Depending on their marketplace demand, different types of workers enjoy better or worse salary offers year to year. How much have employers valued workers with certain skills, knowledge and abilities recently?
See PayScale’s list of job categories ranked by wage trends and see which types of jobs are seeing improvement in wages overall.
| Rank | Job Category | Q4 2018 Year-Over-Year One Year Wage Growth |
| 1 | Marketing and Advertising Jobs | 5.5% |
| 2 | Art and Design Jobs | 3.1% |
| 3 | Sales Jobs | 2.5% |
| 4 | Information Technology Jobs | 2.3% |
| 5 | Accounting and Finance Jobs | 2.0% |
| 6 (tie) | Legal Jobs | 1.6% |
| Science and Biotech Jobs | 1.6% | |
| 8 | Media and Publishing Jobs | 1.5% |
| 9 (tie) | Human Resources Jobs | 1.4% |
| Social Service Jobs | 1.4% | |
| 11 | Administrative and Clerical Jobs | 1.3% |
| 12 | Architecture and Engineering Jobs | 1.2% |
| 13 | Retail Jobs | 0.4% |
| 14 | Healthcare Practitioners and Technical Healthcare Jobs | 0.2% |
| 15 | Food Service and Restaurant Jobs | -0.8% |
| 16 | Construction Jobs | -1.2% |
| 17 | Installation, Maintenance and Repair Jobs | -2.2% |
| 18 | Manufacturing and Production Jobs | -2.4% |
| 19 | Transportation Jobs | -3.9% |
The PayScale Index tracks quarterly changes in total cash compensation for full-time, private industry employees and education professionals in the United States. In addition to a national index, it includes separate indices for specific industries, metropolitan areas, job categories, and company sizes. The PayScale Index uses 2006 average total cash compensation as a baseline.