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Salaries, Wages, & Employee Benefits

Find information about the salaries, wages, and employee benefits of various jobs. Mostly national information, but some local sources are included.

Article Databases

Most indexes to articles do have some salary information. For the salaries in specific fields, try using the Research Databases for the field for a profession and search by job title and the words "salary" or "wages". If too many articles are found, add the word "survey" to the search. In the print copies of indexes, look under the job title and also look under the headings "salary surveys", "salaries" or "wages". The term "compensation" is also widely used.

  1. ABI/Inform

    This is the best business database for articles on salaries. The terms for salaries also includes "wages". Be cautious using the words "pay" and "income" since they are used in other contexts than just salary information. Full Text of articles are also included.

  2. Access World News (1993-
    Business NewsBank CDROM Historcial Files (1980-1997)

    This is an index to the general and business news found in newspapers and business weeklies. This is better for local articles on salaries.

  3. Applied Science and Business Periodicals Retrospective (1913-1983)
    Business Periodicals Index (print edition of parts the above) (1958/59-2004)
    Industrial Arts Index (print edition of parts the above) (1920-1957)

    This online index and these print versions of this index are great if you need salary and wages information from the 20th Century business & industry news and journals. This is only indexing to articles. Use the Get It @ ASU button to find any full text of the articles we might have.

  4. Academic Search Premier

    One of the most popular databases for most topics. This includes articles from the major magazines, trade publications, and academic journals for most subject areas. One of the better places to look for general articles on trends on salaries and wages. This includes links to full text articles.

  5. Readers' Guide Retrospective (1890-1982)
    Find the paper copy of this: 1890-2003 

    This is one of the article indexes to use for information and news on salaries. The Restrospective version is for those articles that were published in earlier years. Particularly useful for historical information on salaries and wages.

  6. News & Newspapers online

    ASU Library subscribes to so many newspapers article indexes that this list is the best way to see what we have. Pay attention to the dates available. Some newspapers are historical, some are only more recent. To see what we have for a specific newspaper online, go to Journal Title Lookup and type in the name of the newspaper. For newspapers that do not show up in the list, or if you want to go directly to a newspaper's web site, try Newslink.org.

    To find the newspapers that ASU Library has on Microfilm, use the ASU Library online catalog to search the name of the newspaper and the city or town name as a KEYWORD search. A list of Arizona newspapers, current & historical, is kept by the Arizona State Library, Archives & Public Records. For a list of places with historical newspapers on microfilm from the 50 states, Puerto Rico, & the US Virgin Islands, the NEH & Library of Congress maintain the US Newspaper Program.

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