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12/01/2021
Salary Budget Survey 2021 Follow Up Polls
These reports summarize the results of January and February 2022 WorldatWork surveys gathering information about changes to salary increase budgets since data was collected for the 2021-2022 Salary Budget Survey in May and June 2021.
Workspan Magazine
11/28/2022
WorldatWork’s “ 2022-23 Salary Budget Survey ” revealed that salary increase budgets reached their highest level in 20 years in the United States.
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Press Release
07/31/2025
In addition to contracting salary increase budgets, this year’s study also revealed that in the U.S. the reported range of salary increase budget amounts is consolidating. 2025 data show fewer extreme budgets, low or high, than in recent years.
Workspan Magazine
11/03/2023
U.S. respondents reported an unexpected boost in 2023 average salary increase budgets, which grew by 0.3% to reach 4.4%, but they also predict a return to a 4.1% average increase budget for 2024.
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Workspan Magazine
08/15/2022
For the past decade, merit budgets have hovered around 3%, but current trends suggest that salary increase budgets are rising to levels not seen in more than 20 years.
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Workspan Daily
07/28/2022
Almost two in three (64%) U.S. employers have budgeted for higher employee pay raises than last year, while 41% have upped their budgets since original projections were made earlier this year.
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Merit Matrix: Budget Distribution Projection
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A structured approach to merit increase planning is essential to create consistent, clear merit increase decisions.
Workspan Daily
07/29/2024
;Prepare a minimum of three alternative budget scenarios, such as: a) your preferred budget recommendation, b) a lower budget and c) a higher budget.
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Press Release
08/31/2022
Salary Increase Budgets Reach 20-Year High
Annual WorldatWork Survey Reveals Average Salary Increase Budgets Were 4.1% in 2022 and Projected at 4.1% in 2023.
Workspan Daily
11/12/2025
Anchor Communication Around Expectations, Not Budgets
When employees hear there is a 3% merit budget, many assume that means a 3% raise.
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