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☆ These are the 10 most expensive metro areas in the U.S. for renters—4 of them are in California
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-19 | by ( Celia Fernandez | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +1 min

The New York City tri-state area ranked as the most expensive on the list. While the average rent in Newark is $1,850 and $2,500 in Jersey City, in New York City it is $3,610, according to Zillow's rental manager. The metro area of New York City, N.Y., Newark, Jersey City, N.J ranked as the most expensive for renters. 2 on the list is the Miami, Fort Lauderdale and Pompano Beach, Florida metro area. The Oxnard, Thousand Oaks and Ventura area in California ranked third on the list.

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☆ The 10 U.S. cities where people are most satisfied with their jobs—New York didn’t make the cut
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-04 | by ( Morgan Smith | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +3 min

To find out where some of the happiest employees in the U.S. live, workplace insights platform Glassdoor created a list of the top cities with the most satisfied workers. Here are the top 10 cities with the most satisfied employees in the U.S., along with the average salaries for workers in those cities, according to Glassdoor:Provo, UtahAverage overall company rating: 3.94Average annual salary: $61,973San Jose, CaliforniaAverage overall company rating: 3.88Average annual salary: $117,188Santa Barbara, CaliforniaAverage overall company rating: 3.87Average annual salary: $72,240College Station, TexasAverage overall company rating: 3.83Average annual salary: $43,118Boston, MassachusettsAverage overall company rating: 3.82Average annual salary: $87,433San Francisco, CaliforniaAverage overall company rating: 3.81Average annual salary: $108,426Gainesville, FloridaAverage overall company rating: 3.81Average annual salary: $50,026Washington, DCAverage overall company rating: 3.80Average annual salary: $87,374Salt Lake City, UtahAverage overall company rating: 3.79Average annual salary: $69,274San Diego, CaliforniaAverage overall company rating: 3.79Average annual salary: $77,027California is the clear winner, boasting four of the top 10 cities on the list. New York City ranked last on Glassdoor's list, with an average company rating of 3.72. According to PayScale, the average cost of living in New York is 128% higher than the national average. 1 career move that made them happierThe fastest-growing jobs that don't require a bachelor's degree, according to LinkedIn—some pay over $100,000

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☆ The 'Budgetnista' who lost her job and her home before building a 7-figure net worth shares 2 strategies anyone can use to start earning more money
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-03 | by ( Kathleen Elkins | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

Tiffany "The Budgetnista" Aliche lost her job and her home during the Great Recession. If you want to earn more money, start by evaluating your current job, she advised. You have to earn your way to wealth," said Aliche. If you work a 9-to-5 job, start there, encouraged Aliche. That's exactly what she did after she lost her teaching job and was looking for side hustles to help pay the bills.

☆ Jane Roberts, who is married to Chief Justice John Roberts, made $10.3 million in commissions from elite law firms, whistleblower documents show
▼ + stars: | 2023-04-28 | by ( Mattathias Schwartz | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +20 min

Jane Roberts was paid more than $10 million by a host of elite law firms, a whistleblower alleges. At least one of those firms argued a case before Chief Justice Roberts after paying his wife hundreds of thousands of dollars. And I realized that even the law firms who were Jane's clients had nowhere to go. Mark Jungers, another one of Jane Roberts' former colleagues, said that Jane was smart, talented, and good at her job. But whether that committee has the authority to discipline Thomas or any other Supreme Court Justice remains a matter of murky constitutional interpretation, to be ultimately decided by the Supreme Court itself.

☆ Women are now out-earning or making the same as their husbands in nearly half of marriages
▼ + stars: | 2023-04-20 | by ( Morgan Smith | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +3 min

In almost half of opposite-sex marriages in the U.S., women are now earning the same as their husbands — or out-earning them, by an average of $53,000. Spouses are earning the same income in nearly one-third, or 29%, of opposite-sex marriages, a significant jump from just 11% in 1972. In egalitarian marriages, men and women's earnings are almost identical: In 2022, the median earnings for wives in such marriages was $60,000, while husbands earned $62,000. About 16% of opposite-sex marriages in the U.S. have a breadwinner wife, up from 5% five decades earlier, Pew reports. Women continue to bear the brunt of household responsibilities, even as financial contributions have become more equal in opposite-sex marriages.

