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The Good News: You're Earning More than Last Year

The Good News: You're Earning More than Last Year

Does it actually feel like you're making more than you did this time last year? Because according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, you are. The median weekly earnings of the nation's 98.7 million full-time wage and salary workers were $748 in the fourth quarter of 2009, which was 2.7 percent higher than a year...

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Average Salary Increase for 2010 Drops to 2.5 Percent

Average Salary Increase for 2010 Drops to 2.5 Percent

According to a recently re-released World at Work Survey, the average annual salary increase is down to 2.5 percent, .a 0.3 percent decrease from the original forecast of 2.8 percent a few months ago. So how will employers continue to reward performance in light of these paltry merit increase budgets? Here's...

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Best-Paying Careers for Women

Best-Paying Careers for Women

By Kristina Cowan, Senior Writer, Payscale.com While there was a time when certain occupations were traditionally male-dominated, that's no longer the case. Today, the sky's the limit. See some of the most lucrative career options for women.

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