Salary comparison

Your friend Joe working in CT is making $45,000 in a finance job, and your friend Leslie is making $43,000 in Boston for the same type of job. Is one smarter than the other? A better negotiator than the other? Probably not- the salary differential is usually based upon a higher cost of living between one place and the other. For example, jobs in Fairfield County (CT) pay 3% more than jobs in Boston, and 7% more than jobs in northern CT.

Want to know how you stand versus other grads you know? Check out the Salary comparison tool at http://swz.salary.com/costoflivingwizard/layoutscripts/coll_start.asp
It will give you hard data and a graphical representation of the difference between the cost of living in two cities and the job pay for the same type of jobs. They also have some other interesting calculators, such as a benefits calculator. Check it out!