U.S. wage growth is set to pick up over the next year, as economists expect a tight labor market will continue to push up workers’ pay.

Most private-sector forecasters surveyed in recent days by The Wall Street Journal—63.6%—expect wages will grow at a somewhat faster rate over the next year, while a further 5.5% of economists said wages will grow at a substantially faster rate.

“We continue to hear from manufacturers about how difficult it is to attract talent in the tight labor market, a challenge that we do not see changing in the near future,” said Chad Moutray, chief economist at the National Association of Manufacturers.

Just under a quarter of economists, 23.6%, expect wages to grow at the same 3.2% year-over-year pace seen in April. Just 7.3% expect the pace will slow over the next year.

Year-over-year growth in average hourly earnings has been above 3% every month since August after lagging that pace for nine straight years. The pickup in wage growth has come as the labor market continues to tighten. In April, the unemployment rate dropped to 3.6%, the lowest level since December 1969, the Labor Department said last week.