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Super Easy Way To Find Out Average Pay For Any Job (U.S Only)

Hello! I've seen a lot of people annoyed with the fact that most job openings do not post what they pay. You can use this method to easily find out average pay for your position. Even Human Resources departments use it to benchmark their openings. (Note: This only works in the U.S) https://www.bls.gov/ooh/a-z-index.htm – Go to this link and you will see a page that lists all job positions in the U.S. ​ https://preview.redd.it/ryrbg1h7e3j81.png?width=1226&format=png&auto=webp&s=57f42a41e11db1744a7123b666dc2382b3a60152 Find and click the position you want to learn about. In this example I will look up Customer Service Representatives. The page will look like this ​ https://preview.redd.it/hhij0gf8e3j81.png?width=1022&format=png&auto=webp&s=0b226b350e7e1cd63a1ebc866ffb96299561aace we can see that 2020 median pay is $17.23 for 2020. This is a good start, but we want to Filter it by the state because where you live may drastically change the pay. So click the “State & Area Data” map. ​ https://preview.redd.it/r04fz7s9e3j81.png?width=1144&format=png&auto=webp&s=30788c914e84daae87fa696fa8249ea881b52d24 You will now see…


Hello!

I've seen a lot of people annoyed with the fact that most job openings do not post what they pay.

You can use this method to easily find out average pay for your position. Even Human Resources departments use it to benchmark their openings. (Note: This only works in the U.S)

  1. https://www.bls.gov/ooh/a-z-index.htm – Go to this link and you will see a page that lists all job positions in the U.S.

https://preview.redd.it/ryrbg1h7e3j81.png?width=1226&format=png&auto=webp&s=57f42a41e11db1744a7123b666dc2382b3a60152

  1. Find and click the position you want to learn about. In this example I will look up Customer Service Representatives. The page will look like this

https://preview.redd.it/hhij0gf8e3j81.png?width=1022&format=png&auto=webp&s=0b226b350e7e1cd63a1ebc866ffb96299561aace

  1. we can see that 2020 median pay is $17.23 for 2020. This is a good start, but we want to Filter it by the state because where you live may drastically change the pay. So click the “State & Area Data” map.

https://preview.redd.it/r04fz7s9e3j81.png?width=1144&format=png&auto=webp&s=30788c914e84daae87fa696fa8249ea881b52d24

  1. You will now see a page like this. You can now get a full percentile breakdown of hourly and salary wage, get heat maps of where customer service representatives get paid the most and what industries pay the most. If we don't take cost of living into account I would get paid the most if I was a customer service representative with the federal government (post office) in the following states below

https://preview.redd.it/ythe7pjee3j81.png?width=852&format=png&auto=webp&s=8cd32115e6d4bc793debf834c9e9f9fb1f0c8096

https://preview.redd.it/j48pq9wae3j81.png?width=834&format=png&auto=webp&s=12d3f37faf309134701d900b0917a43a7a726f87

Hope this guide helps! I know it's aggravating to see companies not give a salary range, but using this guide will help you get a good idea of what the job SHOULD be paying.

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