What does the US Job Postings Wage Growth and Transparency table measure?

It measures the year-on-year growth rate of advertised wages and the percentage of job listings disclosing salary information in the United States, published monthly by Hiring Lab (Indeed) since 2019.

How frequently is the data updated and how far back does it go?

The data is published monthly and historical series begin in 2019, providing continuous tracking of advertised wage trends in the United States.

Which breakdowns are available in this table?

The table provides an aggregate national figure for the United States alongside detailed sector and occupational breakdowns, including childcare, customer service, management, and manufacturing.

How does this series differ from average hourly earnings?

Unlike official employment reports that track currently employed workers, this table measures the offered compensation for newly posted jobs, making it a more immediate indicator of wage shifts in the United States.

US Job Postings Wage Growth and Transparency

Name: US Job Postings Wage Growth and Transparency
Creator: Hiring Lab (Indeed)
License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

US indeed job postings wage growth rate and salary transparency data from Hiring Lab since 2019.

Source: Hiring Lab (Indeed)Last updated: Sep 21, 2026, 15:07Curated by Bui Thanh PhucAbout this data ↓

Indicator	08-2026	07-2026	06-2026	05-2026	04-2026	03-2026	02-2026	01-2026	12-2025	11-2025	10-2025	09-2025	08-2025	07-2025	06-2025	05-2025	04-2025	03-2025	02-2025	01-2025	12-2024	11-2024	10-2024	09-2024	08-2024	07-2024	06-2024	05-2024	04-2024	03-2024	02-2024	01-2024	12-2023	11-2023	10-2023	09-2023	08-2023
Job Posting Wage Growth Rate (YOY)20
United States Overall	2.46	2.58	2.5	2.5	2.44	2.42	2.22	2.12	2.15	2.4	2.43	2.63	2.7	2.5	2.94	3	3.03	3.13	3.33	3.42	3.23	3.45	3.45	3.33	3.33	3.3	3.11	3.03	2.94	3.03	3.06	3.03	3.33	3.56	3.7	4.17	4.17
Administrative & Clerical	2.78	2.9	2.94	3.02	3.06	3.03	2.63	2.7	2.43	3.01	3.04	3.13	3.13	2.94	3.18	3.25	3.03	3.28	4.29	4.48	4.55	4.88	4.45	4.35	3.9	4.6	3.95	3.95	4.01	3.85	3.94	4.09	4.26	4.26	4.44	4.82	5
Childcare	0.76	1.1	0	2.87	1.37	1.06	2.78	3.33	3.05	3.23	2.66	3.03	2.76	2.62	5.88	3.03	3.7	2.94	1.96	3.17	6.25	3.57	3.77	3.53	4	3.35	5	4.48	4.17	5.26	4.09	4.62	5.1	4.85	5.77	4.88	5
Cleaning & Sanitation	2.7	2.12	2.56	2.19	2.22	1.9	2.13	1.64	1.97	2.86	2.38	2.57	2.48	2.5	3.13	2.94	2.78	2.82	3.02	3.13	2.86	3.23	3.13	3.28	3.28	3.77	3.17	3.2	3.33	3.59	3.85	3.85	3.7	4.85	4.11	4.92	4.17
Community & Social Services	2	1.85	1.05	1.79	1.67	1.79	1.91	2.02	1.59	1.87	2.45	3.12	2.5	2.45	3.43	3.35	2.94	3.27	4	3.33	3.63	3.7	3.76	3.78	3.92	3.88	4	3.76	3.45	3.61	4.17	3.64	4.55	5.25	5	5.75	5.09
