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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 | Q2 2017 One Year Wage Growth | |
| 1 | Food Service and Restaurant | 3.6% |
| 2 | Installation, Maintenance and Repair | 3.2% |
| 3 | Manufacturing and Production | 3.1% |
| 4 (tie) | Construction | 3.0% |
| Social Service | 3.0% | |
| 6 (tie) | Retail | 2.9% |
| Transportation | 2.9% | |
| 8 | Healthcare Practitioners and Technical Healthcare | 2.8% |
| 9 (tie) | Administrative and Clerical | 2.7% |
| Sales | 2.7% | |
| 11 | Legal | 2.5% |
| 12 | Science and Biotech | 2.3% |
| 13 | Architecture and Engineering | 2.2% |
| 14 | Media and Publishing | 2.1% |
| 15 (tie) | Art and Design | 2.0% |
| Information Technology | 2.0% | |
| 17 | Marketing and Advertising | 1.9% |
| 18 | Human Resources | 1.8% |
| 19 | Accounting and Finance | 1.4% |
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