If you’ve recently taken PayScale’s Salary Survey and found that others in your industry are earning a lot more than you are, your reaction might be indignation … followed swiftly by a resigned shrug. In an era when some employers will insist on verifying a candidate’s salary history to the point of demanding W-2s, how can you ever hope to catch up? Before you despair of ever being paid what you’re worth, you need to figure out why your current salary is sitting in the bottom percentiles. Here are a few possibilities to consider: 1. Your job title is wrong.
Origen: Why Am I Being Paid So Much Less Than Market Rate?
