SIRS® U.S. Salary Budgets & Structure Adjustments Survey
The 2008 Cycle of This Survey Has Closed
The 2008 SIRS® U.S. Salary Budgets & Structure Adjustments Survey has now closed for data processing. Reports will be available in mid-August.
The SIRS® U.S. Salary Budgets & Structure Adjustments Survey provides the latest information on how companies are planning to reward their executives, and exempt and nonexempt employees. The survey reports annual planned changes in salary structures, and merit, promotion, variable pay, and special budgets. All ORC Worldwide domestic survey clients are invited to participate in this survey each year. In 2007, 496 companies representing 26 industries submitted data.
The SIRS® U.S. Salary Budgets & Structure Adjustments Survey can help you learn:
- Whether participating companies maintained their originally planned merit increases for the year or made adjustments
- Which industries have budgeted the highest and lowest increases for executives
- How increases for exempt and nonexempt personnel compare with those for executives
- Which U.S. region pays the highest merit increases
| Region | Major Locales |
|---|---|
| California | Greater Los Angeles Oakland Orange County Sacramento/Stockton San Diego San Francisco Silicon Valley |
| Midwest | Chicago Columbus/Cincinnati Detroit Minneapolis/St. Paul St. Louis Wichita |
| Northeast | Baltimore Boston Hartford/New Haven/Stamford New Jersey New York (excluding NYC) New York City Philadelphia Washington, DC |
| Northwest | Seattle |
| South | Atlanta Charlotte/Greensboro/Raleigh Huntsville Jacksonville/Orlando Miami |
| Southwest | Albuquerque Dallas/Ft. Worth Denver/Colorado Springs Houston Phoenix |