Re: STC Salary data collection

["Bill Swallow" <techcommdood -at- gmail -dot- com>]

> Right, and what company or employees do you know of
> that set their offered/required salary ranges on the basis
> of statewide averages?

Right. This free version is nothing more than a casual conversation
piece, like a coffeetable book.

> Without some method of extracting or extrapolating
> local information, this is pointless information.  If
> you can use a web browser you can get better data
> filtering from the BLS website in less than a minute.
> I still think the numbers don't reflect hiring reality,
> but at least I can grumble about wrong data for my
> metro area rather than the entire state.

I think the paid-for offering is more granular but as you say, anyone
can exercise a little gray matter to filter the BLS data themselves
for free.

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