It looks like you'll be getting a raise this year, at least according to a survey published by WorldAtWork. The not-for-profit organization published a press release on July 19, 2000 (http://www.worldatwork.org/Content/Infocentral/info-newsline-frame .html) stating, "salary increases are slowly trending upward in the 4.3 to 4.8 range for 2000 and are expected to be the same in 2001." If you're curious about what other organizations say about your salary, head to the Internet. There you willfind many private, governmental, and not-for-profit establishments that provide salary surveys and data either for a fee or for free. In the last BUSINESS CONNECTIONS column (October/November 2000) on executive compensation, I wrote that the term "salary survey" typically includes the salaries of all workers within an industry, from entry level to the executive, whereas "executive compensation" surveys usually report on the compensation packages of a company's executives and top managers. This column will focus on using the Internet to locate salary and wage surveys and data. GOVERNMENT AGENCIES In 1997, Vice President Gore announced the first version of America's Career InfoNet (ACINet), a component of America's Career Kit sponsored by the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL). ACINet allows Internet searchers to access America's Labor Market Information System (ALMIS) and find an array of occupational, demographic, and labor market information at the local, state, and national levels (http://www.acinet.org/acinet). The database consists of information pulled from a variety of state and federal government agencies, such as the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) and various individual state Departments of Labor. The ACINet Web site allows searchers to access salary and wage data either by a keyword or menu search.
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