A six-figure paycheck probably sounds like a lot of money to most people struggling to make ends meet across the U.S., but in the Bay Area, with its high-paying tech jobs and brutal cost of living ...

Negotiating your starting salary — and continuing to negotiate every few years or when you start a new job — could make a $1 million difference in your lifetime earnings. In the chart above, ...

The 2.6 percent increase in basic pay that took effect Tuesday, the largest boost since the 3.4 percent pay hike in 2010, is 0.3 percentage points above last year's raise.

Your pay chart will be different from someone else's. It will typically vary year to year, as well. The Cost of Living Increase (COLA) for 2023 raised the amount you can receive by 8.7%.

Interior designers had a median salary of $53,370; and the rather vague “designers, all other” catch-all category had a median of $60,570. Art directors topped the chart for this occupation ...