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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 | Q1 2017 One Year Wage Growth | |
| 1 | Food Service and Restaurant | 3.7% |
| 2 | Construction | 3.3% |
| 3 | Retail | 3.1% |
| 4 | Social Service | 3.0% |
| 5 (tie) | Administrative and Clerical | 2.7% |
| Manufacturing and Production | 2.7% | |
| 7 | Legal | 2.5% |
| 8 | Accounting and Finance | 2.4% |
| 9 | Healthcare Practitioners and Technical Healthcare | 2.2% |
| 10 (tie) | Art and Design | 2.1% |
| Sales | 2.1% | |
| Transportation | 2.1% | |
| 13 (tie) | Human Resources | 1.8% |
| Science and Biotech | 1.8% | |
| 15 (tie) | Information Technology | 1.7% |
| Installation, Maintenance and Repair | 1.7% | |
| 17 | Architecture and Engineering | 1.5% |
| 18 | Marketing and Advertising | 1.2% |
| 19 | Media and Publishing | 1.0% |
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