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U.S. Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS). Information on nature of the work, working conditions, employment, training qualifications, the job outlook, and earnings.

Data on pay & benefits, including the National Compensation Survey, Pay & Cost of Benefits, Employment Cost Index, and more.

Wages for 450 occupations on an hourly and annual basis available on national, state and metropolitan level. Details include union status, incentive status, establishment size and type - excludes federal government employees, and those employed in agriculture, fishing, forestry industries as well as private household workers. Data is for establishments with more than 50 workers and actual rather than standardized work hours are reported.

Employer Costs for Employee Compensation: average cost of wages per hour for major occupational and industry group. Available on a national level.

Employee benefits in private, small, medium, and large companies.

National wage data by industry, occupation and gender; wage data by region, state, and metropolitan area.

Average hourly earnings for non-farm workers by national, state and metropolitan areas.

Average earnings of employees on an hourly and annual basis for 750 occupations available by national, state and metropolitan areas.

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Top occupations by wages and trends; compare wages by occupation and local area; wages by metropolitan area.

U.S. and Canadian salaries by job, years of experience, employer, city, state or province, company size, and more

U.S. and Canadian salaries by location and occupation.

Salaries by job, company, location based on crowdsourcing by anonymous employees.

U. S. Department of Labor. Under the Fair Labor Standards Act, 1938-2009.

Data in current dollars and constant 1996 dollars.

The Wall Street Journal/Hay Group CEO Compensation Study. Data from 300 largest companies by revenue. Search by name, company, industry. Data since 2010.

An analysis of CEO pay at the 100 largest public U.S. companies by revenue. Key findings published in the New York Times. Equilar also publishes 200 highest-paid CEO rankings, CEO to Median Employee Pay Ration, and other studies.

By the Conference Board. Since 2004 for public companies based on SEC filings.

Conference Board. (Produced by US Bureau of Labor Statistics until 2013.) Annual reports on labor compensation, productivity and competitiveness in manufacturing industries in 33 countries. Statistics from different countries are harmonized into a single framework to allow accurate comparisons between countries. Must create an account with The Conference Board for complimentary access to ILC reports.

A general statistics database; includes market statistics globally, company, and industry dossiers, among many other topics. More data available via paid subscription, but some content is free.