Finance salaries continue to increase amid a firm jobs market, according to a couple of recent surveys, although lagging corporate performance is eating away at the bonuses of CFOs at large companies.

A recent salary guide from staffing company Robert Half projects that starting salaries for a range of finance positions—from CFOs, treasurers, and controllers all the way to financial analysts and accountants—will rise a average of 3.7% next year.

That's down from the average 4.7% increase that the company projected for finance jobs this year. But Tim Hird, executive director of Robert Half Management Resources, argued against interpreting the lower number for 2017 as a sign of softening in the market for finance jobs. "What's happening is the employment landscape is just leveling out," Hird said, calling the 4.7% projected in 2015 for this year "almost unsustainable."