In January 2022, INSEE’s business tendency surveys asked business leaders in the building construction and services sectors for the fi rst time about their expectations for change in wages in their sector. This was in addition to leaders in industry who have already been asked this question for several years. The sectors in which companies most often expect signifi cant wage hikes are also those most aff ected by hiring problems (agrifood, road transport, accommodation-catering). More generally, the answers to this question in industry proved interesting for completing the outlook diagnosis on wage trends.