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Special Update to the WorldatWork 2008-09 Salary Budget Survey
Members who participated in the 2008-09 Salary Budget Survey in April will be asked to participate in the special update in late November. Results will be released in early 2009.

WorldatWork 2008-09 Salary Budget Survey
Released Aug. 1, 2008

• Total Rewards Poll: Is your company changing its projected 2009 salary increase budget?
• workspan: Why the Slumping Economy Isn't a Factor ...Yet
  
• Top-Level Data
  
• Roundtable Discussion: What Does the Data Mean? (mp3)
  
• Participant List
• Questionnaire: U.S. | Canada
• Order

Previous WorldatWork Salary Budget Surveys

• Newsline: Canadian Salary Increases Down Due to Market Conditions
• Newsline: Rocky Economy Causing Some Companies to Reduce Raises and Bonuses
• Newsline: U.S. Raises Flat, Variable Pay Down in 2009, Study Finds, But it Could be Worse, Say Experts

Watson Wyatt Worldwide
Scheduled for release in late 2008

• Newsline:Employers Make Hiring, Salary, Benefits Changes Thanks to Economic Crisis
• Preliminary Findings from the Global Strategic Rewards Survey

The Conference Board

• Salary Increase Budgets Holding Steady for 2008
• Newsline: Salary Increase Budgets Below 4% for 2008 and 2009

Mercer

• Newsline: Rocky Economy Causing Some Companies to Reduce Raises and Bonuses
• 2008/2009 US Compensation Planning Survey
• Newsline: Base Pay Expected to Rise More Slowly in 2009 than 2008, Even Among High-Performing Industries

Business & Legal Reports Inc. (BLR)

• Newsline: Survey Shows Merit Pay Increases Down Nearly 25% for 2009
• BLR Pay Budget Survey Report
• Newsline: Despite the Weak Economy and Rising Costs, 2009 Salary Increases Should Hold Steady

Economic Research Institute (ERI)

• 2009 Salary Increase Report
• Newsline: 2009 U.S. Salary Budget Increases of 4% Planned