Beyond the reduction of the salary budget, there are 60% of companies that for this year are planning that the salary increase is at least equal to inflation.
Following the Inflationary deceleration and the Economy coolingthe companies began to modify the salary budget annual that were intended for staff out of agreement for this 2025: The average to 30% and 32% fell from 35% and 37%respectively, according to the flash survey on Wages and Benefits of WTW.
Although the perspective recalculates down, the salary increase of 2025 for employees out of agreement would be above the year -on -year inflationwhich is projected around 28.2%according to the last survey of market expectation.
Beyond the reduction of the salary budget, there are 60% of companies that for this year are planning that the salary increase is the same as inflation, that is, they want to try not to continue the loss of the absolute value of wages.
So much, 16% of companies provide increases between 3 and 5 points below inflation.
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Salary increases for employees out of agreement
Of the salary increase planned for this year, a 18%while if the salary adjustments of July and August are added, it is estimated that the 20%. These percentages represent the median of the general market, but the range according to the activity sector The first semester was between 12% to 20%.
With this budget reduction, what is also observed is a greater concentration in the number of companies that will grant between 3 and 4 adjustments throughout the year. But also There are 23% of companies that this year granted 2 adjustments or only one. That is to say that as inflation slows down and the amount of opportunities in which companies apply salary settings are more spaced.
Source: Ambito