Construction	3.33	3.31	3.09	3.46	3.02	3.02	2.08	2.22	3.33	3.33	2.75	3.41	3.04	2.56	2.22	1.85	2.22	2.33	2.81	3.48	2.91	3.67	2.83	2.38	3.02	3.13	3.55	3.82	2.79	3.13	2.56	2.86	3.97	3.45	3.45	4.17	3.57
Customer Service	3.17	2.94	3.09	3.13	2.99	2.69	2.54	1.69	2.06	2.5	2.99	3.45	2.77	2.94	2.98	2.94	2.94	3.51	3.45	3.27	3.03	3.13	3.33	3.13	2.54	3.27	3.06	3.03	2.66	3.03	3.33	3.32	3.33	4	4.35	4.17	5
Dental	3.92	3.64	2.33	2.27	2.4	2.54	2.38	3.26	3.9	2.34	3	2.22	3.01	2.38	3.9	2.56	2.33	2.78	3.47	2.96	4	4.26	4.6	4.49	4	4.7	4.28	4.76	5.05	4.4	5.06	5.07	4.71	5.26	4.97	5	6.25
Education & Instruction	1.03	1.93	1.56	2.04	1.25	2.02	2.13	1.85	2	2.41	1.84	1.79	2.69	2.86	3.42	2.84	4.35	3.45	4.18	4.26	3.77	4.61	3.69	4.53	4.42	3.85	3.9	4.46	3.16	3.33	3.82	3.64	4.28	4.28	4.15	4.17	5.17
Food Preparation & Service	2.6	2.86	2.78	2.73	2.78	2.56	2.6	2	1.79	2.09	2.14	2.08	2.56	1.53	2.77	2.78	2.6	2.94	2.42	2.91	2.13	2.22	2.78	2.5	2.56	2.86	2.46	2.33	2.26	2.47	2.44	2.78	3.33	3.33	3.75	4.17	3.92
Installation & Maintenance	3.03	3.03	2.7	3	2.84	2.86	2.54	2.4	2.31	2.48	2.5	2.59	2.53	2.78	2.82	3.03	2.97	3.25	3.21	3.44	3.49	3.7	3.23	2.78	3.33	2.86	2.88	2.97	3.13	3.42	3	3.26	3.61	3.63	4	4.52	4.55
Loading & Warehousing	2.56	2.78	2.78	2.57	2.63	2.38	2.03	2.22	2.56	2.44	2.6	2.71	2.5	2.08	2.02	2.16	1.89	2.44	2.78	2.31	1.43	1.95	2.7	2.86	3.11	2.88	3.13	3.38	3.45	3.03	3.29	3.82	4.48	4.29	3.6	3.9	3.74
Management	3.7	3.45	4.34	3.05	3.13	3	2.7	2.23	2.62	2.44	2.5	2.86	2.86	2.54	3.7	4.35	4.05	4.17	4	4.39	4.06	4.69	4.09	4.17	3.93	4.39	2.81	2.59	2.89	3.02	2.13	1.85	2.93	3.13	3.84	5.18	5.15
Healthcare Technician	0.87	1.79	1.42	1.12	0.53	1.97	1.99	1.51	1.49	2.44	2.39	2.88	3.7	2.86	3.03	2.96	3.85	4	3.92	3.21	3.29	3.83	3.23	3.14	2.94	3.04	2.73	3.63	2.64	2.93	3.13	3.64	3.49	3.4	4.47	5	5.16
Nursing	1.59	1.75	1.32	0.88	1.12	1.01	0.97	1.34	1.02	1.15	1.35	1.18	1.93	1.67	1.95	2.35	2.01	2.44	1.51	2.35	2.2	2.22	2.63	2.86	2.61	2.94	2.7	2.17	2.38	2.62	2.74	1.71	1.84	2.55	2.41	2.5	2.44
Personal Care & Home Health	2.97	2.84	2.78	2.94	3.13	3.08	2.97	2.76	2.94	3.17	3.13	3.51	3.03	3.03	3.44	3.33	3.33	3.58	3.13	3.67	3.13	3.03	3.33	3.23	3.33	3.7	3.45	3.85	3.23	3.33	3.22	3.03	4.12	3.83	4.93	6.25	4.41
Manufacturing	3.12	3.23	2.63	2.44	2.8	2.56	3.7	2.94	3.06	2.94	2.38	3.16	2.56	2.78	2.63	2.63	2.38	2.63	2.56	2.5	2.38	2.63	3.03	3.06	2.95	2.94	2.7	2.73	2.7	3.23	3.19	3.28	3.57	3.37	3.33	3.17	3.68
Retail	2.63	3.1	3	3.47	3.03	3.29	3.13	2.35	3.03	3.19	2.53	1.8	3.04	2.23	2.36	1.69	1.82	2.19	2.22	1.5	1.92	0.74	2.86	2.28	2.13	1.77	1.82	1.64	2.71	1.1	1.97	1.9	3.03	3.7	3.77	3.45	3.76
Security & Public Safety	2.26	2.78	2.33	2.94	1.96	2.19	2.45	2.65	1.8	2.27	2.67	2.99	2.59	2.65	2.94	3.31	4.49	3.68	5.11	4.6	4.62	5.56	5	5.26	5.38	5	5.19	3.86	3.26	3.54	3.08	4.05	4.53	4.01	3.7	4.55	4.98
