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PayScale Index: U.S. Wages Grow for 8th Consecutive Quarter

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grew for the eighth consecutive quarter, according to the newly updated PayScale Index. percent since Q1 2017 and 2.4 Wages continue to experience modest growth with variability across industries, job families and metro areas,” said Katie Bardaro, Vice President of Data Analytics and Lead Economist at PayScale. Wages in the U.S.

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PayScale Index: Wage Growth Slows in Q1

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percent annually in the first quarter of 2017, according to the newly updated PayScale Index , but slowed from Q4 2016. The labor market is in transition from the post-election bump in Q4,” said Katie Bardaro, VP of Data Analytics and Lead Economist at PayScale. Download the Q1 2017 U.S. PayScale Index.

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The Ripple Effect of a Pay Strategy Change

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PayScale was there for The Elevate Summit , BambooHR’s first ever user conference, and we know many of you were too. One particularly special session for us was “The Ripple Effect of a Pay Strategy Change,” in which PayScale CPO Dave Smith presented with Justin Gagnon, CEO of our customer, Choicelunch. Communicating Compensation.

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PayScale Is Headed to #SHRM17 Conference. See You There?

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Next week, June 18 – 21, the PayScale crew is off to New Orleans for SHRM17 Annual Conference and Exposition. We have two awesome prizes we’re raffling off: Trip to our own Compference 2017 , the modern compensation event featuring over 500 compensation leaders. 06/19/2017 | 02:00 PM – 03:15 PM (Room 255-257). Let’s talk.

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7 Compensation Resolutions for 2017

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That said, 2016 was a challenging year for me, so to start 2017 off right I thought I’d get back into the practice of resolving to do something differently this year. Without further ado, Compensation Resolutions 2017: seven ways to start the new year right! Check out these seven compensation #resolutions 2017! Click To Tweet.

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Surprising Statistics May Shape 2017 Compensation Programs

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The pursuit of the right talent continues to be highly competitive and, according to the latest research from PayScale, that pursuit is shaping compensation programs and strategies. PayScale says compensation strategy tends to be fluid from year to year, evolving as the workforce and competitive landscape change.

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Compensation Trends: Disruption in Action at the 2017 Total Rewards Show

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The keynote address at this year’s WorldatWork 2017 Total Rewards show was by Peter Sheahan, author of Matter: Move Beyond the Competition, Create More Value, and Become the Obvious Choice. It’s been a year since PayScale added MarketPay to our business, and we’ve learned a lot about enterprise total rewards from our new colleagues.