Seattle ranks 2nd for women entrepreneurs but has the worst gender wage gap in America

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While Seattle ranks second in the nation for women entrepreneurs, the gender wage gap in the Emerald City is another story. A new study is out that shows Seattle having the largest wage gap between men and women among the 50 major cities in the country. The study, performed by the National Partnership for Women… Read More…

Salaries decrease in Q1, but small companies still thriving

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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…

Tech workers making more money, new research shows

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Last week, we wrote about how tech salaries are expected to increase in 2013, and another study is out today that provides more good news for people in tech jobs. The study, performed by Seattle-based salary data company PayScale, analyzed trends by city, industry, company size and job category. Using data on all private-sector, full-time employees, PayScale found… Read More…

Salaries rebound as Seattle leads U.S. in wage growth

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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…