Therapy	0.26	0.69	0	0.29	1.12	1.33	0.54	2.1	2.15	2.04	2.33	2.04	2.18	2.44	2.28	2.56	2.12	2.25	2.13	2.27	2.33	2.65	2.04	2.86	2.22	1.75	2.98	2.56	2.33	1.96	2.86	3.23	3.65	3.76	4.88	4.55	4.68
Job Postings Disclosing Salary (%)48
United States (Total)	51.8	51.06	50.36	49.71	49.92	50.18	50.11	49.48	49.64	49.73	50.11	49.46	49.15	48.49	48.09	48.98	48.65	48.61	48.52	47.69	45.63	45.56	46.23	46.45	46.34	45.86	44.73	44.34	43.49	43.37	42.36	41.64	41.61	41.84	42.12	41.21	40.7
Accounting	53.08	56.66	55.25	54.91	50.87	47.65	47.89	47.83	48.6	48.21	48.53	47.82	46.62	48.11	51.84	51.63	50.79	43.8	44.78	45.92	44.18	44.19	43.23	42.44	42.22	44.02	45.2	44.34	42.14	38.91	39.41	39.5	38.01	38.25	38.41	37.52	37.97
Administrative - clerical	57.71	56.81	56.49	56.41	56.57	56.37	56.13	55.86	55.52	55.99	57.44	57.04	56.76	56.32	55.39	55.69	55.76	53.69	54.3	54.2	52.47	52	53.69	52.91	53.45	52.67	51.59	51.37	49.48	49.4	49.24	48.64	47.58	47.95	49.45	48.65	48.7
Architecture	50.19	49.38	49.13	48.52	47.81	48.88	48.85	47.45	46.57	48.31	49.69	51.51	51.06	50.37	48.79	48.91	47.41	46.79	47.07	45.2	40.95	41.16	42.52	42.48	43.38	42.82	42.57	42.44	41	41.55	41.5	40.46	38.83	40.93	42.04	41.8	42.36
Arts and entertainment	52.18	51.45	50.93	49.87	49.58	51.93	50.89	50.31	49.13	49.41	49.47	49.02	48.49	48.54	48.97	49.03	48.68	49.91	49.07	47.5	42.7	42.57	46.53	47.84	47.14	46.14	43.71	45.96	42.08	43.17	44.44	42.58	39.99	40.56	41.29	42.12	40.71
Aviation	47.03	45.58	45.63	45.7	49.3	47.3	45.28	43.91	45.66	46.84	47.3	47.57	45.29	44.29	44.66	44.42	43.78	46.13	46.45	44.76	41.79	43.17	44.97	43.19	43.71	41.73	40.15	38.45	40.94	39.08	38.38	37.36	39.33	39.09	52.32	55.3	54.24
Banking and finance	45.54	45.47	44.72	43.56	42.95	42.56	42.18	39.92	40.86	40.35	39.19	38.21	37.4	38.25	37.05	36.22	36.71	37.22	37.34	35.55	34.27	32.59	34.86	34.53	34.17	34.07	33.57	31.31	29.91	28.78	26.06	28.65	28.45	27.12	27.16	26.29	25.4
Childcare	82.48	81.38	79.71	79.53	80.84	81.84	82.03	82.01	81.18	82.21	82.22	81.95	81.46	79.81	77.89	78.7	80.01	81.14	81.8	82.02	80.9	80.2	80.74	79.99	78.07	77.14	75.84	75.83	77.21	78.99	78.95	78.13	77.26	77.68	76.98	77.35	76.91
Construction Engineering	44.51	45.24	43.88	42.04	42.08	42.73	43.68	42.55	42.2	42.95	43.07	43.73	44.05	44.65	43.29	43.49	43.5	42.17	41.92	40.54	38.64	38.4	37.4	37.61	38.65	38.81	38.37	37.1	36.53	36.65	36.75	34.82	34.28	34.58	34.87	35.12	35.36
Cleaning	65.01	65.38	64.72	64.8	64.89	65.02	63.86	63.07	63.97	63.33	62.84	62.13	62.29	62.77	62.7	62.08	62.87	62.29	61.66	60.05	58.79	58.41	59.43	59.67	59.55	59.01	57.96	56.38	55.85	54.08	52.72	51.13	51.38	51.9	52.12	50.76	51.06
Community and social services	68.88	68.09	67.49	67.48	68.06	68.89	68.93	68.65	69.08	68.59	68.08	67.14	66.7	65.8	64.76	65.84	66.07	66.44	66.19	65.76	64.53	64.08	64.09	64.03	63.16	62.45	61.05	60.66	60.79	61.15	60.53	59.46	59.04	59.17	58.79	57.18	55.71
