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Amazon Is Helping to Drive Double-Digit Growth in Job Openings in the Seattle Area
Seattle ranked as the leading major market for job openings as of October, Glassdoor study finds
Driven by a thriving tech industry, the Seattle area recorded the fastest growth in job openings year over year as of October of the 10 major cities analyzed by online job site Glassdoor. Job openings in Seattle were up 15.5% over the period, with 122,950 job openings offering a median base pay of $64,639. That…
Companies Must Pay Women the Same as Men
Companies face legal risks if they rely on salary history rather than equal pay
Today, April 2, is Equal Pay Day, which symbolizes how far into 2019 women, on average, must work to earn what men earned in 2018. The Seattle tech community, like many others across the country, has stated a commitment to increase diversity overall, including increasing the percentage of female employees throughout the ranks. Women accounted…
Seattle, King County, Washington State Continue to See Best Wage Growth in the U.S.
New reports out this month point to significant growth in the city, county and state.
The city of Seattle, King County and the state of Washington are national leaders in an economic metric that has lagged throughout the post-recession recovery: wage growth. Pay growth in the U.S. slowed in November, but that wasnt the case in Seattle, where pay grew at a national-best 2.1 percent year-over-year. Glassdoors monthly Local Pay…
Seattle Sees Fastest Wage Growth in the U.S. in October
Tied with San Francisco for best in the nation, Seattle's wages grew 2.1 percent from October 2016 to October 2017 to a median salary north of $60,000.
Wages are up for almost every occupation in the Seattle region, which ties San Francisco as the metro with the fastest growing median base pay in the United States, according to new data from Glassdoor. Median pay is up yet again in the Seattle metro, growing 2.1 percent year-over-year. Thats ahead of the national rate…