Best & Worst Jobs for Wage Growth

BEST & WORST JOBS FOR WAGE GROWTH•Q2 2012 September 29, 2008 June 2009 The Dow Jones suffers its The National Bureau of Economic Research announces the end of the Great Recession." 10% HEALTHCARE worst net loss in history. ARCHITECTURE & ENGINEERING 8% SCIENCE & BIOTECH 6% 4% RETAIL LEGAL 2% ------ -- FOOD SERVICE 0% -2% A p..... 02 03 01 02 03 04 01 02 03 04 01 02 03 Q4 01 02 03 04 01 04 01 02 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 Change in Wages Since 2006 Biggest Increases +9.4% +8.6% +8.1% HEALTHCARE ARCHITECTURE & SCIENCE & BIOTECH ENGINEERING Smallest Increases +3.1% +2.6% +0.8% RETAIL LEGAL FOOD SERVICE View the full PayScale Index: http://www.payscale.com/payscale-index/ Additional sources: 1. http://money.cnn.com/2008/09/29/markets/markets_newyork/index.htm 2. http://www.nber.org/cycles.html PayScale •...