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Firm Posts Job Opening for Lawyer—Salary $10K a Year
Just how bad is the job market for young people? So bad that a Boston law firm recently posted a job for a new, full-time associate that's expected to pay just $10,000 a year, WBZ reports. That might...
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Female Doctors Earn $365K Less Than Men Over Career
The gender wage gap exists even among top physicians. While analyzing a group of 800 doctors who won a competitive research grant, researchers from the University of Michigan and Duke were surprised to...
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What Defines Success? Salary of $50K-$70K a Year
Most Americans don't think they need to make six figures to be successful. A new poll of 5,772 workers found that a little less than 30% would define success as raking in between $50,000 and $70,000 a...
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Surprising Jobs That Earn 6 Figures
It's not just investment bankers, doctors, and the Waltons who earn sizable salaries. Forbes has compiled a list of 20 surprising occupations that pay out more than $100,000, at least for those in the...
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New US Jobs Pay Less Than Those Lost
Yes, the economy's been adding jobs—but they don't match the pay of jobs that disappeared starting in 2008, a study by a liberal activist group finds. Some 60% of jobs lost between 2008 and 2010 were...
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Forget Execs: Fannie-Freddie Middle Managers Earn $205K+
If wild executive pay makes your list of "things to be depressed about," steel yourself: A new report on Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac will add the non-executive class to your register of woes. The...
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Congress Is So Awful Because It Needs a Raise
File this one at the opposite end of the spectrum as "throw the bums out." Daniel Schuman argues at Slate that we need to give Congress a hefty raise. The workload is way up thanks to slashed staffing...
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Public University Presidents Rake in Millions
Last year, four public university presidents boasted compensation of more than $1 million, a study finds. At the top: Graham Spanier, the former Penn State president driven out by the Jerry Sandusky...
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Booz Allen: Snowden Is Fired, Didn't Make $200K
If nothing else, you can certainly say it wasn't a moment too soon. Resoundingly slamming the barn door after a certain pony fled to Hong Kong, Booz Allen has fired Edward Snowden , the company...
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Your Salary Is Just a Fraction of What You Make
Howard Gleckman has a news flash for you: You make far more money than you think you do. Writing for the Christian Science Monitor , the Urban-Brookings Tax Policy Center fellow isn't arguing that...
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Congressman Whines He's 'Stuck' With 6-Figure Salary
The latest politician to have his name splashed across national news over something he said is Georgia Rep. Phil Gingrey, who is finding himself under fire following a meeting of congressional...
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Obama Goes It Alone to Expand Overtime Pay
President Obama is acting to ensure overtime for millions of workers who may currently be working the hours without getting the pay. As it stands, workers ranging from fast-food managers to computer...
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Zuckerberg's 2013 Salary: $1
Steve Jobs did it; Google founders Sergey Brin and Larry Page did, too. Now Mark Zuckerberg is joining the ranks of the $1-a-year CEOs, Bloomberg reports. That's what the Facebook boss earned in salary...
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Italian Parliament's Barbers See Pay Cut—to $125K
In Italy, the average nurse earns about $30,000 a year . A high school teacher typically brings home about the same, PayScale.com reports. The barbers who snip the hair of Italy's members of...
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The Richest US Cities —and the Salaries They Require
To live comfortably in America's richest city, you'll need $124,561 a year. That's according to a CheatSheet analysis, which defines the wealthiest cities as those with the highest percentage of people...
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What You Earn for Life Likely Set Before You're 30: Report
Those who like predicting how much they'll have by the time they retire may want to peruse the Federal Reserve Bank of New York's latest research. The bank's report , which analyzed the careers of 5...
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Entrepreneur Reads Study, Will Pay All Workers $70K
A number of studies have been done to determine exactly how much income we need to reach our happiness peak, and Dan Price read one that pegged the magic number at about $70,000 per year. But Price,...
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Why the '$70K' CEO Is Cool With Losing His $1M Salary
Gravity Payments CEO Dan Price has been lauded since news broke that he's gradually raising the minimum salary for his company's employees to $70,000—but what will it be like for Price to live on...
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Not Confessing Our Salaries Is 'Stupid'
Emily Dreyfuss is completely aware that one would be breaking the "last great taboo" by agreeing to talk about one's salary. Out loud. With other people. But in an essay for Wired spun out of the fact...
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How a CEO's Move to Pay All at Least $70K Backfired
It seemed like a great idea at the time: Pay every employee in your company at least $70,000. But as the New York Times reports, when Dan Price announced his grandiose plan, a whole host of problems...
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