☆ Look for these 5 'green flags' before taking a 4-day workweek job, says hiring expert
▼ + stars: | 2023-04-17 | by ( Jennifer Liu | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +4 min

There's never been a better time to try to find a job with a four-day workweek. It can also be helpful to ask about the skills and experiences help someone thrive while working a shortened week. For example, leaders at four-day workweek companies recently told CNBC Make It they look for candidates with outstanding initiative, autonomy and adaptability. The company sets clear expectations around the fifth day offAsk each person how they use their day off, Salemi says. The company has a strong perspective of what flexibility looks likeA shortened workweek is just one component of workplace flexibility.

☆ 1 in 3 people would quit for a 4-day workweek job, according to a new report
▼ + stars: | 2023-04-07 | by ( Jennifer Liu | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +3 min

The four-day workweek is gaining momentum, and people say they're willing to quit to have it. A majority, 61%, of workers say they'd rather have a four-day workweek than the traditional five, and 33% say they'd quit their job to for one with a shortened week, according to a Monster survey of 868 workers conducted in March. Half of those surveyed say they'd be more productive with a shortened workweek, and 10% would even take a pay cut for the benefit. More companies may experiment with a shortened workweek, especially if they can't award raises or promotions in a challenging economic environment. The share of companies offering a 4-day workweek benefit reached the 10% threshold for the first time last year, according to a recent Payscale report.

☆ NYC worker saw her job title advertised at up to $90K more than her pay—what to do if it happens to you
▼ + stars: | 2023-04-06 | by ( Jennifer Liu | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +5 min

That's what happened to Kimberly Nguyen in March: The NYC worker went viral on Twitter when she saw an opening for her job title was being advertised with a pay range up to $90,000 higher than her own salary. A slim minority, 45%, of companies currently include pay ranges in job postings, according to a 2023 Payscale report. If you find your own job title online listed at a higher salary, here are some things you can do. There are some good reasons why similar job titles could have different pay ranges, says Ruth Thomas, a pay equity strategist at Payscale. You could use public salary ranges to ask for a raise.

☆ Need more cash? Maybe it's time to launch a side hustle—here's how to get started
▼ + stars: | 2023-04-05 | by ( Cindy Perman | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +4 min

That has left nearly two-thirds of all Americans living paycheck to paycheck, according to a new report from LendingClub. Think about your friends, neighbors and others in your social network: What do they need and what would they pay money for? Consider the tax and legal implicationsIf you do launch a side hustle, make sure you understand any tax and legal implications. RBC Wealth Management suggests you ask yourself these additional questions: Will you need a license, insurance or to establish a corporation? What are the tax implications of the extra income?

☆ 10 in-demand side hustles you can do from home—some can pay as much as $100 an hour
▼ + stars: | 2023-03-31 | by ( Morgan Smith | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +3 min

Remote job opportunities might be dwindling, but there are dozens of side hustles you can do to earn some extra cash without leaving the comfort of your home — some of which can pay as much as $100 an hour. These jobs have dozens of active listings and offer remote, part-time opportunities. If you're interested in starting a remote side hustle, consider monetizing your creative skills: The most in-demand remote, part-time gigs employers are hiring for are in writing, editing and design, according to new research from FlexJobs. Other remote side hustles can pay upwards of $100 per hour, depending on your level of skill and the project. Some remote side hustles, like bookkeeping or graphic design, have more flexible hours than others, Gardner says.

Setting long-term financial goals becomes easier for women as pay transparency increases. On average, Payscale's Gender Pay Gap Report shows that women are paid 83 cents for every dollar that men make, a gap that becomes even wider for women of color. Because this information hasn't been widely accessible in the past, a lot of women might not even know they are getting paid less. A woman's pay gap often compounds over the years, starting with the salary she takes for her first job. For most people working at a company, they have no idea how much the people around them are getting paid to do the same job.

☆ 10 in-demand remote jobs paying $100,000 or more that companies are hiring for now
▼ + stars: | 2023-03-17 | by ( Morgan Smith | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +4 min

Even though fewer people are working from home now compared to two years ago, it's still not a bad time to find a remote job — and some of the most in-demand roles companies are hiring for come with a six-figure paycheck. To examine where remote hiring is happening the most for high-paying jobs, FlexJobs identified the occupations with the highest number of remote job openings on their site between January and March 2023 that pay more than $100,000. Here are the 10 most in-demand remote jobs companies are hiring for and how much they pay, according to data from FlexJobs and Payscale:1. These three fields have seen significant remote job growth in the last 12 months despite recent layoffs rippling across the tech and finance sectors. While technical skills such as coding and web design are in demand in our increasingly digital world, soft skills, such as communication and problem-solving, are just as important for remote hiring managers.

