www.accra.org ACCRA is a nonprofit organization promoting excellence in research for economic and community development. With the increasing economic importance of information and the growing recognition of those who are skilled in analyzing data, community researchers and economic developers play a vital role. The one professional organization informing, educating, and developing these professionals is ACCRA. Producer of the nationally renowned Cost of Living Index (COLI), ACCRA is the only national organization representing community research professionals.

www.erieri.com his site lists research reports for purchase. Reports address topics such as cost of living, wage & salary structures, and demographic data for metropolitan areas in North America; detailed two-city comparisons of salaries, cost-of-living expenses, taxes and health costs; and detailed median and mean pay information by position

www.homefair.com Homefair provides a "salary calculator" (both English and Spanish versions) to compare the cost of living in hundreds of U.S. and international cities. The "lifestyle optimizer" allows users to create a list of the 10 best cities for them to live in, based on user-specified ranking criteria (e.g. demographic, economic, or climate conditions). This site also provides crime indexes for over 500 U.S. cities and, through CityReports, a side-by-side comparison of two cities' cost of living, climate, demographics and other information (first report is free). Related links include tools for analyzing relocation costs and organizing your relocation.

www.salary.com Salary.com empowers individuals and managers with the data needed to achieve a win-win in the compensation and employee retention game by providing accurate, applicable, authoritative salary information online, at no charge.

www.salaryexpert.com A web site providing salary, bonus, cost-of-living, and benefits data with information on over 31,000 jobs in over 45,000 U.S. and Canadian cities. Find the average salary by selecting a job title from a list of the 774 most common U.S. jobs (or download a free edition of SalaryExpert to expand the number of titles to over 30,000) and entering a zip or selecting a state/metro area.

www.store.eiu.com/WCOL This site, by the Economist Intelligence Unit, provides all the cost of living data you need from around the world. Covering living costs in 129 cities, and based on the collection of more than 50,000 prices, it allows you to advise confidently on compensation packages for expatriate staff, wherever they may be based.