Looking only at jobs with the biggest raises without regard to median annual base pay, the top five, according to Glassdoor, were:
Physical Therapists – Got a median pay raise of 9.7%, leading to a median base pay of $77,198
Store Managers – Experienced an 8.9% median raise, ending in a median base pay of $50,015
Restaurant Cooks – Began 2017 with an 8.6% median raise and median pay of $30,029
Attorneys – Received a median raise of 8.1%, with a median salary of $102,291
Recruiters – Had a median raise of 7.8% and began the year at $52,899
All of these jobs exceeded the U.S. median year-over-year pay raise of 3.2% by more than 200%. (For more, see How to Put Your Pay Raise to Work .)
Raises for Highest-Paying Jobs
On the other hand, of the top five jobs by median base pay at the beginning of 2017, only attorneys were also on the top five raises list. Rounding out Glassdoor’s top five highest median base pay list were:
Product Managers – Received a 4.4% median pay raise, ending in a median salary of $91,449
Physicians – Had a 3.7% median raise and a median base salary of $237,868
Tax Managers – Saw a 2.6% median raise, leading to a median base salary of $92,588
Data Scientists – Got a meager 1.7% median raise but had a median base salary of $95,908