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CAREERJOURNAL SALARY & HIRING INFO Favorite Executive Level

http://www.careerjournal.com/salaries/index.html

Part of The Wall Street Journal's extensive free resources for executive jobseekers. Salary data (provided by salaryexpert.com) and in-depth articles on various professions, such as Food Marketing. Career columnists have good advice - such as always research salaries in your field before negotiating for your own.

(August 2003)

JOBSTAR - SALARY INFO INDEX Favorite

http://jobstar.org/tools/salary/index.cfm

JobStar is a public project of the Bay Area Library & Information System, a regional library agency in California. They've compiled links to over 300 salary surveys, both general and industry-specific. Categories of special interest include advertising, consulting, executives, graphic art, management, marketing & sales, media, printing and public relations. Brief descriptions make it easy to scan for relevant links. Salary negotiation advice is also provided.

(October 2003)

SALARY.COM Favorite

http://www.salary.com/

The mother ship of salary data. Get quick salary reports by job title and zip code. The median base salary for a marketing director is $147,661 in San Francisco, just edging out the base of $146,143 in Manhattan. Benefits calculator shows the value of various standard benefits based on your salary and industry (it typically costs over $5,000 just to keep you healthy for a year). Premium reports, customized to your experience and your employer's characteristics, are available for a fee. Cost-of-Living Wizard helps you compare living costs and typical salaries between two locations. Someone moving from New York City to Springfield, Mass. can expect their salary to decline by 11%, but their cost of living will plunge 45%.

(October 2000, revised August 2003)

ECOMP EXECUTIVE COMPENSATION DATABASE (US) Executive Level

http://www.ecomponline.com/

Nifty free database reports salaries and bonuses for top executives at over 12,000 US public companies. Search by company name or ticker symbol. See what the top wages are at your company, and at your competitors.

(October 2003)

EXECUNET (US, Canada and Worldwide) Executive Level

http://www.execunet.com/

ExecuNet is devoted to executive-level jobs paying $100,000 and up. Members enjoy access to comparative salary reports as well as thousands of job listings. Memberships start at $150 for 90 days.

(May 2002, revised August 2003)

FORBES - WHAT THE BOSS MAKES (US) Executive Level

http://www.forbes.com/2003/04/23/ceoland.html

Browse the list of America's 500 best-compensated chief executives. View by rank, name, company, age and "efficiency grade." One-year and five-year total compensation are tracked. In 2002, the Internet industry stood out for having the lowest median compensation.

(October 2003)

YOUNGS, WALKER AND COMPANY (US) Executive Level

http://www.youngswalker.com/

These are executive recruiters in print and broadcast media, commercial printing and other media. Free compensation reports are available for these positions: Advertising Directors, CFOs, Circulation Directors, Classified Advertising Managers, Editors, Human Resource Directors, Managing Editors, Marketing/Promotion Directors, Production Directors, Publishers and Retail Advertising Managers. More than just salary data, these surveys report on educational backgrounds, previous positions, and important trends facing people in these various positions. Caveat: As of July 2003, the surveys were about two years old.

(February 2003, revised August 2003)

ABBOT, LANGER AND ASSOCIATES

http://www.abbott-langer.com/amasumm.html

Issues regular compensation surveys in a number of industries, including Marketing & Sales. Free summary data discloses median income for several positions and suggests which regions pay the most. The full 158-page report is $650.

(August 2003)

AD AGE SALARY SURVEY

http://www.adage.com/datacenter.cms?dataCenterId=5

Ad Age surveys the pay at agencies, media companies and marketers every year. The CEO charts reveal some plump packages, even among nonprofits. Thomas Wheeler recently took home $1.3 million as president of the Cellular Telecommunications & Internet Association. Wallace Snyder is a bargain at the American Advertising Federation. He earned $250,000. Viewing the salary charts is free, but you may need to pay for the commentary. New surveys are released in December.

(October 2003)

AIGA/AQUENT SURVEY OF DESIGN SALARIES

http://www.aiga.org/content.cfm?contentalias=salarysurvey2003

View the survey overview for free. It reports median salaries for creative directors, art directors, designers, print production managers, copywriters and related positions. Web designers earned an average of $48,000 in the 2003 survey, down from $50,000 in the prior year.

(October 2003)

AMERICA'S CAREER INFONET

http://www.acinet.org/acinet/default.asp

Sponsored by the US Department of Labor, the Wages and Trends pages report wages by profession and location. The numbers conflate a range of seniority levels, limiting their usefulness, but it's interesting to compare wages in a state to the national average. Hiring trend data compares employment in 2000 with projected employment in 2010. The ranks of marketing managers, for example, are projected to swell from 190,300 to 245,600, with 8,260 average annual job openings. Start searches within the "Management" job family before searching within specific industries. For timely data on the general pace of wage increases, see the Bureau of Labor Statistics. In the 12 months ending June 30, 2003, compensation in private industry advanced 3.5%.

(August 2003, revised October 2003)

BRAINTRACK COLLEGE & UNIVERSITY DIRECTORY (US)

For hundreds of careers, BrainTrack estimates the volume of jobs, the educational requirements, and the range of pay. Drill down into specific careers like Public Relations Specialist to see forecasts of job growth, the characterists of people in the field, and schools that train students in the skills needed.

http://www.braintrack.com/colleges-by-career

(July 2010)

CRANDALL ASSOCIATES (US)

Crandall are experienced direct response recruiters. Register your profile and receive their current direct marketing and telesales salary guide free.

http://www.crandallassociates.com

(August 2003, revised October 2003)

GRAPHIC ARTS MONTHLY SALARY SURVEY

http://www.gammag.com/Business/salsurv/salsurv(2002).html

GAM annually reports the average base salary for various jobs in the US printing industry. VPs of sales and marketing earned an average base of $79,800 in 2002. Other valuable features on this site include industry forecasts and a list of the top 100 printers in North America.

(October 2003)

PUBLISHERS WEEKLY SALARY SURVEY

http://publishersweekly.reviewsnews.com/index.asp?layout=article&articleId=CA309355&display=searchResults&stt=001&text=salary

PW's latest survey, released in July 2003, reveals that salaries in book publishing rose a healthy 5.1% in 2002. VPs of sales and marketing can expect to earn from $77,000 to $206,000, depending on the size of their company. Plum jobs are scarce, however. "The longer a person remains in the industry, the more he or she is not likely to recommend publishing as a career. Only 8% of those in publishing for less than five years said they would advise against joining the profession, while 16% of those with five to 10 years in publishing would counsel against moving into the industry, and 17% of veterans with more than 10 years service would recommend against joining the publishing corp.... People's views of publishing as a career appear tied in part to how they see the chances for advancement. Sixty-one percent of people who have been in publishing for more than 10 years said they see little chance for a promotion, while 62% of industry members with less than five years experience believe they will advance."

(October 2003)

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