Construction	59.25	59.18	58.07	58.2	58.18	59.44	57.36	56.2	56.85	58.56	58.72	59.48	60.04	60.51	60.47	59.47	59.58	58.78	56.9	56.38	54.87	55.84	56.63	56.95	56.85	57.01	57.48	58.27	57.8	58.3	56.73	55.01	55.24	57.48	58.62	58.78	58.38
Customer service	46.26	45.33	44.97	44.4	45.13	45.23	44.33	43.87	42.69	43.52	44.71	45.31	43.67	42.18	42.51	45.49	44.68	44.92	44.62	43.33	41.67	42.05	43.14	43.95	42.34	43.82	43.4	44.25	44.28	43.68	43.37	42.1	41.19	42.47	41.83	39.17	39.69
Data and analytics	46.17	44.45	43.88	42.02	41.66	42.62	41.44	39.55	38.83	37.7	38.36	36.82	36.67	37.31	37.47	36.56	36.08	37.23	36.83	36.11	36.16	34.3	33.32	34.02	31.24	30.23	28.14	27.23	27.13	26.57	26.19	26.59	25.36	26.2	25.37	24.79	24.07
Dental	69.65	69.84	69.52	69.15	69.61	71.58	74.39	73.67	72.1	71.79	70.52	70.68	70.96
Driving	63.71	60.26	60.05	61.34	61.6	61.76	62.38	61.94	64.35	65.32	65.54	65.6	65	65.58	66.78	67.62	68.83	68.79	69.79	69.15	67.07	66.83	67.72	67.95	68.19	68.87	66.21	65.49	65.52	65.73	61.16	62.8	63.93	63.41	63.97	63.43	57.68
Education and training	54.95	52.94	50.65	50.22	51.37	52.74	53.48	53.65	54.53	54.49	55.16	56.35	55.15	51.83	48	49.59	51.25	52.14	52.93	53.41	51.4	51.36	52.34	53.8	51.86	48.38	44.67	42.74	42.94	44.38	45.38	44.95	44.49	45.29	45.85	45.93	44.73
Electrical engineering	47.95	47.31	46.15	44.71	45.09	45.97	46.75	44.75	42.82	43.55	45.05	43.82	43.53	45.41	44.65	42.59	43.13	43.76	43.61	42.48	40.01	39.58	40.06	39.53	39.67	39.71	38.34	36.48	36.18	36.23	35.09	34.48	33.51	33.93	33.85	34.57	35.14
Food preparation and service	48.28	46.15	44.92	45.45	45.11	43.54	42.69	41.73	41.57	42.31	43.59	41.38	41.72	40.32	40.05	42.27	41.37	40.91	39.52	38.77	37.63	37.88	39.02	38.94	40.23	38.96	37.79	38.02	36.5	34.78	34.44	32.98	34.63	35.47	36.23	35.76	35.95
Hospitality and tourism	58.71	58.31	56.11	55.06	54.58	58.16	57.13	55.47	55.67	55.46	54.72	54.12	52.44	52.58	52.58	53.72	54.16	51.76	51.99	48.51	47.54	47.75	48.34	49.86	48.56	47.98	48.34	48.73	48.14	48.13	46.04	43.93	43.62	41.79	43.87	44.18	44.15
Human resources	51.65	52.27	51.28	50.53	49.61	50.28	50.02	50.3	50.37	50.68	50.32	49.71	49.61	49.91	49.64	49.07	47.94	48.57	47.89	47.62	46.11	46.7	48.2	46.25	45.41	45.24	43.24	42.06	41.52	41.7	41.62	41.69	40.57	40.39	39.78	39.1	38.45
IT infrastructure and operations	50.47	49.75	47.81	45.6	45.87	45.71	45.25	45.71	46.67	46.31	47.45	46.67	44.52	45.3	44.86	44.37	44.97	45.56	45.1	44.51	42.66	42.22	42.61	41.5	39.32	38.17	36.81	36.43	35.04	35.33	35.77	35.69	34.34	36.32	36.16	35.86	35.46
IT systems and solutions	44.37	43.29	41.48	41.89	41.7	41.15	40.62	40.7	41.27	41.54	42.04	40.96	39.59	39.33	39.09	37.54	37.36	37.87	37.66	36.94	37.17	34.7	35.64	35.41	34.83	32.9	30.61	28.92	27.3	26.87	27.13	26.14	25.07	25.47	25.05	24.65	25.08
