Does it pay fairly?

These questions are easy to answer, but online salary tools are a good place to start searching.

With online salary tools, you can research the earnings of people in similar jobs, locations and companies.

Indeed, salary tool is free to use, even if you don't have an indeed account from Indy dot com, click Find salaries at the top.

You can search by job title or company.

The search will return a salary average, along with more information about how factors like experience and location affect pay.

But you should be careful with this data as no single number that you see tells the whole story.

For example, indeed says that the average elementary schoolteacher earns about $15 an hour.

But if we switch from hourly to yearly the numbers over $46,000 those two numbers don't add up.

Also, small wording changes in the job title can drastically affect the results, so experiment with different search terms.

Another way to make sure that you are getting the best information is to compare multiple websites.

Most job search sites like Monster CareerBuilder and linked in all have their own salary tools.

Glassdoor dot com is a great resource if you're researching salaries at specific companies.

However, before you can use glass Door, you will have to create an account and answer questions about your salary or past jobs, which is part of how Glassdoor collects its data.

There are also salary specific Web sites like payscale com from the home page.

One option is to click Get your pay report to view a personalized report.

If you, instead just want to browse, you can click for you in the top left corner and then choose how you want to search.

Either way that you use the site.

You do have to create a free account before you can see results.

Salary isn't the only thing to consider when it comes to finding the right job, but it is an important piece.

Online salary tools aren't perfect, but if you use them carefully, they can be an important part of the job search process G C F.