Financial Activities Compensation Trends
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Introduction

This release of the Compensation Trends series, a quarterly white paper that analyzes compensation in specific industry sectors, focuses on the Financial Activities sector, which is defined as establishments operating primarily in the fields of finance, insurance, and real estate, as well as holding and other investment offices and foundations. 

Overall Salary Trends

July salaries for the Financial Activities sector in the U.S. have increased by 0.38% over the April 1 data release. This rate of growth is lower than the predicted quarterly rate of 0.77%. Growth over the past year has been 2.00%, with an average quarterly growth of 0.50%.

Compensation Trends
The Financial Activities Compensation Trends report is designed to capture salary changes across jobs in the Financial Activities sector found in the United States economy. This index shows how national compensation has
changed over the 20 years prior to the time of publication. 
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