It looks like we’ve slowed down a bit in our economic recession revival. After three consecutive quarters of substantial wage increases, salaries fell slightly during the first quarter of 2013. That’s according to Seattle-based salary data company PayScale, which found that U.S. earnings fell 0.1 percent from Q4 2012. But still, wages were still up year-over-year across all… Read More…
Is it finally time to wave goodbye to the bitter recession? That’s the word from a new report out from Seattle’s PayScale, which found that wage levels in the U.S. have finally climbed back above the previous high period in the fourth quarter of 2008. During the first quarter of 2012, PayScale found that U.S…. Read More…
It’s March Madness time, which means college hoops fans everywhere are filling out brackets in anticipation of one of the most exciting sports tournaments around. Now, there are all sorts of strategies for picking the winning teams — from geography to strength of schedule to the team’s mascot. For the past few years, Seattle online… Read More…
Startup companies all over the country are fighting hard to attract and retain top technology talent — a tough chore given the rise of powerhouses such as Facebook and Amazon.com which are lapping up engineers and developers at every turn. (No wonder some startups have resorted to giving away cats in order to find engineers)…. Read More…
The Seattle area led the nation in wage increases during the third quarter, buoyed by the region’s strong high-tech industry, according to the a new report from PayScale. The study of the top 20 metro markets in the U.S. put Seattle on top with overall wage increases of 1.9 percent during the quarter. That was… Read More…
We’ve been talking a lot about the lack of investment dollars flowing to entrepreneurial ventures in the Seattle area. But let’s not forget all of the good stuff going on. A post today from Business Insider and a comment on GeekWire from Founder’s Co-op director Andy Sack brought that message home. It has been a… Read More…
PayScale, the Seattle online salary comparison site, has scored an additional $7 million in venture capital financing in a deal led by SAP Ventures. Past backers of the company — including Fluke Venture Partners, Madrona Venture Group, Montlake Capital and Trinity Ventures — also participated. The new capital infusion will go to sales and marketing efforts… Read More…
I spent a portion of my Sunday evening analyzing the NCAA Men’s basketball pool. It was a tough task trying to fill out the brackets given that I’ve watched a total of about 20 minutes of college hoops this winter. But now there’s another method of predicting the madness: Salaries. PayScale, the Seattle online salary… Read More…
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