Latest from The Spokesman-Review

• Community snapshot: Average wages

  August 14, 2011 in Business Indicator tracks wages and salaries for most of those employed locally and in the state. 1

• Shawn Vestal: Wages fall depending on where workers fall

  July 27, 2011 in City on Page A5 The story of the Spokane economy is a good news-bad news scenario. But it’s no joke. The recovery has arrived with a vengeance for some people. Everyone else is still … 64

• Pay raises lag in public sector

  January 16, 2011 in City on Page A1 An analysis of recent wage increases shows that the pay of many local government workers is rising slightly slower than the rate of workers in the private sector. From 2002 … 30

• School administrators’ pay among highest in county

    February 6, 2010 in City on Page A1 Spokane-area public school administrators were not sheltered from the budget storm that howled across Washington last year. An analysis of top administrators’ pay in the Spokane area’s three largest districts … 15

• Wages & means

  July 12, 2009 in City on Page A1 Jobs with great pay and excellent benefits can be hard to come by in a recession – but not necessarily at City Hall. The city of Spokane hasn’t stopped filling … 17

• Teenagers delay getting jobs

  August 10, 2007 in City on Page A1 Kathy Belisle wants her 16-year-old and 17-year-old to develop a work ethic and earn their own spending money. But when she looked at the activities penciled into the family’s calendar, …