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Salaries & Compensation

Learn how to enter and succeed in your career, and how to make sure that you're being paid what you're worth. Plus: the finer points of deferred compensation.

Salaries & Compensation
  • Guide to Unemployment
Office worker with folder that says layoff notice
Furlough vs. Layoff
Both mean not getting paid, but a furlough is temporary and a layoff is permanently losing the job. How they affect income, taxes, retiremen...
  • Woman by mailbox, reading letter with bad news
    What to Do About Unemployment Overpayment
  • Who Doesn't Get Unemployment Insurance?
    Who Doesn't Get Unemployment Insurance?
  • Freelancer working at laptop
    Pandemic Unemployment Assistance (PUA) Definition
  • Woman sitting at a table working on laptop
    Pandemic Emergency Unemployment Compensation (PEUC) Definition
  • Coronavirus (COVID-19)
    Federal Pandemic Unemployment Compensation (FPUC) Definition
  • 25 Highest Paid Jobs and Occupations in the U.S.
  • Two Wealthy Couples Exiting a Parked Private Jet Parked on an Airport Tarmac
    How Much Income Puts You in the Top 1%, 5%, or 10%?
  • Company manager giving cash bonus to office employee.
    Bonus Definition
  • Chief Technology Officer (CTO) Definition
  • Fringe Benefits Definition
  • Dollar symbol with a graduation cap.
    10 College Degrees with the Best Starting Salaries
  • Human resources network concept
    6 High-Paying Jobs With Low Education Requirements
  • Employees having a meeting in a modern office.
    Stock Compensation Definition
  • 7 Considerations When You Negotiate Severance
  • Remuneration Definition
  • Hands making payment of bribe money
    Retention Bonus Definition
  • Severance Pay
    Severance Pay Definition
  • Quantitative Analyst: Job Description and Average Salary
  • Top 10 Post-Grad Degrees That Lead to High Pay
  • Federal Reserve Building in Washington DC
    What Is the Salary of the Federal Reserve Chair?
  • Financial advisor having a meeting with clients
    Investment Banker: Job Description & Average Salary
  • Fringe Benefits Definition
  • Staff engagement
    Restricted Stock Unit (RSU) Definition
  • young business man hand holding pen and partner pointing graph
    Leveraged Employee Stock Ownership Plan (LESOP) Definition
  • A couple with a financial advisor signing a document.
    Broker-Dealers and Financial Advisors: Costs and Payouts
  • Get the Most Out of Employee Stock Options
  • Employee Stock Option (ESO) Definition
  • What's the Average Salary of a Chief Financial Officer (CFO)?
  • Stock exchange market display screen board on the street showing stock rises in green colour
    Employee Stock Purchase Plan (ESPP)
  • Pennies being poured on a plant formed from dollars
    What Is the Average Income in the U.S.?
  • Want To Sell Life Insurance? Read This First
  • Business people having a meeting in an office
    What's the Average Salary for a Finance Major?
  • Young couple viewing flat with estate agent
    How Much Do Home Appraisers Make?
  • A smiling businessman with laptop at desk in office.
    Accountant Job Description & Average Salary
  • Termination
    Severance Package Explained: The Layoff Payoff
  • Documents, folders and a calculator on the table.
    Annual Compensation vs. Annual Salary
  • A phone and a tablet on top of papers and charts.
    An Introduction to Incentive Stock Options
  • Board of Directors
    How Much Board of Directors Members Get Paid and What They Do
  • What a Portfolio Manager Does and Earns
  • Personal Bankers: Job Description and Salary
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    Grant Definition
  • Financial advisor consulting with young couple in living room
    Working as a Financial Planner
  • Financial data analyst: Job description and average salary
  • the United States Capital Building Dome.
    The Highest-Paying Government Jobs
  • Young trader is working at stock market with three computer screen on his office desk.
    Fixed Income Trader: Job Description and Salary
  • How To Make Big Money in The Finance Industry
  • Unemployment Benefits application form and pen
    Unemployment Compensation Definition
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    Make Money With Affiliate Marketing
  • Job Hunting: Higher Pay vs. Better Benefits
  • Financial advisor and woman with laptop meeting in dining room
    Equity Research: Job Description & Average Salary
  • Careers to Avoid: Lowest-Paying Professional Jobs
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    What Internal Auditors Do – And How Much They Make
  • Customer at the bank getting a large sum of money.
    Stipend Definition
  • A mom sits on the floor with three kids, surrounded by toys and books.
    Dependent Care Benefits Definition
  • Businessman Standing In Safety Deposit Vault.
    Private banker: Job description and average salary
  • Financial Planner
    What Do Certified Financial Planners Earn?
  • Workers' Compensation Definition
  • Money Grow up
    Non-Qualified Deferred Compensation (NQDC)
  • FAS 123R Definition
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    Unpaid Internship Impact on the Labor Market
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    How to Calculate Your Self-Employed Salary
  • Unskilled Labor Definition
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    Base Pay Definition
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