re: How Does Your Salary Compare To Others?

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It's very hard to determine for me, because my position title is varied by organization

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This can make looking up information difficult. Even if your position is listed with salary data to compare to, you still need to confirm at times if the posting is 1-3 years old or beyond. I know for my field, the average pay is rising each year. This cannot be said for all positions.

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He needs to know that you know though. But honestly I would suggest if you want a raise to start looking for a new job.

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This is a recurring statement that I am not opposed to, yet I question why it must be necessary. Are there not additional suggestions involving the bargaining for higher pay at my current company that do not require a competing offer?

As someone only a few years out of college, I'm extremely happy with my salary now. Especially as a young guy, I have to remind myself that I am at the VERY beginning stage on my career.

For me, I can do a 'relative to classmates' comparison as another good gauge.

Getting a MBA should also give me a bit of a bump or at least contribute to my next promotion which hopefully keeps the growth trend alive.

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I think this is a very interesting position. I have several friends in my old company that are in this position as well. The fact of the matter is most of them are not necessarily promoted on talent, but on potential. Potential will be very difficult to convey to a new employer, because your work may not reflect everything your employer saw to get you there. If you are willing to accept this higher position/salary, you are effectively locking yourself into that company until you have marketable experience in that field/position.

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I am finding myself in this position right now. I'm immobile due to lack of 'experience.' I have great experience, but not longevity. I can't even make a lateral move to another company. It's frustrating. I'm focusing my attention in the near future on gaining credentials to bolster my résumé.

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Second year of career employment, in DFW metro area.

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Maybe we know each other

It's honestly impossible for me to gauge on glassdoor. For my job and title there is like an 80K bandwidth from the low to high according to Glassdoor which is very realistic.

The reason it is so big is because a) annual raises are commonly double digit percentage b) There are informal sub-levels with each rank (e.g. manager level 1, manager level 2, manager level 3, etc.) and c) based on someone's career progression the years of experience when comparing two managers at even the same sub-level (such as two level 1 managers) can be anywhere from 5-10+ years.

That said I'm above the median, and slightly below the average.