The PayScale Index (US): Trends in Compensation

2012: Consumer goods and travelers must be on the move again as wage levels in transportation and warehousing rose quickly in Q1 2012, growing more than 1.5 percent over the previous quarter. If this level of wage growth keeps up then wages in this industry will be back to their pre-recession levels within the next quarter.

2007-2011: After a strong rise in wages through late 2008, workers in this industry suffered higher losses in 2009 than those in most other industries, and stagnant wages in 2010. Ground gained in early 2011 had disappeared, and then some, by Q4 2011.

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The transportation and warehousing/storage industry (48), as defined by the North American Industry Classification System (NAICS), includes the following: air, water and rail transportation, freight trucking, urban transit systems, taxi service, pipeline transportation of oil and natural gas, sightseeing transportation, postal service, warehousing. View the full definition on Census.gov.

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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