Category Salaries
How to Find Out If You’re Earning Less Than Your Coworker
Money isn’t exactly an easy topic to talk about with your BFF let alone your coworker. As finance expert and founder of…
11 High-Paying Marketing Jobs Open Now
If you play your cards right, marketing can be a very lucrative career. Depending on your specialty, location, and experience, many marketing…
10 Simple Ways to Improve Your Chances for a Raise
All across America, it is performance review time — the annual ritual of nervousness and wincing when everyone from interns to executives…
Why I Took a $12,000 Pay Cut — and Why It Was Worth It
There was only one problem with accepting the best job offer I had ever received: It meant taking a $12,000 pay cut. As…
Employers, Please Stop Asking For Our Salary Histories
Dear Employers, We are thrilled to discuss a future with your organization. We are willing to be open and transparent. We understand…
7 High-Paying Jobs With Salaries That Increase Every Year
Does being a graphic designer sound creatively fulfilling to you? Do you dream about becoming a teacher? Although your ideal job might…
I Make $6,000 a Month Freelancing
When I say I’m a freelancer, people tend to think that I only work when I feel like it or that I…
How to Address Salary at Each Stage of the Application Process
The salary you negotiate for yourself deeply impacts your attitude about any new position you accept. While the discussion is key to…
11 Words and Phrases to Use in Salary Negotiations if You Want to Succeed
Wouldn’t it be great if there were a magic word you could say in order to get people to agree with you?…
How I Recovered from a Lowball Salary
The journalism industry isn’t exactly known for having prestigious, high-paying jobs—Anna Wintour, Anderson Cooper, Ta-Nehisi Coates, etc., excluded, of course. Take my…
10 Jobs With the Biggest Pay Raises This Month
For the sixth month in a row, U.S. median base pay is seeing sluggish growth. In fact, according to Glassdoor’s Local Pay Reports,…
Got a Raise? How Should You Really Spend Your Money?
Wondering what happened to your annual raise? So are millions of other Americans. Only about half of workers saw their pay increase in 2016, a survey…