The PayScale Index (US): Trends in Compensation

2012: Dallas started 2012 on a high note as wages experienced quarter-over-quarter growth of about 1 percent, bringing them within spitting distance of their Q1 2009 peak levels. Will this quarterly wage growth, which has been the highest in more than two years, last throughout 2012? Time will tell.

2007-2011: In Dallas, Texas, where telecommunications and energy companies bring in big money, wages grew faster than they did nationally for most of 2007 and 2008. And Dallas mostly held onto those gains, staying an average of about 1 percent ahead of the national PayScale Index from 2008 through 2010. In 2011, wage growth slowed in Dallas, bringing wage trends below the national line and barely making any gains over the year.

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The Dallas Metro Area includes people in Dallas, Texas; Fort Worth, Texas; Arlington, Texas; Plano, Texas; Irving, Texas; 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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