Everything You Need To Know About Salary, Negotiation, and Budgeting (2024)

Here's a roundup of our top resources for negotiating your salary, planning a budget, managing your debt, and more money matters.

By Career Contessa Team November 10, 2020

Negotiating your salary, planning a budget, setting aside emergency savings...Oh my.

Career Contessa has been writing articles about everything career-related for years now, so we figured we'd round up some of the best advice on our popular topics—like, how to manage your debt financially and emotionally. We know you love round-ups, so here is some of our favorite content around money, money, and (you guessed it) more money.

Use it to learn what salary you deserve, what salary other women are making (ahem, The Salary Project™) and how to approach your boss about increasing your own salary.

Whew, let's dive in!

SALARY + SALARY NEGOTIATION: THE BASICS

Everybody loves the opportunity to negotiate their salary, right? Well, sort of. Here's how to make sure you don't drop the ball on negotiating the salary that's right for you in your next job interview.

• Calculating Your Salary Is Easier Than You Think—Use This Equation
• The 5 Best Tools to Calculate Your Salary + Know Your Worth
• Negotiating Market Rate Salary: 8 Tools to Help You Get What You Deserve
• How to Determine How Much You're Worth
• Learn to Negotiate Your Salary Step-by-Step
• What To Do When You Don't Get The Raise
• First Job Offer: How Important is That Entry-Level Salary?
• These Are the Skills You Need to Make $100k
• This Is When You Should Take a Pay Cut

Real Salaries (We Swear!)

The Salary Project™is our database of over 30,000 real salaries. If you're looking to research your salary in a different location or how it stacks up in a different industry, check it out.

• The Salary Project™ | 11 Real Salaries + What They Should Be Making
• The Salary Project™ | The Highest and Lowest Salaries for Popular Roles
• The Salary Project™ | Unique Job Titles
• The Salary Project™ | The Highest Salaries (So Far) From Across the U.S.
• The Salary Project™ | Healthcare Salary Report
• The Salary Project™ | Nonprofit Salary Report
• The Salary Project™ | San Francisco Salary Report
• The Salary Project™ | New York Salary Report

Money, money, money. There are so many complicated questions about building finances and making smart financial decisions. We have been lucky enough to team up with real financial experts to get the low-down on some of our most pressing money questions.

• TheSalary Project™Through anonymous interviews with real women, we've assessed salaries in different cities, different industries, and even gone in-depth with women about their career trajectories.
• Money Talks: Our series, in partnership with Holberg Financial, will help you deal with basic (yet oh so complicated) money issues like getting out of debt and building emergency savings.
• AICPA x Career Contessa: We spoke with real Certified Public Accountants to find out how to budget, how to build financial forecasts, and to clarify (once and for all) thedifference between an accountant and a CPA.

The Femails Podcast On All Things Money

Speaking of experts, we've had a few in the recording booth of The Femails. This is some of the best money advice we have. Give these money episodes a listen today.

• Investing to Build a 7-Figure Portfolio with Bola Sokunbi
• How to Talk About Salary In a Job Interview (And Other Uncomfortable Work Situations)
• Money, Blogging, and The Power of Morning Routines
• 4 Rules for Gaining Control of Your Money—And Saving Hundreds This Month
• The Femails Presents: Money Power Moves
• Debt, 401ks, and Preparing Your Finances for Coronavirus
• How To Prepare Financially For An Upcoming Recession
• “I Saved $100,000 in 3.5 Years on $54,000 Salary—Here's How”
• How to Curb Financial Anxiety

PROMOTIONS + Raises

Asking your boss for a salary raise can be a nerve-wracking event, but we have all the resources to help you ask for the salary you deserve.

• Everything You Need to Know About Asking for a Raise
• How to Use The Salary Project™ to Ask for a Raise
• So When Should You Ask for a Raise?
• How to Ask For a Raise
• Promoted At Work? 5 Questions to Ask Before Saying Yes
• No Raise? Try Asking for These Perks Instead
• From Paycheck to Paycheck to a Livable Income

BUDGETING, Investing, AND OTHER MONEY MATTERS

You've got that salary, now what do you do with your paycheck? Here are our favorite resources on budgeting, investing, paying off debt, and saving for the future you.

• Financial Freedom 101
• Our No-Shame Guide to Saving in Your 20s, 30s, and 40s
• The Financial Vocabulary Every Money-Savvy Woman Needs
• How to Manage Debt Financially + Emotionally
• Financial Adulting—A 5-Step Guide to Adulting with Your Money
• Career Contessa’s Best Financial Advice
• So What's An Emergency Fund (And How Do I Get One?)
• Why Salary Transparency Matters
• 10 Money Questions You're Afraid to Ask
• Living Large on an Entry-level Budget
• Broke? 7 Hacks to Get You to Pay Day
• 12 Financial Terms You Should Know + Why
• 10 Financial Milestones to Reach Before You're 30
• Contemplating Investing? 5 Signs to Watch Out For
• How Real Women Stretch Their $25,000 Salaries