Industrial engineering	45.92	44.66	43.92	42.14	41.82	41.16	41.05	40.29	40.36	40.65	41.18	40.7	40.26	39.97	39	38.04	37.6	37.44	37.11	36.12	34.23	33.72	32.49	31.98	31.38	30.63	28.5	28.05	28.33	28.72	28.02	27.48	26.98	26.56	25.5	25.71	26.39
Installation and maintenance	57.15	57.56	57.33	56.45	57.22	57.47	56.89	55.89	56.95	56.94	57.49	56.96	56.81	56.97	56.87	57.01	56.78	56.8	56.29	55.21	53.46	53.35	53.56	54.34	54.62	54.75	54.33	54.13	53.63	53.44	52.72	51.73	51.84	52.55	52.53	52.15	52.03
Insurance	63.5	64.23	62.34	57.27	58.47	57.2	55.11	55.56	56.16	56.18	56.07	55.78	57.63
Legal	64.91	64.65	63.43	62.59	62.6	63.56	62.51	62.17	63.48	64.1	64.17	63.61	62.4	62.1	61.89	61.32	61.18	61.61	61.72	62.2	60.73	59.5	59.54	58.51	56.66	55.2	54.01	53.96	51.15	50.58	50.97	52.92	52.55	52.87	53.34	52.3	51.47
Loading and warehousing	47.41	45.28	47.03	46.16	46.56	47.19	46.64	46.49	46.55	47.31	48.05	48.52	48.71	48.19	47.78	47.52	48.62	49.96	50.35	47.58	43.69	44.37	46.37	47.22	47.3	47.74	46.62	47.43	46.25	45.98	44.68	44.04	44.95	45.37	46.85	45.84	45.52
Logistics support	50.83	49.66	49.34	48.52	48.74	49.69	50.63	50.12	50.7	50.93	50.43	49.07	48.52	52.51	52.26	51.35	50.6	50.84	51.26	50.86	49.2	46.89	47.76	47.14	47.97	46.53	46.12	44.4	43.53	43.26	40.91	41.37	50.68	55.2	48.08	41.38	40.39
Management	45.09	44.98	44.38	43.12	43.27	42.93	43.66	42.94	42.62	42.73	43.37	41.58	39.75	39.21	39.13	40.33	39.93	39.26	39.57	38.72	36.63	35.99	36.83	36.6	36.13	36.48	36.28	35.04	32.85	32.27	30.93	30.54	30.5	29.01	29.59	28.84	28.99
Marketing	57.49	55.11	56.64	54.59	56.07	55.83	56.05	54.98	53.14	55.48	55.93	56.54	54.99	57.53	56.81	54.2	55.63	55.31	55.97	52.69	53.54	52.97	53.7	53.22	53.05	52.82	51.1	47.56	47.86	47.22	46.35	46.07	45.12	45.28	44.56	43.54	43.58
Mechanical engineering	44.23	43.56	42.38	41.84	42.42	42.69	43.22	41.97	41.51	41.69	41.64	41.55	41.7	41.82	41.2	41.13	39.77	39.93	39.39	39.04	36.08	34.94	35.56	35.74	36.99	38.2	37.25	35.96	34.92	34.73	33.95	32.93	32.6	33.56	32.67	33.36	34.22
Media	60.49	60.82	58.62	57.08	57.3	57.98	58.19	56.7	58.98	59.12	60.18	59.22	58.02	56.98	55.32	55.03	55.67	55.51	56.22	56.22	54.4	53.32	54.51	54.87	54.38	52.42	50.26	47.76	48.11	48.09	48.28	47.74	45.32	43.99	44.89	45.4	46.89
Medical information	40.33	40.48	39.91	38.69	38.82	40.59	40.47	39.4	38.87	39.24	39.4	38.46	38.3	38.02	37.51	37.61	37.21	37.32	37.17	36.41	34.32	34.13	33.53	34.36	33.7	32.78	31.83	31.77	31.77	31.92	31.67	31.12	29.94	31.03	30.8	30.06	29.16
Medical technician	37.49	35.85	35.68	34.33	34.37	35.99	35.16	33.86	33.91	34.45	34.46	34.4	34.84	34.01	33.73	33.81	33.72	34.37	34.35	32.49	30.94	31.72	31.29	31.76	30.99	30.79	29.82	29.5	29.49	30.25	29.89	29.01	28.24	28.78	29.09	28.44	27.39
Nursing	45.48	44.6	44.16	43	42.92	44.28	44.27	43.38	43.94	44	43.87	43.1	43.64	43.29	42.7	43.37	42.13	42.7	42.71	41.73	39.86	40.31	39.79	40.35	39.76	39.58	39.01	38.67	39.01	40.21	39.58	39.2	40.08	40.36	40.02	38.54	36.82
