The annual median wage in the United States rose 2 percent year-over-year in August to $51,556, per Glassdoor’s latest Local Pay Reports.
Wages for full-time workers grew the fastest in San Francisco, Boston, Washington, D.C., Seattle, and Los Angeles while the least amount of wage growth was tracked in New York, Philadelphia, Chicago, Atlanta, and Houston. CNBC has more details about growth rates and the median base pay by major metro.
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