Library Home Page > Research Topics wages and salaries This guide is an introduction to the research process that, while not being an exhaustive list of information resources available, should be helpful in getting started in your research about wages and salaries.  Below you will find pointers to suggested research terms about wages and salaries, materials in the library catalog about wages and salaries, websites relevant to wages and salaries, and links to library databases that contain information about wages and salaries.  Please use our email reference service, contact us at (310) 434-4254, or visit us in the library at the reference desk if you need further assistance. Go to:    Suggested Research Terms    Materials in the Library Catalog     Websites    Library Databases Suggested Research Terms One of the really helpful things when searching for information about a topic is a short list of terms related to a topic.  We think the following terms will help with your research about wages and salaries: income cost of living standard of living compensation comparable worth Back to top of page Materials in the library catalog related to wages and salaries We have the following materials in the library catalog related to wages and salaries: wages salaries cost and standard of living equal pay for equal work pay equity economics Back to top of page Websites on wages and salaries The following websites will help you with your research on wages and salaries: BLS: Wages, Earnings, and Benefits "BLS [U. S. Bureau of Labor Statistics] publishes a large amount of information on the wages, earnings, and benefits of workers. Generally, this information is categorized in one or more of the following ways: Geographic area (national, regional, State, metropolitan area, or county data); Occupation (such as teacher); Industry (such as manufacturing). Additional categories, such as age, sex, or union membership, may be used in some cases." BLS Household Data Annual Averages More statistical data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics regarding the "median usual weekly earnings of full-time wage and salary workers by detailed occupation and sex." California State Employment Development Department: Occupational Wage Data."  This site offers wage and salary information for California in the form of "wages by area: State and regional wages for 700 occupations, organized by geographical area, using Standard Occupational Classification (SOC) codes'; and "wages by occupation: Local wages for 15-40 occupations per geographical area per year, organized by occupational title, using Occupational Employment Statistics (OES) codes." California Minimum Wage Information Minimum wage information for California can be found at the California Department of Industrial Relations. (Information on the federal minimum wage can be found at the national minimum wage.) Back to top of page Library Databases relevant to wages and salaries The following Santa Monica College Library online databases may contain material relevant to wages and salaries.  Databases may include magazine, newspaper and journal articles.  Please note: you must be a Santa Monica College student, faculty or staff member to use these services. ABI/INFORM Business news and information from more than 410 full text journals. Coverage includes all subject areas related to business. Business Source Premier Business Source Premier provides full text for nearly 8200 serials. Coverage includes all subject areas related to business. Regional Business News Regional Business News provides full text coverage for regional business publications. Includes coverage of 75 business journals, newspapers and newswires from all metropolitan and rural areas within the United States. Academic Search Premier, MasterFile Premier Academic Search Premier and MasterFile Premier provide full text for over 6200 periodicals including full text for more than 3,500 peer-reviewed journals. Coverage spans virtually every area of academic study and offers information dating as far back as 1975. Encyclopedia Americana Includes 45,000 articles, plus thousands of hypertext links to web sites featuring additional data. It is updated quarterly. Encyclopedia, Funk and Wagnalls New World Provides over 25,000 encyclopedic entries covering a variety of subject areas. JSTOR Back issues of over 300 scholarly journals in a wide variety of disciplines: African American Studies, African Studies, Anthropology, Archeology, Art and Architecture, Asian Studies, Ecology, Economics, Education, Finance, Geography, History, Language & Literature, Latin American Studies, Mathematics, Music, Middle East Studies, Philosophy, Political Science, Population Studies, Slavic Studies, Sociology and Statistics. CountryWatch Country Reviews provide geographical, political, economic, corporate and environmental information for every country in the world. Country Wire is compiled from the wire services on the latest political, economic, corporate, and environmental events on a country by country basis. Ethnic NewsWatch News, culture and history from the newspapers, magazines and journals of the ethnic, minority and native press -- English and Spanish language. National Newspapers (U.S.) Searchable index for recent issues of the Los Angeles Times, New York Times, Washington Post, Wall Street Journal and the Christian Science Monitor. Full-text for newer issues and citations for older materials. More information on coverage Newspaper Source (Regional, National and International) Provides selected full text for 25 national (U.S.) and international newspapers. The database also contains full text television & radio news transcripts, and selected full text for more than 200 regional (U.S.) newspapers. in literature and history. Researched and evaluated by: ap 4/20/02 Back to top of page