Legal kinda question

[wildred]

Does anyone know if there is an online source to find out how much someone makes? For instance, if I wanted to know how much person X makes, I could pull up a credit report or tax report???
Just curious...

[jehnx]

Not any one person in particular unless they're quite high on the corporate chain. But, if they are, you can use Yahoo's finance.yahoo.com to research a company and see how much their company's executives are paid. Hope this helps.

[|3lack|ce]

I'm pretty sure you can't find an exact salary within the public domain unless the person is a designated officer of a corporation, or an elected official, and then you can only get the salary info for that specific office. You *can* however, get a good guesstimate of the salary for his field (If I'm remembering correctly) by looking up his job title on a site like Monster.Com - it'll show you the high, low, and median salary ranges for that job, and I think you can get a bit more location specific as well.

[nihil]

No..................

Sorry, it is that simple..............sure you could find that I got paid by the XYZ Corporation..............but what about the others: the foreign/offshore...............If you find an answer then the IRS and the FBI will employ you for life!

[wildred]

OK , cool so none of those "private eye" stuff you see online would reveal that sort of info. Great guys/gals thanks a bunch.

[devpon]

wildred, if you are asking specifictly about "private eye" stuff, I don't have an answer. But I did a google search on someone I know, this person works as a teacher, and all the salaries for that district were online. I guess this falls under public record. If you are looking for someone's salary, you could give it a try.

[|3lack|ce]

Understand Wildred, that we are discussing *legal* means. I'm quite sure through social engineering, or a well placed crack, such information could be discovered - depending upon the corporation, probably quite easily. I'm pretty sure most PI's don't have the savvy to do such discovery from a purely technological standpoint, but most have the social engineering skills. It's all a matter of ethics and scruples, and most (again, I said most) private investigators I've met, employed, or dealt with are completely lacking in either.

[wildred]

Thanks for the input blackice, i have to agree with you. i think this is the case as well re: my income...a well placed trojan of some sort or someone speaking with the accounting staff (social eng.)...thanks folks