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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 | Q3 2017 One Year Wage Growth | |
| 1 | Science and Biotech | 3.6% |
| 2 | Sales | 3.5% |
| 3 | Retail | 3.4% |
| 4 (tie) | Construction | 3.3% |
| Installation, Maintenance and Repair | 3.3% | |
| 6 (tie) | Healthcare Practitioners and Technical Healthcare | 3.1% |
| Manufacturing and Production | 3.1% | |
| Transportation | 3.1% | |
| 9 (tie) | Administrative and Clerical | 3.0% |
| Art and Design | 3.0% | |
| Legal | 3.0% | |
| 12 (tie) | Accounting and Finance | 2.8% |
| Food Service and Restaurant | 2.8% | |
| Marketing and Advertising | 2.8% | |
| 15 | Social Service | 2.5% |
| 16 | Human Resources | 2.2% |
| 17 (tie) | Architecture and Engineering | 2.0% |
| Information Technology | 2.0% | |
| Media and Publishing | 2.0% |
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