Fair-market value doesn’t only apply to products and services. Here’s what’s happening with salaries today.

Obviously, there are several factors that need to be taken into account when considering what an acceptable salary should be (e.g., industry, location, years of experience, size of company, cost of living, etc.).

But the good people at salary.com have developed a “Salary Wizard” that not only provides a full range of salaries for every major occupation, it even gives users the option to drill down deeper, providing a more precise range based on zip code, education, background, etc.

Here are the average salary ranges for some of the most popular professions out there. Keep in mind, these are only broad-base ranges. Several other factors (e.g., bonuses, incentives, how the company is set up, whether the title reflects the actual job responsibilities, etc.) contribute to whether someone gets paid a much higher – or lower – annual salary:

• IT Manager: $74,000-108,000 (Average: $80,060)
• Marketing Specialist: $43,000-$59,000 (Average: $50,880)
• Accountant: $37,000-46,000 (Average: $41,580)
• Sales Manager (top-level): $71,000-99,000 (Average: $84,598)
• Graphic Designer: $40,000-53,000 (Average: $46,095)
• Media Director: $1o2,000-134,00 (Average: $116,865)
• Project Manager (senior level): $86,000-109,000 (Average: $96,742)
• Customer Service Rep: $22,000-37,000 (Average: $29,500)
• HR Director: $59,000-110,000 (Average: $84,900)

For a full range of salaries across every profession, or to see how your salary structure stacks up against others in your market and region, visit salary.com’s “Salary Wizard“