Personal care and home health	68.41	67.89	70.21	67.9	68.57	68.72	67.29	68.44	68.79	68.03	68.31	67.72	68.27	67.27	67.6	67.33	67.78	68.3	67.74	67.57	66.96	67.12	67.45	68.64	68.21	67.99	67.55	66.86	65.92	66.22	65.83	64.47	64.26	63.8	62.48	61.35	59.5
Pharmacy	30.77	26.63	27.8	27.46	27.09	28.98	29.56	27.76	28.79	28.42	34.66	33.24	32.41	28.33	29.74	28.64	28.59	30.26	29.15	29.47	26.84	26.75	31.34	32.61	31.89	30.64	28.13	28.17	27.42	27.99	26.62	26.76	25.61	24.94	24.74	22.44	22.04
Physicians and surgeons	34.08	32.73	30.97	30.97	31.73	32.46	32.8	33.13	32.99	33.42	32.68	34.26	33.93	34.34	33.52	33.48	32.3	32.93	33.1	32.84	30.66	31.13	31.49	30.91	29.82	27.31	28.23	26.46	27.29	27.41	26.58	26.94	25.92	26.85	26.34	25.15	24.39
Manufacturing	53.44	53.22	52.66	52.4	52.28	52.25	52.04	50.55	51.21	52.27	52.93	52.47	52.55	52.37	53.11	53.16	52.4	52.04	51.1	50.67	48.33	48.62	49.97	50.71	50.82	50.71	50.34	50.6	50.73	50.68	50.2	49.83	49.92	50.23	50.99	50.23	49.86
Project management	48.89	49.07	47.85	46.75	46.83	46.98	46.59	45.29	45.55	45.74	46.21	45.71	44.96	44.77	44.41	43.71	43.02	43.61	43.59	42.94	41.16	40.34	40.74	40.54	40.18	39.11	37.32	36.62	35.74	36.07	35.98	35.75	34.04	34.63	35.03	34.58	34.46
Retail	42.71	41.24	40.42	40.24	40.1	40.22	39.5	39.49	37.66	37.54	38.07	38.24	36.88	35.31	33.71	37.01	35.58	34.97	34.66	33.76	29.56	31.61	31.86	33.36	33.31	33.44	32.5	34.59	32.62	33.67	28.66	29.12	29.57	29.53	30.09	28.84	28.91
Sales	50.93	51.36	50.72	49.42	51.21	49.83	51.73	50.89	50.21	49.63	49.51	49.89	50.78	50.37	48.69	48.15	46.58	47.93	49.05	48.46	46.11	45.18	46.02	46.21	45.28	44.31	42.54	42.93	42.33	42.66	41.11	40.74	38.54	39.19	39.27	39.93	40.32
Scientific research and development	40.19	39.94	40.6	40	39.76	39.16	38.68	37.86	36.97	37.48	38.1	36.01	35.99	34.54	33.54	34.02	33.9	33.85	32.93	32.57	31.23	30.59	31	30.88	30.1	29.21	28.32	27.24	27.32	27.57	27.5	26.55	25.57	25.72	25.62	24.94	24.89
Security and public safety	63.73	62.09	61.75	61.08	61.11	61.47	61.44	61.07	62.11	62.91	63.3	62.7	62.74	61.75	61.59	62.2	61.89	61.74	61.69	61.34	62.96	62.78	60.48	60.47	60.47	59.25	58.18	59.1	60.14	59.5	59.03	58.88	57.72	57.79	56.91	56.21	54.98
Social science	58.5	56.05	56.61	57.32	58.49	59.36	60.74	61.07	61.39	61.7	63.34	63.11	64.23	63.69	62.38	61.37	60.85	62.49	62.55	62.81	61.05	60.1	61.13	61.04	59.84	59.46	58.98	57.96	58.97	58.77	58.19	57.82	57.8	58.24	58.06	55.71	54.95
Software development	49.12	48.15	46.97	45.22	44.44	43.2	42.34	41.56	40.71	41.13	41.93	40.95	40.47	40.91	40.1	38.62	38.08	38.66	39.08	38.4	37.01	35.86	37.7	36.37	36.26	35.67	34.53	32.33	30.55	30.71	29.82	29.81	29.32	29.52	29.21	28.22	27.92
Therapy	65.55	65.37	64.16	63.6	63.06	64.57	63.51	62.6	64.38	63.81	63.17	62.14	61.89

