For the next few weeks, I will review salary increase/ merit budget survey results for 2011 – 2012. The 2012 salary increase budgets are projected by the survey participants. WorldatWork (www.worldatwork.org) is a not-for-profit organization providing education and research focused on global human resources issues including compensation, benefits, work-life and integrated total rewards to attract, motivate and retain a talented workforce.
According to results from the annual 2011 – 2012 WorldatWork Salary Budget Survey, the overall total salary budget increase figures up by 10% to 2.8% for 2011. The salary budget for all employee groups (Executives, Exempt, and Non-exempt Hourly) is exactly the same for 2012. The projected mean is 2.9% and the mean is 3.0%.
Here are the salary increase budget figures by Type of Increase for 2012:
| Type of Increase | Projected 2012 | |
| Mean | Median | |
| General Increase/COLA | 1.7% | 2.0% |
| Merit Increase | 2.8% | 3.0% |
| Other Increase | 0.9% | 0.5% |
| Total Increase | 2.9% | 3.0% |
Note: Various categories do not add to “Total Increase” because not every organization provides all three types of Increase
