May 16, 2018 | Steve Milne
Sacramento-area workers earn 9 percent more than the national average according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, which released its annual employment and wage data Wednesday.
March 29, 2018 | Steve Milne
It's getting even harder to buy a home in Sacramento County. New data lend credence to one major cause: more people are moving to the area from higher-cost coastal markets.
June 29, 2017 | Steve Milne
Sacramento County's median home price was $318,000 in the second-quarter of this year, helping to sink the affordability index even further. Analysts say affordability is the lowest it's been since the first quarter of 2008.
March 30, 2017 | Steve Milne
Home prices continue to outpace wage growth in Sacramento County. The median sales price in the first-quarter was about $293,000, up six percent from a year ago. While wages only went up five percent.
January 10, 2017 | Sally Schilling
Many employees at UC Davis and the UC Davis Medical Center are striking Tuesday as part of a statewide day of action across all UC campuses.
September 29, 2016 | Steve Milne
This won't be news to people struggling to buy a home. But new data show housing affordability in the four-county Sacramento area is getting worse.
June 23, 2016 | Steve Milne
A new report finds that home prices continue to outpace wage growth throughout the country - including the Sacramento region.
March 24, 2016 | Steve Milne
New data show Sacramento County homes prices increased by 6 percent in the first quarter of this year compared to a year ago. During the same period, wages went up by only 2 percent. The numbers appear in RealtyTrac's "Home Affordability Index."
June 24, 2015 | Steve Milne
The U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics today said the average worker in the Sacramento area earns 10 percent above the U.S. average. BLS also says probation officers and correctional treatment specialists make more in Sacramento than other U.S. cities.
April 23, 2014 | Max Pringle
California employees owed back wages would be able to place a lien on their former employer’s property under a bill that cleared the Assembly Labor and Employment Committee Wednesday.