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United States Overall stood at 2.46 % year on year in Aug 2026. That is −0.1 pp from Jul 2026 and −0.2 pp from a year earlier. The series on this page is monthly and runs from Jan 2019 to Aug 2026. Source: Hiring Lab (Indeed).

Latest: 2.46 % year on year; Aug 2026
vs previous period: −0.1 pp; Jul 2026
vs a year earlier: −0.2 pp

About this data

US indeed job postings wage growth rate and salary transparency data from Hiring Lab since 2019. It tracks year-on-year changes in advertised wages and the share of job listings disclosing pay across multiple sectors. Monthly figures provide timely insights into labor market dynamics for the United States.

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What does the US Job Postings Wage Growth and Transparency table measure?: It measures the year-on-year growth rate of advertised wages and the percentage of job listings disclosing salary information in the United States, published monthly by Hiring Lab (Indeed) since 2019.
How frequently is the data updated and how far back does it go?: The data is published monthly and historical series begin in 2019, providing continuous tracking of advertised wage trends in the United States.
Which breakdowns are available in this table?: The table provides an aggregate national figure for the United States alongside detailed sector and occupational breakdowns, including childcare, customer service, management, and manufacturing.
How does this series differ from average hourly earnings?: Unlike official employment reports that track currently employed workers, this table measures the offered compensation for newly posted jobs, making it a more immediate indicator of wage shifts in the United States.