Salary Center

Salary Calculator

Find out how much your new job will pay, negotiate your next pay raise with your boss, or simply determine what your current position is worth.

Whether you’re a hotel manager in Chicago, a chef in Miami or a waitress in New York, our Salary Calculator is for you. Find out the salary you can expect based on your position and where you live. It’s as simple as typing in your job title, city, and state, then pressing the Go button.

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• Quick Tips for Salary Negotiation
• Show Me the Money: What to expect and when to accept
• Asking for a Raise: 5 Do's and Don't to Keep In Mind

Cost of Living Calculator

Thinking of relocating?

Our Cost of Living calculator allows you to:

• See a side-by-side comparison of major expenses between two cities (includes groceries, housing, utilities, transportation, and health care).
• Compare the cost of living in your new city with six other major cities in the US.
• Find out how much you need to earn to maintain the lifestyle you have today.

For more information related to relocating and cost of living, we've got some great articles for you in the Resource Center:

• Ready to Relocate?
• The Job Seeker's Guide to Planning a Long-Distance Move

GigZig - Career Path Explorer

While many people stay in the same job for many years or follow a predictable path, other job stories are delightfully unexpected: A barista can become a software developer; a financial advisor can become a nurse.

PayScale GigZig™ shows the real relationships between jobs and what those jobs typically pay based on answers submitted by the millions of people who have taken the PayScale salary survey. It's quite unique!

GigZig - Career Path Explorer