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salary.com offers free salary
information and more for thousands of
jobs across the u.s. their salary lookup
can help you understand what your skills
and experience are worth whether you're
preparing to re-enter the job market or
just curious to see how your current
salary measures up to get started go to
salary.com and look to the top of the
home page you can click browse salaries
to browse by job category or you can use
the search box to search for a specific
job title in this example we're going to
look up salary information for a store
manager next enter your city state or
zip code to tailor your results to your
location then press ENTER on your
keyboard or click the magnifying glass
to continue your search results appear
on the next page now's your opportunity
to find your job title or the one that
sounds the most appropriate based on
your skills job responsibilities and
expertise let's take a look at retail
store manager here you can view the full
job description to make sure it's a good
match if you still can't decide you
might want to return to the results page
and try comparing a few different jobs
side-by-side to do this check the boxes
that say compare you can check up to 3
at a time then click compare selected
now you can view and compare all three
job titles at once which should help you
narrow it down once you've found the
appropriate job title all you have to do
is click view salary info you may have
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every salary report includes the average
salary for someone in your position plus
insight to other important things like
bonuses and benefits your base salary
appears on a graph which might look
confusing at first but it's easy to
understand once you know what the
figures mean the number on the far left
is the typical minimum salary for
someone in this position and the number
on the right is the maximum that means
the average retail store manager can
earn anywhere from about 39,000
dollars per year to eighty-five thousand
dollars per year in between where the
wave on the graph is slightly higher
these two numbers represent the most
common salary range that means that most
people in this position earn somewhere
between forty-eight thousand and seventy
two thousand per year with a median
salary of fifty eight thousand five
hundred and forty three dollars keep in
mind though your salary is going to vary
depending on your location your level of
experience and the company you end up
working for to move on to the next tab
click the link that says salary plus
bonus this tab takes your base salary
and adds the average bonus for someone
in your position here we can see that
the median salary has gone up by about
four thousand dollars from fifty eight
thousand five hundred and forty three to
sixty two thousand nine hundred and
fifty-eight click benefits to go to the
next tab on your report this tab
calculates base pay plus bonuses plus
benefits it summarizes the total
compensation for someone in your
position including things like health
care time off Social Security and more
when evaluating a job offer this can
often be just as important as the
overall salary depending on your
circumstances and long-term goals if
you'd like to learn more about the rest
of the career resources at salary.com
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