Number 1 on the list – San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA.
Do you want to make more money? It’s easy, just move to San Jose, Houston, or Washington D.C. Well, maybe it’s not really so easy. Of course there’s no guarantee that you’ll earn a bigger paycheck in these cities—but it is more likely, as they’re among the highest-paying metro areas in the country.
Continue reading… “U.S. cities with the biggest (and smallest) paychecks”
Wall Steeters are richer and harder to find than your average New Yorker.
The Office of the New York State Comptroller each year does a deep dive into Wall Street employment and compensation. The office has released its report for 2012, and as usual Wall Street salaries trounced the average New Yorker’s.
Continue reading… “Average Wall Streeter makes 5.2 times more than the average New Yorker”
Internship compensation – does it pay?
Unpaid internships are a hot topic right now in light of the recent slew of compensation-based class action lawsuits. And with only 36.9% of companies still offering interns less that minimum wage or no compensation at all, it’s clear that relying upon unpaid interns is more damaging than many employers assume. (Infographic)
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The pay gap between U.S. CEOs and average workers is higher than anywhere else in the developed world.
In the U.S. the average chief executive earned more than $11 million last year in salary, stock options and other compensation. new analysis by the Economic Policy Institute found. That’s around 231 times more than average workers.
Continue reading… “CEO pay 231 times more than average workers in the U.S.”
Are doctors rich?
There are few doctors that think of themselves as rich, and only about half think they’re fairly compensated, according to survey by Medscape released this week.
Continue reading… “51% of all doctors believe they are compensated fairly”
Some lifeguards’ salaries, benefits and overtime pay topped $200,000.
When Aurora Toussaint takes her disabled son to the sun-kissed beaches of Newport Beach, California she knows that the lifeguards who watch from their towers will be there in seconds should anything go wrong.
Continue reading… “Anger Swells Over Lifeguards’ High Pay in California Beach City”
The highest paid of the CEOs was Philippe Dauman, CEO of Viacom.
CEOs didn’t have to cry poor for long. The heads of the nation’s top companies got the biggest raises in recent memory last year after taking a hiatus during the recession.
Continue reading… “CEO Pay Jumps 27% While Workers’ Pay Stalls”
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