# Salary.com accuracy

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/salary-com-accuracy/294669>\
**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [March 15, 2005, 6:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/salary-com-accuracy/294669 "2005-03-15T18:01:36Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![LordVor](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/90ced4/32.png) [@LordVor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LordVor)\
**Post date:** [March 16, 2005, 4:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/salary-com-accuracy/294669/21 "2005-03-16T04:23:49Z")

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VERY dead-on for me. At work, we’re all ranked against each other every year. I came in at the 75th percentile for my job, and I’m making what [salary.com](http://salary.com) says is the 75th percentile for my job and location.

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**Author:** ![Trunk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/87869e/32.png) [@Trunk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Trunk)\
**Post date:** [March 16, 2005, 7:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/salary-com-accuracy/294669/22 "2005-03-16T19:09:59Z")

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Well it doesn’t ask if you suck at your job.

My job is a little specific to be listed there, but for the things that sound close, the salaries are in the right range.

Regardless, I’m happy with what I make and my raises. It think it’s inline with the effort and time and stress I put in.

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**Author:** ![furthur](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/ecccb3/32.png) [@furthur](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/furthur)\
**Post date:** [March 17, 2005, 3:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/salary-com-accuracy/294669/23 "2005-03-17T03:08:53Z")

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I make less than half of what it says I should. Not a surprise, but depressing all the same.

My salary should be $45,000. It works out currently to $21,000.

Mrs. Furthur

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**Author:** ![fluiddruid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/c2a13f/32.png) [@fluiddruid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fluiddruid)\
**Post date:** [March 18, 2005, 1:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/salary-com-accuracy/294669/24 "2005-03-18T01:45:28Z")

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> [@Trunk](#):
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> Well it doesn’t ask if you suck at your job.

I’d like to note that I am sure that I’m in the top 2 of 10 peers, and I’m still way below. My company just radically underpays people who they promote from within. I took a pay cut when I was promoted – it’s why I’m looking for a new job now that I have a year of experience.

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