The web sites listed on this page are organized into the following sections:

• Salary Information: Organizations that conduct surveys and provide salary results.

• Salary Resources: Web sites that offer salary analysis or other salary information.

• Statistical Reference: Organizations that produce statistical information related to careers.

• IT Professional Resources: Web sites that offer training and reference materials for information technology professionals.

• HR Professional Resources: Web sites that offer training and reference materials for human resource professionals.

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Organizations, listed alphabetically, that conduct salary surveys and provide salary information:

• Abbott, Langer & Associates, Inc.: Compensation and benefits reports for benchmark jobs based on employee data from participating organizations. The reports cover many important industries and corporate management divisions. The salary information can be purchased online.

• AIM, Australian Institute of Management: Remuneration and salary surveys for many positions and industries based on employee data from participating organizations in Australia. The salary information can be purchased online.

• AON Consulting, Radford Division: Compensation and benefits data for technology industries in Canada, the United Kingdom and the United States. The salary information covers benchmark jobs based on employee data from organizations. The surveys are available to participating organizations.

• Canada Government, Statistics Canada - Statistique Canada: The "Annual Estimates of Employment, Earnings and Hours" is available as a labour electronic publication under the heading 'Our Products and Services'. Additional information about the labour markets in Canada is also available.

• Capital Associated Industries, Inc.: The wage and salary surveys cover benchmark jobs based on employee data from participating organizations in North Carolina. The salary information can be purchased online.

• CELRE, Computer Economics Limited and Remuneration Economics: Salary surveys based on employee data from organizations in the United Kingdom. The surveys are available to participating organizations.

• Central Texas Compensation and Benefits Association: The job pricing report covers benchmark jobs based on employee data from participating organizations in the Austin, Texas region. The salary information can be purchased online.

• Classified Salary Information Services: Salary surveys based on employee data from organizations in Australia and New Zealand. The surveys are available to participating organizations.

• eJobDescription.com: Salary surveys based on data collected from organizations in the United States and Canada. An extensive list of job descriptions are also offered for human resource departments to cut and paste into employment ads, company manuals and organizational charts. The salary information can be purchased online.

• Foote Partners, LLC: Quarterly surveys about information technology salaries, bonuses, and skill premiums in U.S. and Canadian cities. The salary results are based on employee data from private and public sector organizations and human resource departments. The salary information can be purchased online.

• Hay Group: Compensation data for diverse job descriptions based on employee records from organizations in the United States and around the world. Compensation surveys can be privately commissioned. Some of the salary surveys are available online to participating organizations.

• Mercer Human Resource Consulting: Survey information and data management software for compensation and benefits programs. Salary results are based on employee data from organizations in the United States and around the world. Compensation surveys can be privately commissioned. The surveys are available to participating organizations.

• The Quorum Group: Customized compensation surveys. The Oklahoma, Texas and Bay Area salary results for benchmark jobs are based on employee data from participating organizations and can be purchased online.

• Real Measures, Inc. (RMi): Customized compensation surveys for membership, not-for-profit and event sector organizations. Web survey projects can be completed in approximately three days. Mail survey projects are also offered. The surveys are conducted privately by contract.

• United Kingdom National Statistics: Free survey publications on pay and earnings in the UK labour markets.

• United States Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics -Wages, Earnings and Benefits: Free federal survey publications on salaries are available online. Many web sites repackage these online reports for sale. Please view the Occupational Outlook Handbook describing what workers do on the job, working conditions, the training and education needed, earnings, and expected job prospects in a wide range of occupations. All of the surveys are available online for free.

• Wageweb: Salary survey data for benchmark jobs based on employee data from participating organizations. The reports cover several industries and corporate management divisions. The salary information can be purchased online.

• Waters Consulting Group, Inc.: Customized compensation surveys. The Texas municipal association, the Texas county association and the Louisiana municipal association salary survey results are available online to association members.

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Web sites that offer salary analysis or other salary information:

• The Clayton Wallis Company: Salary analysis software with statistics and presentation graphics that evaluates an included database of government conducted salary surveys. An online version allows individuals to access salary information per benchmark job and location.

• ERI, Economic Research Institute: Salary research software that applies regression analysis to an included database of publicly available salary surveys and presents salary results in tables and graphs.

