The PayScale Index (US): Trends in Compensation

2012: Following steady growth in 2011, wages plateaued in Atlanta at the start of 2012. However, wages are still more than 1 percent higher than the previous year.

2007-2011: After rising on par with national trends in 2007, wage gains in Atlanta slowed compared to the rest of the country during 2008, showing early signs of the coming recession. Atlanta ended the year with little wage growth.

After that, Atlanta employees’ earnings suffered a sharp drop in 2009, plummeting 2 percent from their peak. The market price for Atlanta workers changed very little in 2010 but small, steady growth in 2011 pushed wages for workers in Atlanta up an entire percent by Q4.

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The Atlanta Metro Area includes people in Atlanta, Ga.; Sandy Springs, Ga.; Marietta, Ga.; and the surrounding areas.

The PayScale Index tracks quarterly changes in total cash compensation for full-time, private industry employees in the United States. In addition to a national index, it includes separate indices for specific industries, metropolitan areas, job categories, and company sizes. The PayScale Index uses 2006 average total cash compensation as a baseline.

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