Seattle sees increase in median base pay year over year, no change in job growth, report finds
The number of job openings in the Seattle metro area remained unchanged year over year, according to a new report released Tuesday. But the median base pay in the area rose by nearly 2% in December 2019 over the same time last year.
A new job market report from Glassdoor found there were 107,528 metro job openings in Seattle in December 2019. The industry that saw the most growth in job openings in Seattle was energy and utilities, which saw a 24.1% increase year over year. That was followed by industries including supermarkets, beauty and fitness, and biotech and pharmaceuticals.
Media and publishing saw the slowest growth in job openings year over year, down 48.1% in the last month of 2019, according to the report. Telecommunications, and transportation and logistics also saw slow growth in job openings over the past year.
Pay in Seattle rose by 1.9% over last year, to a median base pay of $64,752, according to Glassdoor. The jobs that saw the greatest increases in pay included loan officers, which saw their average pay go up 11.9% year over year, to a median base pay of $55,787. The role of Java developer saw the slowest growth in pay, down 2.6% year over year to a median base pay of $93,392.
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