budget help salaries salaries salaries everyone problems unfortunately many new jobs inherit paperwork know staff salary average salary different staffing levels asked hr department also give low high let face staff today salary likely going next year much movement people using estimates averages probably accurate using current salary levels 1 make list staff positions 2 put think budget high mid average low low average etc guess based experience length time position etc 3 calculate estimated salary use budget 4 average sr 4 961 spec 3 964 staff 3 026 sr clrk 2 548 clerk 2 264 asst 3 162 list would look something like assistant average clerk high sr clerk low specialist low average specialist average sr specialist average high analyst allocated amount however use exact amounts next item training 1 list staff type class need 2 know exact class want send list type class example personal enrichment e time management technical derivatives applied finance wellhead burnertip 3 personal enrichment classes cost aroung 500 700 4 technical classes cost aroung 800 1000 5 list type class rest next item headhunters try 20 new hires salary fees stuff made list unusual items year people forget budget time e flowers secretaries day birthday ice cream offsite meeting costs customer gifts forget items make sure added budget put budget information spreadsheets review adjusted necessary approve hopefully helps diane x 37059