Salary information sources

2011 Internship Survey: intern hourly wage by major.
Shows wage rate for 15 academic majors; data for 2011 juniors pursuing bachelor's degree.
Research brief with more detail and master's level co-op/intern wage rates.

Average intern wage rates, 2010 benchmarks by NACE
NACE = National Association of Colleges and Employers.
Average rate for all bachelor's degree student interns and all master's degree student interns.
By major only for five undergraduate majors.
Based on survey open 1/11/10 - 2/26/10; response by 235 employers.

Salaries of students ENROLLED in the Virginia Tech Cooperative Education | Internship Program (CEIP). Majority are engineering majors; a small number are business majors.

Use INTERN in JOB TITLE to search intern salaries on GlassDoor.com > Salaries

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Virginia Tech Post-Graduation Report salary chart by college | major for those who completed UNDERGRADUATE degrees
Career Services' annual survey of VT bachelor's degree (and one associate's degree) graduates closes six months after commencement. Report includes medians and percentiles, by college and by major*, of salaries reported by employed graduates.
* Median salary for a major is available IF at least four graduates reported a salary.
25th and 75th percentiles are available if at least 12 graduates reported a salary.

The Post-Graduation Survey is not conducted with graduate students. Based on a careful analysis of the numbers of graduates per year by graduate program at Virginia Tech, employment percentages and response rate of graduates, for the vast majority of programs there are insufficient numbers to provide median salary data for graduates of graduate programs; thus we do not attempt to collect this on a university-wide basis. However, your academic department may in fact collect this; so do ASK there, and see next item for additional information.

Virginia Tech graduate students interested in salary data for graduates of your program are encouraged to:
(1) contact your academic department (graduate studies coordinator, career advisor, department chair, etc.) to ASK if your program collects such data (some do!), or if the faculty and staff are familiar with the career plans and status of the program's graduates;
AND
(2) research comprehensive salary sources, which in many cases enable you to find data by industry, location, years of work experience, and other factors that can influence salary. This may be more useful that knowing the salaries of a small number of classmates without knowing their industries, locations, and years of prior work experience.

NACE salary calculators for JOB SEEKERS and EMPLOYERS

NACE Job Seekers Salary Calculator

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NACE Salary data and employment totals by occupation, 2003-2009
Scroll down to select occupation category and occupation for more specific data.

NACE top-paid majors, bachelor's degrees, class of 2011
2010-2011 grad salaries
Based on 10 or more offers.
Published 4-14-11

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NACE Salary Survey REPORT published 4x annually: Feb., Apr., July, Sept.
Bachelor's degree salaries by curriculum and industry.
A small number of master's and doctoral degree salaries by curriculum.
Print report may be viewed in Career Services during office hours.
We are happy to assist you in finding information in the report through an advising appointment or walk-in advising.
We are sorry that we do not have permission to publish this report online.

Career Services does not own or maintain the web sites listed below.
Links are provided as a service to Virginia Tech students and alumni.
We encourage you to use free services online.
Career Services does not endorse any fee-based products or services.

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Bureau of Labor Statistics, Wages, Earnings & Benefits
BLS is part of the U.S. Dept. of Labor, and collects and "publishes a large amount of information" on this topic.

Career Bliss.com > Salaries
Salaries based on submissions by anyone. View salaries by location, state, city, zipcode, job title, industry, company. Data may be more useful if looking at larger organizations for which more employees submitted salaries. Watch the N; even if just one person submits a salary, that is reported.

CNNMoney - Best Places to Live

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FindTheBest.com > Salaries by Job and Industry
Shows by job title and industry: total employment, salary data as hourly and annual. This HELPS YOU SEE the WIDE VARIETY of INDUSTRIES in which people with the same job title are employed, and employment numbers in each industry.

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Glass Door.com
Salaries are posted by individuals. View by job title or company.

Homefair.com > salary calculator
Moving.com > salary calculator
Both contain the SAME salary calculator — from Salary.com.
Compare the value of a salary to other locations, to related jobs, to national average.

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JobNob.com
Search salaries by company or profession.

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JobStar.org > profession-specific salary information
Links to over 300 salary surveys, some general, and some profession-specific.
Federally funded site administered by the California State Librarian.

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PaycheckCity.com
Use free salary paycheck calculator to determine deductions from your gross pay, and thus net pay.

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Payscale.com > Free Salary and Benefits Report
Payscale.com cost of living calculator
Site requires you to complete a survey. Site quote:
"Find out what you're worth in less than five minutes... tell a little bit about your current job and work history and see if you're being paid fairly... survey is anonymous and resulting salary and benefits report is ...free."

Public Employee Salaries on Find The Best.com
Listed by state, job sector, gives numbers of employees, mean full-time hourly wage and other statistics.

Salaries by Job & Industry on Find The Data.org
Job title, industry title, total employment, annual salary average.
Sort data list by any heading.
Salaries by City on Find The Best.com
Also shows job title, state, total employment N, annual salary average.
Sort data by any heading.

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Salary.com
Salary.com > Cost of living for states and cities in the U.S.
Select job category and location, see salary ranges; quick and easy to use. Job categories and job titles on two diffent menus; slightly different search mechanism from SalaryExpert.com and WetFeet.com.

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SalaryExpert.com
Salary Expert.com > Cost of living calculator
Salary Expert.com > Where does cost of living come into play?
(salaryexpert.com > ask the expert > featured questions > where does cost of living...)
Basic data free of charge. View salaries for many positions by location.
Same data source as WetFeet.com.
Data drawn from SalaryReview.com which charges a fee for salary reports.
Excellent articles from CareerJournal.com / Wall Street Journal.

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Simply Hired.com
Search by keyword and location to find average salaries by job title.
They note that "Average ... salaries can vary greatly due to company, location, industry, experience and benefits."

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WetFeet.com
Basic data free of charge.
View salaries for many positions by location.
Same data source as SalaryExpert.com.
Data drawn from SalaryReview.com which charges a fee for salary reports.
Site includes articles related to salary issues and career and job search advice, much of which is geared for college students and new graduates.

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WetFeet.com > Careers
Under each CAREER is compensation info for that career field.