The numbers jumped off the first page of the governmental report on salary trends that came across the wires Tuesday morning:
Average weekly wages in St. Louis increased by 56.8 percent during the last quarter of 2008, the Bureau of Labor Statistics announced, the largest such gain in the nation.
By comparison, the bureau noted, "the U.S. average rose by 2.2 percent over the same time span."
Wages up 56.8 percent in St. Louis - STLtoday.com (http://www.stltoday.com/stltoday/news/stories.nsf/story/314FA79C18C972A8862575FA007AEE42?OpenDocument - broken link)
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