Tech leads the way when it comes to salary growth potential, asone might expect from all the headlines about the shortage ofqualified people to work in the industry. NBC reports that looking at the long-range potential of a job can be morebeneficial than chasing a quick raise today, particularly since ajob’s salary growth potential may end up at a higher level than acurrent high entry-level paycheck.

A report from the Society of Human Resource Management alsoemphasizes that the highest growth potential doesn’t necessarilymean the highest salaries—something that it would bewell for job candidates to remember. Careers with high entry-pointwages won’t necessarily offer the opportunity to rise substantiallyhigher—to grow considerably from median to upper wage earninglevels. Also, some high-paying jobs haven’t grown as much in medianpay over the past few years.

CareerCast has been trackingrates of median salary growth for the last five years, and has comeup with the fastest-growing, highest-paying career opportunitiesnot just by examining the data in its past CareerCast Jobs Ratedreports but also by following the Bureau of Labor Statisticsfigures on national wage averages by percentile.