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Workspan Daily
05/17/2022
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
05/08/2025
Given the current trend, DiFonzo said merit budgets are likely to settle to about 3%, but larger organizations and more profitable industries with higher demand for their products and services will continue to average higher than 3%.
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Workspan Daily
01/15/2026
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Workspan Magazine
02/04/2026
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03/10/2022
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Journal Article
05/15/2025
Staying within the existing 3% budget and granting a one-time inflation offset cash award of 3% helps to minimize avoided the long-term effect of the large pay increase.
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Workspan Daily
10/25/2022
Sal DiFonzo, managing director, compensation and rewards consulting at Gallagher, and a member of WorldatWork’s Compensation Advisory Council, said the most salient trend he saw this year was the increase in merit budgets from 3% to now between 4-5%.
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Workspan Daily
02/24/2023
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Workspan Daily
12/08/2025
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