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Raises: Variable comp is where it’s at for the next year

Tim Gould
by Tim Gould
September 24, 2015
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Yes, companies plan to give raises to the rank-and-file in the coming year, but that’s not where most of the money’s going to go. The major story right now: variable pay.

That’s the key takeaway from Aon Hewitt’s last U.S. Salary Report.

Minor increases

According to the Aon Hewitt report, salaried exempt workers are expected to get a 3% bump in base pay in 2016.

Other studies confirm this projected increase. A separate salary report by WorldatWork projected a 3.1% increase in base pay next year for employees. That study included nonexempt hourly and salaried workers as well as exempt salaried and executive employees.

The real focus

The Aon Hewitt study projected that variable pay – bonuses and other cash awards – is expected to jump 12.7% next year for employers.

The trend of using variable pay has been growing steadily in recent years – and with good reason.

It allows firms to recognize and reward top performers for their efforts without the fixed costs associated with across-the-board pay increases.

One caution about setting up performance-based bonuses: Be sure the criteria doesn’t inadvertently reward the wrong behaviors. For example, if a bonus is based solely on how much money staffers save their departments in a year, some employees may cut corners on quality or service to reach the goal.

Raises vary by city

According to Aon Hewitt’s survey, workers in some U.S. cities can expect to see salary increases higher than the national average in 2016. These cities include:

  • Washington, D.C. (3.8%)
  • Dallas (3.5%)
  • Minneapolis (3.3%), and
  • Columbus, Houston and Seattle (3.2%).

Salary increases in 2016 are expected to be lower than national average in Kansas City (2.7%), Rochester (2.9%) and Philadelphia and Charlotte (2.8%).

Similar to the national average, projected spending on variable pay for 2016 shows record highs, particularly in Houston (16.5%), Boston (16.1%) and Minneapolis (13.0%).

Increases by Industry

Industries likely to see the highest salary increases in 2016 include telecommunications (3.4%); mining/milling (3.4%); insurance (3.2%) and automotive (3.2%). Industries with the lowest increases are projected to be energy (2.4%); education (2.5%); health care (2.6%); and forest and paper products/packaging (2.6%).

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