• JobStar Central: Links to online salary data and articles offered by periodicals, trade associations and employment agencies for diverse careers and professions. Many of the linked web sites present free salary results from a voluntary respondent survey of their magazine subscribers, association members or web site visitors. JobStar is funded by a federal program administered in California by the California State Librarian.

• Payscale: Compensation reports based on data from surveys conducted by other organizations -including the US Bureau of Labor Statistics- augmented by information directly added by customers on the web site.

• Preferred Jobs, Salary Surveys: Links to salary information for 28 professions and career fields. Preferred jobs provides want ad search and résumé posting to positions offered by their member organizations.

• Realrates.com: Download the databases of information technology consulting rates and annual salaries submitted by web sites visitors. Janet Ruhl, host of this web site, is the author of several books including "The Computer Job Survival Guide", "Answers for Computer Contractors", and "The Computer Consultant's Workbook".

• Salary.com: Online access to salary reports based on salary surveys purchased from other organizations augmented by in-house data.

• SalariesReview.com: Online access to salary reports based on a federal government conducted salary survey augmented by survey responses volunteered by their web site visitors.

• Salary Source: Online access to salary reports based on salary surveys conducted by other organizations.

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Web sites with statistical information related to careers:

• QueryLogic: Database search and presentation software for use with large datasets such as the US Census Bureau's Public Use Microdata Samples (PUMS) from the Decennial censuses. Creates customized reports from the census data.

• United States Census Bureau, Statistical Abstract of the United States: The free "National Data Book" contains statistics on social and economic conditions in the United States. Please view Section 14, Prices for the cost of living index by metropolitan area.

• United States Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics -Inflation and Consumer Spending: The Consumer Price Index and the Producer Price Indexes are available free online. Please use the "Regional Resources" to calculate geographic inflation ratios.

• United States Federal Interagency Council on Statistical Policy: Easy access and guidance to statistics and information produced by Unites States government agencies for public use.

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Web sites with training and reference materials for information technology professionals:

• About.com: The "Computing and Technology" section offers hardware/software articles, links and information provided by individual 'Guides'.

• Ben's Bookmarks: A resource site for Cisco certification, training, jobs and links.

• TheBestWeb.com: Information and links for learning and using Visual Basic, Active Server Pages, HTML, Access, SQL Server and more.

• Career Certification Preparation (CCPrep): Assistance obtaining Cisco and CompTIA Certifications.

• ComputerUser: A computer resource site with articles on computer equipment, employers, careers, training and other information. Please view the High-Tech Dictionary.

• CramSession: Information technology certification study guides and newsletters.

• Flying Pig Software: Books, productivity tools and add-on components for Microsoft Access, Visual Basic and web site professionals.

• FOLDOC, Free Online Dictionary of Computing: Enter a word or phrase and receive an explanation.

• GordonWorks: A link directory to career and job search web sites.

• ITPRC, the Information Technology Professional's Resource Center: Link directory of data networking resources for information technology professionals.

• MCSEResources.com: MCSE study guides, practice tests, articles and resources.

• Nerd World: A high-tech link directory and search engine.

• Network Professional Association: A voluntary association of certified information technology professionals. Members receive peer-to-peer networking, newsletters and software.

• Pinnacle Publishing: Newsletters for information technology professionals.

• Suresh's Home Page: MCSE, Cisco and other certification study aids and information.

• TechTarget: Platform and technology specific content and resource search engines for information technology professionals.

• Washington Alliance of Technology Workers (WashTech): An information technology labor organization in Washington State affiliated with the Communications Workers of America of the AFL-CIO. The voluntary association provides legislative advocacy, training and news services for information technology professionals, especially independent contractors.

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Web sites with training and reference materials for human resource professionals:

• HR.com: Free web site registration allow access to human resource articles, a directory of human resource products and services, a newsletter and a weekly HR vendor email.

• HR Guide: A link directory of online resources for human resource professionals.

• IBN, interbiznet.com: Reports on the evolution of electronic recruiting with a daily newsletter, an annual industry review and other recruiting resources.

• Recruiter.com: Recruitment articles, newsletters, resources and an online subscription magazine for human resource professionals.

• Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM): A voluntary association of human resource professionals providing online visitors with information and a link directory and members with publications and seminars.

• Tower Consultants: A link directory, conferences and information for human resource professionals.

• US Department of Labor, Employment and Training Administration: Information about searching for a job, unemployment compensation, the Job Corps and H-1B visa certification.

• Workforce Online: Extensive articles and newsletters for human resource professionals.

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