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 | Q3 2018 Year-Over-Year Wage Growth |
| 1 | Marketing and Advertising | 3.5% |
| 2 | Accounting and Finance | 1.8% |
| 3 | Social Service | 1.6% |
| 4 | Information Technology | 1.3% |
| 5 | Science and Biotech | 1.2% |
| 6 (tie) | Art and Design | 1.1% |
| Media and Publishing | 1.1% | |
| 8 (tie) | Human Resources | 1.0% |
| Retail | 1.0% | |
| 10 | Architecture and Engineering | 0.9% |
| 11 | Administrative and Clerical | 0.7% |
| 12 | Legal | 0.4% |
| 13 | Sales | -0.4% |
| 14 | Construction | -0.5% |
| 15 | Healthcare Practitioners and Technical Healthcare | -0.8% |
| 16 | Food Service and Restaurant | -0.9% |
| 17 | Installation, Maintenance and Repair | -1.6% |
| 18 | Manufacturing and Production | -3.1% |
| 19 | Transportation | -3.8% |
| Rank | Q3 2018 One Year Wage Growth | |
| 1 | Marketing and Advertising | 3.5% |
| 2 | Accounting and Finance | 1.8% |
| 3 | Social Service | 1.6% |
| 4 | Information Technology | 1.3% |
| 5 | Science and Biotech | 1.2% |
| 6 (tie) | Art and Design | 1.1% |
| Media and Publishing | 1.1% | |
| 8 (tie) | Human Resources | 1.0% |
| Retail | 1.0% | |
| 10 | Architecture and Engineering | 0.9% |
| 11 | Administrative and Clerical | 0.7% |
| 12 | Legal | 0.4% |
| 13 | Sales | -0.4% |
| 14 | Construction | -0.5% |
| 15 | Healthcare Practitioners and Technical Healthcare | -0.8% |
| 16 | Food Service and Restaurant | -0.9% |
| 17 | Installation, Maintenance and Repair | -1.6% |
| 18 | Manufacturing and Production | -3.1% |
| 19 | Transportation | -3.8% |