Attention! As most of you know, this is the survey you want to pay the most attention to when planning for your 2011 salary budget:
World at Work Salary Budget Survey
Here are a few relevant results for Pennsylvania employers:
| Actual 2010 | Projected 2011 | |||
| Mean | Median | Mean | Median | |
| National | 2.5% | 2.7% | 2.9% | 3.0% |
| Philadelphia | 2.6% | 2.8% | 2.9% | 3.0% |
| Pennsylvania | 2.5% | 2.6% | 3.0% | 3.0% |
High performers in 2011 are projected to receive an average merit increase of 3.7% while low performers are projected to receive .7%
Actual salary structure increases for 2010 were in the range of 1.1 – 1.3% (depending on exempt, non-exempt or officer status) and are projected for 2011 to be in the range of 1.9 – 2.0%

Twitter