By Les Christie @CNNMoney October 16, 2013: 7:26 AM ET
Washington, D.C.
6 of 10
One-year pay increase: 2.4%
Even though PayScale doesn't use government jobs in its analysis, Washington, D.C., still came out strong in terms of wage growth.
"Lawyers, government contractors, non-profit social services employees, lobbyists have done well over the past year," said PayScale economist Bardaro.
Many of the jobs PayScale looked at rely on government spending.
Unemployment in the metro area was 5.7% in July, two percentage points lower than the national average.
First published October 16, 2013: 7:26 AM ET
Source: PayScale The PayScale Index tracks changes in the earnings of full-time private industry employees on a quarterly basis. It takes into account total cash compensation, which is defined as all cash payments earned by an employee during a year of full-time employment. This report is based on the year-over-year percentage change in compensation for the 12 months ending September 30, 2013. (More on the methodology).
