based on the regional and industry talent market, but they are a place to start. The various specific industry or occupational sites may be even better than these general databases.

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NATIONAL RESOURCES (search engines):

CareerPath | Career Mosaic | Career Net | Dice | HotJobs Job Web | Stanford Job Hunt List | Americas Job Bank Best Jobs in the USA | Career Web | College Grad Job Hunter E-span Interactive Employment Network | Job Trak | Brain Power The Internet Job Locater | The Monster Board | Virtual Job Fair

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Doostang is an exclusive career community for elite young professionals. Doostang members can search and apply to high quality job listings, discover their inside connections to opportunities that interest them, and network with other community members to advance their careers. Doostang has over 500,000 members, the majority of which come from elite educational backgrounds and are interested in the finance, consulting, media, entertainment and technology industries.

Executive Search Online.com is a leading nationwide service for those executives who wish to be considered at small employers, growth firms and Fortune 1000 companies. ESO attracts professionals and executives from virtually every industry and country in the world, and is free for all job hunters. Our specialties include: – Advertising / Public Relations – Aerospace / Defense – Banking / Biomed / Biotech – Consumer Products – Finance / Financial Services – General Mgmt. / Top Mgmt. – Management Consulting – Manufacturing – all operations – Retail / Real Estate – Restaurant / Food Service – Sales / Marketing – Service Industries

ResumeZapper.com is the Internet’s Premier Resume Distribution Service. For a low fee of $49.99, job seekers can have their resume INSTANTLY distributed to headhunters that are targeted to the candidates’ needs.

Founded in 2004, Talent6 is one of the largest and fastest growing online entertainment community websites. We provide our members of actors, models, singers, dancers and just everyday people an opportunity to break into the entertainment business by providing thousands of nationwide casting calls for movies, TV shows, modeling, music videos, theater, dance and reality TV shows. We have over 80,000 casting directors, filmmakers, producers and directors posting casting calls on our site every day. Talent6 works with some of the entertainment industries top casting directors for shows such as, “America’s Got Talent”, “Biggest Loser”, “Bridezilla”, “Beauty and The Geek”, “Hell’s Kitchen” and much more. Our members can submit their digital portfolio, which includes their photos and basic information, directly to the casting director to be considered for their projects, unlike agencies that screen submissions and decide who they want to present to the casting director. This makes Talent6 unique and gives our members the best opportunity to get discovered. Talent6 Membership Includes: Lifetime digital portfolio with photos and video Access to thousands of nationwide casting calls Direct communication with casting directors, filmmakers and producers Network with members and industry professionals Access to video interviews with casting directors Access to Video Acting Lessons taught by leading acting teachers and acting coaches Actors Wanted Make up to $300/day Vault.com is the leading media company focused on careers. Job seekers, students and professionals have discovered that Vault is the Internet’s ultimate destination for insider career and education information. Vault publishes over 120 career guides and its web site, www.vault.com, features thousands of company, university, industry and occupational profiles. Additionally, Vault provides salary surveys, articles on workplace topics, a network of message boards for professionals, and job-related video, blogs and research tools.

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Job Market Access Center or JMAC is a leading nationwide service for professionals, managers, and executives on a worldwide basis, people in search of the best possible career opportunity. JMAC provides all the openings, leads and contacts everyone needs to be considered at small employers, growth firms and Fortune 1000 companies.