[thelist] SALARY.COM: Is that right???

[James Spahr]

on 8/3/00 2:45 PM, l a u r a *^* l y n c h at cyberminkie at cyberwhirled.com
wrote:

>> What do you think of the numbers given in Salary.com's
>> (http://www.salary.com) Internet/New Media section? Do they correspond to
>> what the going rate is for your area? Just wondering how "legitimate"
>> their numbers really are...
>> 
> 
> I think they're a little high for my area (and some are a lot high), but I
> work in NYC, which probably has one of the most diverse salary ranges for
> new media workers and it seems like only the top half of that range is
> really represented.

I'm in NYC as well. They have the median salary listed as much as 35% more
than I make. When I shopped around in May for a new job, the salaries
employers were offering where no ware near what Salary.com has them at. (I
used the data I had in May to get a raise at my current employer)

James.