When I switched industries, I found it hard to know what “fair pay” looked like since benchmarks were totally different. How do you research salary expectations when moving into a new field?

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Blind looks great! Hadn’t heard of that before. Thanks!

If you switch industries you just have to do research for the industry which you're joining. Some things may be different, but I suppose that's to be expected. Whatever the new industry prizes or expects would come into play, and the conventional wisdom for that industry would govern one's expectations.

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Very fair. Will remember that if I switch again!

Here, Reddit, salary bench markers like Deel and ChatGPT

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Deel looks super useful. Thank you!

I do a lot of googling, asking around, checking Glassdoor, tapping into my network to figure things out. Most of what I learned comes from the internet, though.

Love the network point. Usually I am hesitant to ask but it’s a great call

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