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Article: High Tech Wage Earners Not Gaining Ground According to Yoh Index of Technology Wages; Wages for High-Impact, Experienced Technology Professionals Fell 0.8% in the First Quarter.
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- May 18, 2005
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PHILADELPHIA -- Business may be looking brighter for high-tech companies, but wages for high-technology professionals decreased 0.8% overall in the first three months of 2005, compared to the first quarter of 2004, according to the latest Yoh Index of Technology Wages, the quarterly compensation index used by Fortune 100 companies to determine salary scales.
While technology wages rose 3.1% in January, wage gains were lost in February and March. San Francisco, Portland, and Philadelphia enjoyed the highest wage increases in the first quarter of 2005, while wages in Houston, Washington, and Atlanta declined.
Overall, the Yoh Index of Technology Wages ...