the buzz log
Rare is the person who is completely satisfied with their salary. Actually, maybe it should be "Nonexistent is the person..." Every week we see queries from curious folks eager to know if they're underpaid.
Some salary searches are simply wishful thinking. After all, who wouldn't want Alex Rodriguez's salary? Other inquiries are more practical—searches like "dental hygienist salary," "airline pilot salary," and "actuary salary" are likely from folks looking for ways to improve their take-home pay.
Below we rank the top 20 salary-related jobs. We cut out the generic terms like "salary calculator" to give you a better idea of which jobs inspire the most curiosity. Now get to work!
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what's the buzz?
A subject's buzz score is the percentage of Yahoo! users searching for that subject on a given day, multiplied by a constant to make the number easier to read. Weekly leaders are the subjects with the greatest average buzz score for a given week.
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