☆ The wage gap gets worse for women in their 30s and 40s—and it's not just the 'motherhood penalty'
▼ + stars: | 2023-03-14 | by ( Morgan Smith | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +4 min

Women face a wage gap at every point in their careers, a gap that gets worse as they age and progress through their work lives. This difference in earnings is perhaps the most obvious once women hit their 30s, which is also when the gap begins to widen. Last year, 66% of working women ages 35 to 44 had at least one child at home, compared to just 39% of women ages 45 to 54, Kocchar found. But the explanation for why progress toward narrowing the pay gap stalls once women enter their mid-30s extends beyond the so-called "motherhood penalty." Experiencing early wage discrimination has a "compounding effect" that can hurt women's earnings potential for years to come, she adds.

☆ I'm a tech recruiter who helps Black professionals get jobs at companies like Deloitte and Shopify. Here's my advice for getting the salary you deserve.
▼ + stars: | 2023-03-10 | by ( Pauleanna Reid | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +8 min

He partners with firms including Deloitte, DraftKings, and Shopify to recruit Black tech talent. Now I partner with firms like Deloitte, DraftKings, Dynatrace, Loliware, Shopify, and Automatic to recruit Black tech talent. I've helped more than 360 Black people land jobs in tech, so I've had a lot of opportunities to learn what drives success in this space. Being vocal about my goal to get more Black people jobs in tech on Twitter helped me gain visibility and trust among Black job seekers. The best way to let someone know you're serious about your salary expectations is to let them know you have an offer pending.

☆ 'Quiet' is the workplace word of 2023
▼ + stars: | 2023-02-25 | by ( Madison Hoff | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +9 min

Bare Minimum Monday, another workplace buzzword of 2023, also relates to quiet quitting. Experts think those "quiet" trends and more are set to continue throughout 2023 and beyond. "Quiet hiring" is one of the "biggest workplace buzzwords" of 2023 per Insider's reporting. Emily Rose McRae of Gartner's HR Practice said per reporting from GMA that quiet hiring is a workplace trend in 2023 in part because of a shortage in talent. Other buzzwords of the year from Insider's reporting relate to quiet quitting even if they don't use the word quiet.

☆ Lackluster raises and mass layoffs could lead to a new 'quiet quitting' wave this year
▼ + stars: | 2023-02-22 | by ( Jennifer Liu | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +1 min

A souring economic picture is driving fewer people to quit, but they may end up quiet quitting instead. (Payscale did not ask about quitting rates prior to Covid.) Most employers think pay is the biggest reason causing people to quit, especially in an inflationary environment, followed by limited opportunities to advance, according to the Payscale report. A majority, 56%, say they're planning raises of at least 3% this year, up from 53% last year and 36% in 2021, according to Payscale. And those planned raises will do little to stand up against inflation, which sits at 6.4% as of January.

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☆ How to pitch yourself for a promotion before you even ask your boss: Track your achievements, align allies, and say the right phrases in meetings
▼ + stars: | 2023-02-10 | by ( Ella Hopkins | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

Career coaches shared what you can do to get a raise or promotion before asking for one. Research what sort of salary raise a promotion could meanIf your employer offers you a promotion without a salary raise, it's not a promotion, O'Keeffe said. DeMase suggested asking colleagues who have a role similar to the one you want how much they're being paid. A good strategy for negotiations is to start by asking for a higher salary than what you expect to receive, DeMase said. O'Keeffe suggested timing your approach to ask for a promotion just after you've achieved something concrete for the business, such as landing new clients.

☆ Advertised salary ranges are not set in stone. That’s why you still have to negotiate
▼ + stars: | 2023-01-28 | by ( Jeanne Sahadi | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +6 min

“I’ve seen people deterred from negotiating because they think [the advertised pay range] is set in stone. What you need to know about published rangesHere are three reasons why a published salary range is hardly the whole story:1. The published range may be very wide: It’s not hard to find advertised salary ranges so wide you could drive a truck through them. The published range for an open role usually just reflects your base pay, not bonuses, equity and annual increases. That way you’ll be able to gauge whether the employer’s published range is within reason for the role you’re seeking.

