Salaries: What are the prevailing wage rates?
by Janet Attard

Dear Janet,

Just a quick question: Where, on the internet, can I find information about prevailing wages?

--Curious

Dear Curious,

The best and quickest way to get information on the prevailing wage rates for specific job titles in your location is to use Salary.com. They provide salary data by job title and zip code and also have information about benefits and bonuses. We've gotten permission from the site to make their Salary Wizardâ tool available to Business Know-How visitors. Choose a job code and ZIP code in the form below and see how easy it is to use.

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