# Salary comparison sites? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [March 11, 2008, 4:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/salary-comparison-sites/440928 "2008-03-11T04:30:00Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Dunawake](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/85f322/32.png) [@Dunawake](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dunawake)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2008, 4:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/salary-comparison-sites/440928/1 "2008-03-11T04:30:00Z")
I’m looking at a couple job offers right now, and I was hoping to find a way to gauge whether the numbers they are throwing out are reasonable or “market value”. I’ve checked the obvious [salary.com](http://salary.com), but I wondered if there were any other websites out there. Also, if anyone has specific knowledge, the jobs are in software engineering in Silicon Valley with a MA and about 2 years of experience. ---
**Author:** ![Dag\_Otto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/439d5e/32.png) [@Dag\_Otto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dag_Otto)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2008, 12:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/salary-comparison-sites/440928/2 "2008-03-11T12:37:43Z")
Take a look at the salary link at [HotJobs](http://hotjobs.yahoo.com/careertools). ---
**Author:** ![brendon\_small](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/brendon_small/32/17101_2.png) [@brendon\_small](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/brendon_small)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2008, 7:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/salary-comparison-sites/440928/3 "2008-03-11T19:22:27Z")
[Indeed.com](http://www.indeed.com) is decent. You just put in your zip code, job title or related search word, and search. Then, up at the top, click salary if it isn’t on that tab/page already. It’s not a bad job search tool either. Brendon Small ---
**Author:** ![Grrr](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/grrr/32/146_2.png) [@Grrr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grrr)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2008, 9:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/salary-comparison-sites/440928/4 "2008-03-11T21:21:59Z")
[This](http://cgi.money.cnn.com/tools/costofliving/costofliving.html) one compares your current salary to what you would need to make in another state should you ever choose to move. Not exactly what you asked for but it’s a fun time waster when you’re bored. Sadly my dreams of moving to Hawaii are pretty much crushed as I don’t see any company in their right mind giving me a 224% pay raise. ☹ ---
**Author:** ![Antinor01](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecae2f/32.png) [@Antinor01](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Antinor01)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2008, 9:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/salary-comparison-sites/440928/5 "2008-03-11T21:31:55Z")
[QUOTE=brendon\_small] [Indeed.com](http://www.indeed.com) is decent. You just put in your zip code, job title or related search word, and search. Then, up at the top, click salary if it isn’t on that tab/page already. It’s not a bad job search tool either. Brendon Small [/QUOTE] Interesting. It appears that I make about 30% more than others of my same job title in this area. Nice to know. ---
**Author:** ![3waygeek](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/3/e95f7d/32.png) [@3waygeek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/3waygeek)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2008, 11:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/salary-comparison-sites/440928/6 "2008-03-11T23:36:33Z")
I’m about 4% higher than the average here in metro Atlanta, counting the 2% raise I got today. For many, many years, I was well below average – this is the first time in my 20+ year career that I’ve been on the right side of the salary curve. ---
**Author:** ![zweisamkeit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zweisamkeit/32/4360_2.png) [@zweisamkeit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zweisamkeit)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2008, 5:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/salary-comparison-sites/440928/7 "2008-03-12T17:26:29Z")
[QUOTE=Dag Otto] Take a look at the salary link at [HotJobs](http://hotjobs.yahoo.com/careertools). [/QUOTE] Man, that seems really inaccurate for my metro area and my job. The median salary they list is _really_ high. And no, I’m not just underpaid. 😉