It has been suggested that class schemas are appropriate for analysing class relations among men but not among women. This article examines wage growth patterns, i.e. a crucial aspect of class relations. There are several reasons why class would be less effective as a predictor of wage growth for women than for men: for example, that factors such as discrimination blur this association for women; and that women are over-represented in occupational sectors where this association is less strong. The analyses are based on a Swedish panel data set of employees (age 30-35 years) in large private firms and in the public sector who had the same employer in 1999 and 2003 (N about 99,000). Class is measured using the European Socio-economic Classification - ESeC. Contrary to some expectations class patterns of wage growth are similar for women and men and for different sectors of the labour market.