Is your salary public information?
Is your salary public information?
Salaries are almost always confidential, but that’s just cultural. Your employees may already be talking. American culture says that salary information is confidential; 43 percent of married couples couldn’t correctly name their spouse’s salary.
How many employees does King County have?
King County’s 2019 labor force was about 1.29 million, with an average annual unemployment rate of 2.8 percent. Within this estimate, about 1.25 million county residents were counted among the employed and nearly 36,000 were counted among the unemployed.
Who determine the salary of an employee?
Employers decide how much they pay their employees by establishing a salary range. A salary range consists of a minimum pay rate, middle-range possibilities for pay increases and a maximum pay rate.
What is Seattle unemployment rate?
Seattle-Bellevue-Everett, WA
| Data Series | June 2021 | Sept 2021 |
|---|---|---|
| Unemployment Rate(2) | 5.3 | 4.6 |
| Nonfarm Wage and Salary Employment | ||
| Total Nonfarm(3) | 1,716.2 | 1,739.2 |
| 12-month % change | 6.0 | 5.6 |
How much of King County is Seattle?
(The others are Snohomish County to the north, and Pierce County to the south.) About two-thirds of King County’s population lives in Seattle’s suburbs….King County, Washington.
| King County | |
|---|---|
| State | Washington |
| Founded | December 22, 1852 |
| Named for | William R. King (1852–2005) Martin Luther King Jr. (since 2005) |
| Seat | Seattle |
Does hiring manager decide salary?
Yes but not everywhere. There is an unwritten rule that HR decide the salary part and all budgetary related things. But, in general, what a HR or hiring manager do is they will prepare a salary structure (slabs) for the position they are hiring for. Then they will take it to the Chairman/Boss for the approval.
