Every month, job review site Glassdoor sifts through the troves of data submitted by its users to see make sense of the labor market.
Across the board, US workers saw a 1.6% jump in October compared to the previous year, but in some cities that growth was over 2%.
“U.S. wage growth is steady but slow. We’ve seen incremental increases over the past few months after a slight decline of U.S. median pay over the summer months,” said Glassdoor’s chief economist Andrew Chamberlain. “While we are still well below the 3.5 percent pay growth rate of January, I am encouraged by the slight salary increases recorded since August and anticipate growth to continue to accelerate through the end of the year.”
While the data isn’t official — government numbers were released by the Bureau of Labor Statistics on Friday — the results provide an insight to which metro areas were seeing the biggest wage growth,and by how much.
Here are the 10 US cities where paychecks are growing the quickest:
9. Philadelphia
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.AP Photo/Matt Rourke
Year-over-year wage growth: 0.4%
Median base pay: $54,142
8. Washington D.C.
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Year-over-year wage growth: 1.1%
Median base pay: $58,676
6. New York City
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Year-over-year wage growth: 1.4%
Median base pay: $60,294
4. Boston
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Year-over-year wage growth: 1.7%
Median base pay: $58,504
3. Los Angeles
Year-over-year wage growth: 2.0%
Median base pay: $59,478
2. Seattle
Year-over-year wage growth: 2.1%
Median base pay: $60,333
This story was originally published by Glassdoor.
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