Business & Tech
Chicago Area Sees Dismal Increase in Wages
Employees in the Chicago metro area saw on average an increase of $830 in wages since 2009, according to a Atlantic Cities report.
When looking at where wages have grown the most—and least—in the country's largest metro areas, an Atlantic Cities report showed the Chicago metro did not fare well.
Employees in the Chicago-Naperville-Joliet metro area on average saw their wages increase by $830 from 2009 to 2012 and was the only metro area in the United States where workers saw wages rise less than $1,000, according to the Atlantic Cities report.
The Washington, D.C., area saw the largest increase in wages for large U.S. metro areas with workers seeing an average increase of $4,600, according to the Atlantic Cities.
Meanwhile, a recent Bright.com report did not include Chicago in its top ten metro areas with the most job openings, according to an article on the Wall Street Journal website. The Chicago area averaged 100 job openings per 10,000 residents, according to the Wall Street Journal.
The Seattle-Tacoma-Belluvue, Wash., area topped Bright.com's list with 168.44 job openings per 10,000 residents while the northeast was singled out for its low ratio of jobs per residents, according to the Wall Street Journal.
Read more on the Wall Street Journal and on the Atlantic Cities website.
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