Salary Increases Expected in 2007 – Local Salary Averages Released at SalaryMap.com

Mission Viejo, CA – SalaryMap.com offers employees and independent professionals a place to post and research salary data on their industry, job function, or local area for free, to aid in their efforts of determining their consulting rates or finding a new job in the new year. Salary survey data can be posted or found through a simple map interface at www.SalaryMap.com, allowing users to find out what others make or brag about their own earnings.

The “2007 Job Forecast,” a report released by CareerBuilder.com and conducted by Harris Interactive, shows that employers expect to increase salaries this year, including salary offers to new employees. This is good news for workers who set a recent new year’s resolution of finding a new job, earning more money, or changing careers. The survey also reveals that many employers are planning to hire additional employees in 2007. The top recruitment fields are expected to be healthcare, administrative work, and sales, with accounting / finance, customer service, IT, management, and engineering also ranking high on the list of specialties that will be in demand. With these new opportunities comes the need for job seekers to research salary data of their industry, as well as their local area. This is where SalaryMap.com comes in, offering the following free features:

1. Job seekers can view salary data and consulting rates for jobs in their industry and in their local area.
2. Employees and consultants can contribute salary information anonymously to improve the statistics.
3. Employers and recruiters can compare their salaries paid to others in the industry and area to remain competitive.
Visitors can find out what others make for free without registration. To brag about what they make, or contribute to the salary survey, users can fill out a free submission form at www.SalaryMap.com.

About SalaryMap.com
SalaryMap is an online salary survey map, with a goal of providing employers, consultants, and others with a place to post and compare salary data for their industry and geographic region. Posting and viewing salary data is free, and salary data is broken into various categories such as salaries, consulting rates, Internet income, and business income. The site primarily targets US and Canadian workers and businesses, but users across the globe can submit their salary data. The site currently contains over 500 sets of salary data. SalaryMap.com was launched May 2006 by Tom Barr.

For additional information about SalaryMap.com, or to view sample salaries in your area, please visit www.SalaryMap.com, or contact Tom Barr at 949-348-1404.
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Tom Barr
Phone: 949-348-1404
Email: admin@salarymap.com
Web: www.SalaryMap.com

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