Best & Worst Cities for Wage Growth (Updated July 10, 2012)

BEST & WORST CITIES FOR WAGE GROWTH • Q2 2012 September 29, 2008 The Dow Jones suffers its HOUSTON, TX worst net loss in history. June 2009 10% The National Bureau of Economic Research announces the end of the Great Recession. SEATTLE, WA 8% DALLAS, TX 6% ATLANTA, GA 4% -------. RIVERSIDE, CA DETROIT, MI 2% 0% -2% 01 02 03 04 01 02 03 04 01 02 03 04 02 03 04 01 02 03 04 01 01 02 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 Change in Wages Since 2006 Biggest Increases +10.3% +9.9% +7.6% HOUSTON, TX SEATTLE, WA DALLAS, TX Smallest Increases +4.0% +3.2% +3.1% ATLANTA, GA RIVERSIDE, CA DETROIT, MI View the full PayScale Index: http://www.payscale.com/payscale-index/ Additional sources: 1. http://money.cnn.com/2008/09/29/markets/markets_newyork/index.htm PayScale 2. http://www.nber.org/cycles.html BEST & WORST CITIES FOR WAGE GROWTH • Q2 2012 September 29, 2008 The Dow Jones suffers its HOUSTON, TX worst net loss in history. June 2009 10% The National Bureau of Economic Research announces the end of the Great Recession. SEATTLE, WA 8% DALLAS, TX 6% ATLANTA, GA 4% -------. RIVERSIDE, CA DETROIT, MI 2% 0% -2% 01 02 03 04 01 02 03 04 01 02 03 04 02 03 04 01 02 03 04 01 01 02 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 Change in Wages Since 2006 Biggest Increases +10.3% +9.9% +7.6% HOUSTON, TX SEATTLE, WA DALLAS, TX Smallest Increases +4.0% +3.2% +3.1% ATLANTA, GA RIVERSIDE, CA DETROIT, MI View the full PayScale Index: http://www.payscale.com/payscale-index/ Additional sources: 1. http://money.cnn.com/2008/09/29/markets/markets_newyork/index.htm PayScale 2. http://www.nber.org/cycles.html BEST & WORST CITIES FOR WAGE GROWTH • Q2 2012 September 29, 2008 The Dow Jones suffers its HOUSTON, TX worst net loss in history. June 2009 10% The National Bureau of Economic Research announces the end of the Great Recession. SEATTLE, WA 8% DALLAS, TX 6% ATLANTA, GA 4% -------. RIVERSIDE, CA DETROIT, MI 2% 0% -2% 01 02 03 04 01 02 03 04 01 02 03 04 02 03 04 01 02 03 04 01 01 02 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 Change in Wages Since 2006 Biggest Increases +10.3% +9.9% +7.6% HOUSTON, TX SEATTLE, WA DALLAS, TX Smallest Increases +4.0% +3.2% +3.1% ATLANTA, GA RIVERSIDE, CA DETROIT, MI View the full PayScale Index: http://www.payscale.com/payscale-index/ Additional sources: 1. http://money.cnn.com/2008/09/29/markets/markets_newyork/index.htm PayScale 2. http://www.nber.org/cycles.html