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You spend 40 hours a week in the office, do everything that your boss expects and more, but your paycheck doesn’t seem to reflect all of your hard work.
If you can relate, you’re probably one of the millions of Americans who aren’t earning what they’re really worth.
According to the job site Glassdoor, the average U.S. employee could be earning $7,528 (or 13.3%) more per year than his or her current annual base salary.
The numbers come from Glassdoor’s Know Your Worth salary estimator tool.
If you haven’t tried it out before, you simply enter your job title, location, years of experience and other data to receive a salary estimate — your current market value.
Here’s a snapshot of the results for a veteran staff accountant in Atlanta:
Using pay data shared voluntarily and anonymously by U.S. employees to the Know Your Worth tool over the past year, Glassdoor has identified 25 jobs where people could earn more.
These jobs have the biggest percentage difference between current median base salary and current market value.
Ӣ Current Median Base Salary: $26,000
Ӣ Current Market Value: $29,939
Ӣ Potential Salary Growth: 13.2% or $3,939
Ӣ Current Median Base Salary: $60,000
Ӣ Current Market Value: $69,097
Ӣ Potential Salary Growth: 13.2% or $9,097
Ӣ Current Median Base Salary: $50,000
Ӣ Current Market Value: $57,642
Ӣ Potential Salary Growth: 13.3% or $7,642
Ӣ Current Median Base Salary: $60,000
Ӣ Current Market Value: $69,289
Ӣ Potential Salary Growth: 13.4% or $9,289
Ӣ Current Median Base Salary: $76,800
Ӣ Current Market Value: $88,771
Ӣ Potential Salary Growth: 13.5% or $11,971
Ӣ Current Median Base Salary: $108,000
Ӣ Current Market Value: $124,874
Ӣ Potential Salary Growth: 13.5% or $16,874
Ӣ Current Median Base Salary: $80,000
Ӣ Current Market Value: $92,508
Ӣ Potential Salary Growth: 13.5% or $12,508
Ӣ Current Median Base Salary: $87,000
Ӣ Current Market Value: $100,634
Ӣ Potential Salary Growth: 13.5% or $13,634
Ӣ Current Median Base Salary: $100,000
Ӣ Current Market Value: $115,752
Ӣ Potential Salary Growth: 13.6% or $15,752
Ӣ Current Median Base Salary: $71,500
Ӣ Current Market Value: $83,048
Ӣ Potential Salary Growth: 13.9% or $11,548
Ӣ Current Median Base Salary: $107,019
Ӣ Current Market Value: $124,349
Ӣ Potential Salary Growth: 13.9% or $17,330
Ӣ Current Median Base Salary: $63,500
Ӣ Current Market Value: $74,273
Ӣ Potential Salary Growth: 14.5% or $10,773
Ӣ Current Median Base Salary: $85,000
Ӣ Current Market Value: $99,462
Ӣ Potential Salary Growth: 14.5% or $14,462
Ӣ Current Median Base Salary: $86,000
Ӣ Current Market Value: $100,875
Ӣ Potential Salary Growth: 14.7% or $14,875
Ӣ Current Median Base Salary: $88,000
Ӣ Current Market Value: $103,302
Ӣ Potential Salary Growth: 14.8% or $15,302
Ӣ Current Median Base Salary: $76,498
Ӣ Current Market Value: $89,831
Ӣ Potential Salary Growth: 14.8% or $13,334
Ӣ Current Median Base Salary: $80,000
Ӣ Current Market Value: $94,107
Ӣ Potential Salary Growth: 15.0% or $14,107
Ӣ Current Median Base Salary: $30,000
Ӣ Current Market Value: $35,320
Ӣ Potential Salary Growth: 15.1% or $5,320
Ӣ Current Median Base Salary: $100,000
Ӣ Current Market Value: $117,943
Ӣ Potential Salary Growth: 15.2% or $17,943
Ӣ Current Median Base Salary: $52,000
Ӣ Current Market Value: $61,508
Ӣ Potential Salary Growth: 15.5% or $9,508
Ӣ Current Median Base Salary: $118,000
Ӣ Current Market Value: $141,261
Ӣ Potential Salary Growth: 16.5% or $23,261
Ӣ Current Median Base Salary: $78,000
Ӣ Current Market Value: $94,792
Ӣ Potential Salary Growth: 17.7% or $16,792
Ӣ Current Median Base Salary: $30,000
Ӣ Current Market Value: $37,935
Ӣ Potential Salary Growth: 20.9% or $7,935
Ӣ Current Median Base Salary: $24,000
Ӣ Current Market Value: $30,505
Ӣ Potential Salary Growth: 21.3% or $6,505
Ӣ Current Median Base Salary: $27,636
Ӣ Current Market Value: $35,407
Ӣ Potential Salary Growth: 21.9% or $7,771
What’s next? If you’re being underpaid, you may decide to negotiate a pay raise, discuss opportunities for advancement with your current employer or search for a new job elsewhere.
Glassdoor has a guide on its website to help you navigate the next steps in the process. Read more here.
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This post was last modified on October 24, 2017 3:51 pm
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