Resources to search salary information
Salary Surveys
- Payscale salary calculator— a salary assessment site that matches job-seekers job profiles with expected compensation through comparisons to compensation packages of job-seekers with similar skills and experiences — rather than through comparing simple job titles or zip code comparisons. Basic report is free, while more detailed reports are fee-based.
- Salary expert— a comprehensive salary site offering salaries, benefits, and cost-of living information for 30,000 positions in more than 45,000 locations
- Glassdoor salary calculator– This site offers real salary information for real positions.
- https://www.lohncomputer.ch/en/calculator/
- https://www.earny.ch/salary-calculator
- https://www.jobs.ch/en/salary/start/
- https://www.bfs.admin.ch/bfs/en/home/statistics/work-income/wages-income-employment-labour-costs/wage-levels-switzerland.html
- https://www.paylab.com/ch/salaryinfo?lang=en
Salary Negotiation Strategy
SalaryNegotiations.com — a great resource from Jack Chapman, the author of one of the best books on salary negotiation. Take the salary negotiation quiz and see if you know enough about negotiating.
Additional ways to research salary information
- Trade and Professional Journals – usually once a year, such journals publish a salary issue
- Trade and Professional Associations – Find them through Encyclopedia of Associations, Gale Research, Inc
- Recruiters or employment agencies often publish surveys in their area of specialty.
- Government Publications
- National and Local Newspapers
- Person-to-person research