The real (inflation-adjusted) median earnings of both men and women who worked full-time, year-round declined between 2003 and 2004, according to the Census Bureau. In each of the 50 states and the District of Columbia, women's earnings were less than men's in 2004. The District of Columbia was the area with the greatest parity between men's and women's earnings.
Manufacturers are finding it more difficult to find skilled workers to fill
key positions and some are offering higher starting wages in response, according
to a monthly report by the Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM) and
the Rutgers University School of Management and Labor Relations.
New York County in New York, which contains Manhattan, has the highest payroll per employee among the nation’s largest counties, while Los Angeles County, California, has the highest number of businesses, according to the U.S. Census Bureau.
Average parking costs in the U.S. and Canada have increased for the second year in a row, according to a Boston-based real-estate consultantcy that conducts an annual survey on the topic.
Benefit costs advanced 0.8 percent from March to June 2005, moderating from the gain of 1.2 percent in the previous quarter, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics of the U.S. Department of Labor.
Compensation is an art as much as it is a science and the salary survey is
an important tool in navigating both worlds, according to Cheryl Aldrich, a
senior compensation consultant in the St. Louis office of Palmer & Cay.
Private wage and salary disbursements increased $6.2 billion in May, compared
with an increase of $39.7 billion in April, according to the Bureau of Economic
Analysis.
The nation's largest companies granted fewer stock options to chief executive
officers again in 2005, but the value of the options increased for the second consecutive
year, according to an analysis by Watson Wyatt, a human capital
consulting firm.
