I used to walk into the salary reviews with latest Pro Pilot mag in my hands. Means very little.
First off the pilots are probably jacking up their salaries 30% as has been found to be true in most of the population pumping their salaries up.
Secondly, with the prevalence of hiring 'cheap' it queers the other end of the scale, where 1000 hour pilots working for dirt bring the average way down.
These days all that seems to matter to employers is a type and 500 hours pic. You could roll in drunk, in a wheel chair, slurring your speech, drooling out of the left side of your mouth, they just want that type and PIC time.