The PayScale Index (US): Trends in Compensation

2012: In Q1 2012, wages in the wholesale trade industry continued the steady upward movement they started in Q2 2011. Wages in the first quarter of 2012 grew 0.7 percent over the previous quarter and achieved year-over-year growth of 1.5 percent.

2007-2011: Wages in this industry tracked national trends through 2007 and 2008, hitting their peak at the end of 2008. Earnings then declined throughout 2009, dropping to their lowest point in Q1 2010, nearly 2.5 percent below their peak more than a year earlier, about 1 percent below the national average. Wages for wholesale workers then trended upward slowly during the rest of 2010 and 2011, ending 2011 nearly a full percent ahead of a year earlier.

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The wholesale trade (42), as defined by the North American Industry Classification System (NAICS), includes the following: wholesalers of motor vehicle parts, lumber, furniture, office equipment, hospital equipment, coal, electrical appliances, construction equipment, sporting equipment, groceries. 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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