Salaries, income growing for Seattle workers
Apr 5, 2012, 11:04 AM | Updated: 4:29 pm
This graph, provided by PayScale, shows the Seattle metro area's year-over-uear percentage change in pay, and our incomes seem to be going up. (Image courtesy PayScale.com)
The unemployment rate has dropped in Washington state, and
now many Seattleites are earning wages
greater
than their per-recession paychecks, according to a study
from PayScale.
The company tracks incomes and reports Seattleites are
earning 3.2 percent higher wages than last year.
In 2011, they say it was a combination of strong
technology, aircraft, and construction industries that
helped give Seattle its highest annual wages since
2008.
The growth is continuing in 2012, topping other cities’
earners, including Houston, Philadelphia, and St. Louis.
