Workers in the U.S. information sector saw the largest average pay increase of any private industry in 2024 and 2025, according to a new analysis from the personal finance site LendingTree. The sector covers jobs in broadcasting, online search and publishing.
Average weekly wages in the industry climbed 9.4% over the two-year span. That is more than twice the 4.2% rise recorded for private-sector employees across all industries, LendingTree reported.
The Bureau of Labor Statistics defines the information industry as work that involves producing content or supplying the means to transmit cultural products. Inside that group, broadcasting and content providers posted the strongest wage growth, at 16.8% between 2024 and 2025. LendingTree calculated that this amounted to an average weekly increase of $788, from $4,688 to $5,476.
The picture was not uniformly positive. The motion picture and sound recording industry was the only sector in the analysis to see pay fall between 2024 and 2025, with weekly wages declining 2% over that period.
The information sector also dominated the list of fast-rising pay. According to LendingTree, which built its analysis on the latest federal employment and wage data, half of the 10 employment subsectors with the largest wage gains belonged to the information industry.
On the hiring side, a different field led the way. LendingTree said healthcare, including social assistance, recorded the biggest jump in private-sector employment across 2024 and 2025, with hiring up 3.4%. By comparison, job growth for all private-sector workers was 0.4% over the same stretch.
Within healthcare, hiring was strongest among social assistance workers, who provide residential care and community support services. Employers in that field added more than 300,000 workers over the two years, a trend that comes as the country grows older.