☆ Here's how much top tech jobs in California pay, according to job ads
▼ + stars: | 2023-01-05 | by ( Kif Leswing | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +3 min

That means it's now possible to know the salaries top tech companies pay their workers. California is the latest and biggest state to enact a pay transparency law, joining Colorado and New York City, which had previously passed similar policies. California's pay transparency law is intended to reduce gender and race pay gaps and help minorities and women better compete in the labor market. For example, people can compare their current pay with job listings with the same job title and see if they're being underpaid. In a comment to CNBC, a Meta spokesperson said, "To ensure fairness and eliminate bias in our compensation systems, we regularly conduct pay equity analysis, and our latest analysis confirms that we continue to have pay equity across genders globally and by race in the US for people in similar jobs."

☆ Why you still need to negotiate even if a job ad lists a salary range
▼ + stars: | 2023-01-05 | by ( Jennifer Liu | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +5 min

But online, the average salary range on job listings is just 28%, based on data from CompTool and accounting for more than 12 million job listings from more than 100 job websites, per Bloomberg. As written, while the laws require employers to list the minimum and maximum salary range on a job ad, many don't require them to actually make an offer in that range. All of this is to say that it's still important to negotiate your salary, even if the job posting lists the range, Seikaly says. "While pay transparency won't eliminate salary negotiation, it will give candidates the confidence to speak more openly about their expectations of pay," Seiklay says. "The burden is now on the employer to determine the pay range, rather than the employee to initially voice an expectation, which levels the negotiation playing field."

☆ The 10 jobs people are most likely to quit in 2023, according to new research
▼ + stars: | 2023-01-04 | by ( Morgan Smith | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: 1 min

As people set resolutions for 2023, there's one goal at the top of many lists: quitting an unfulfilling job. That's according to a new report from human resource consulting firm Robert Half, which surveyed 2,500 professionals between October and November 2022. Gen Zers, working parents and employees who have been with their company for less than five years are the most likely to switch jobs in early 2023, the report found. People in customer service, human resources and technology roles are most likely to resign soon, according to a new report from Payscale. Here are the top 10 jobs people appear most likely to quit in the near future, per Payscale's research:

☆ All the U.S. states, cities and counties where companies have to share salary ranges with workers
▼ + stars: | 2023-01-03 | by ( Jennifer Liu | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +5 min

Current employees are entitled to the salary range of their position, upon request. An employer must provide the employee the salary range when they are hired, if they change to a new position, or if the employee requests it. Who it applies to: Maryland employersNevadaThe law: Employers must provide the salary range to applicants after an initial interview automatically, even if the applicant hasn't asked for it. Plus, they have to provide a salary range for a current employee's position at their request. Who it applies to: Rhode Island employersToledo, OhioThe law: Employers must share the salary range for a position after they extend an offer and if the applicant asks for it .

☆ These are the 20 jobs people are most likely to quit soon
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-29 | by ( Sarah Jackson | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

2022 was a year of high quit rates, not to mention "quiet quitting" and "acting your wage." A new report from Payscale shows the 20 jobs people seem most likely to leave now or in the near future. High quit rates persisted from the Great Resignation that began last year, and quiet quitting and acting your wage piled on. But the quitting wave isn't over yet for these workers: An end-of-year jobs report from salary comparison site Payscale identified 20 jobs people are most likely to quit. Workers who remain in these positions (for now) are dissatisfied, and are likely to be 'quiet quitting.'"

☆ These 20 jobs are most likely to survive a possible recession in 2023
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-28 | by ( Sarah Jackson | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

The wave of recent layoffs, particularly in tech, has stoked fears of a possible recession in 2023. A new Payscale report identified 20 jobs that appear well-positioned to weather a potential downturn, based on wage growth. The list includes a mix of blue- and white-collar jobs, including some employees reporting pay up 30% from last year. However, some jobs look better-positioned to make it through a possible downtown, and a new report from Payscale reveals just which ones. The salary comparison site identified the top 20 recession-proof jobs based on wage growth in 2022 compared to previous years.

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