[roschdal]

"Because salary information is viewed as particularly sensitive, employers often go to great lengths to keep it under wraps."

In Norway, salary information is viewed as public information. Each year the government releases the income, assets and amount of payed tax of every citizen, so that the media can make it public. It is then made searchable online, for example here: http://skattelister.no/

[wallflower]

In the U.S., companies that want to use H-1 visa programs must release specific salaries for specific titles.

Warning: Look at these databases at your own risk. You may be shocked at what others at your company are probably earning. Google H1-B salary database.

[helwr]

thanks, i even found my own case there