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Job Title: Meringuer
National Average Salary: $14.48 per hour (June 2005 data)


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February 06, 2008
Sales Pay, Signing Bonuses, and More

In this week's feature article, an expert on compensation for sales professionals offers his theory on how to approach pay for your sales force.

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Also in the news are two surveys that reflect discontent and unrest among employees--one suggests that more employees will seek to find new jobs this year and another finds that two in three people believe they are underpaid.

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