Pay Trends for Medium Companies (100-1,500 employees)
Updated April 5, 2012
2012: There is good news for employees at medium-sized companies. Their earnings managed to move beyond previous peak Q4 2008 levels in Q1 2012. Up 1.7 percent year-over-year and 0.7 percent quarter-over-quarter, wages for mid-size companies enjoyed a strong start to 2012.
2007-2011: Even though companies with between 100 and 1,500 employees represent the smallest fraction of employment of the three company sizes tracked by The PayScale Index, medium-sized company wages have been the most "typical" over the last four years, closely tracking national trends.
The market price of workers at medium-sized companies rose steadily in 2007, had a slower rate of increase in 2008, peaked in Q4 2008, and then suffered a substantial drop in 2009, the same as national trends. Earnings hit their low point in Q3 2009, but then changed course by stabilizing through 2010. Medium-sized company employees’ earnings nearly reached their previous Q4 2008 peak levels by the end of 2011.
