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The average worker in the Seattle area in the information sector earns $121,000 per year, which is the second-highest salary in the country, behind only San Jose, Calif. On Numbers, the research division of American City Business Journals, reports the national average yearly pay for the countrys 2.57 million information sector workers is $78,100. The […]

The Gardner Report: Second Quarter, Volume XVIII (Western Washington) REGIONAL ECONOMICS There’s an old saying in Western Washington that you have to wait until the 5th of July for summer to start and that, after a prolonged period of tedium, light starts to shine. In reviewing the latest data on the economy and real estate […]

Bartell Drugs will move its headquarters from Seattle’s Georgetown neighborhood to West Seattle. The Seattle Times reports Bartell headquarters, currently on Denver Avenue South where it’s been for 23 years, will move to the former home of Services Group of America at the West Seattle Corporate Center at 4025 Delridge Way S.W. Bartell employs about […]

U.S. mortgage rates rose for the first time in seven weeks, increasing from the record lows that have helped stabilize the housing market. The average rate for a 30-year fixed mortgage climbed to 3.55 percent in the week ended today from 3.49 percent, the lowest level in records dating to 1971, according to a statement […]