http://www.appliedhrstrategies.com/blog/2010-salary-increase-budgets-jump-by-51-percent Preliminary results from Culpepper's annual survey of salary budgets reveal that global base salary increase budgets have risen by an average of 51 percent from 1.89% in 2009 to 2.85% in 2010 (see ... en-us http://www.compasswebpublisher.com