Will there be a pay rise? Here are the survey results

The answers on this year's pay rises show that 28% of companies had a basic pay rise in the range of 6-10%. 27 percent of respondents increased their employees' salaries between 11 and 15 percent. Only 8 percent of respondents increased their salaries above 15 percent. A more significant loss in real wages was recorded among workers who had no pay increase (25%) or only in the 1-5% range (10%).

In July, it appeared that very few workers could hope for a wage increase in the coming months.When asked if they planned to raise their pay in the next two months, 57 percent said no, while 26 percent could not say. A basic wage increase was predicted by 10 percent, a one-off payment (such as a utility allowance) by 5 percent and a non-wage bonus (cafeteria) by 2 percent.

Even where there will be a basic wage increase (10 percent of respondents), a maximum increase of 10 percent is expected.

A total of 245 people from small businesses to large multinationals completed the questionnaire. The vast majority of respondents are decision-makers in HR and/or senior management.

HR Portal Salary Trends 2023 survey