PROVIDENCE – Despite the endless string of gloomy headlines about the economic in general and the employment situation in Rhode Island in particular, a new survey shows that some workers in the Ocean State are still getting raises this year.
The average Rhode Island employer plans to boost its salary budget by 2.0 percent this year, according to a survey by WorldatWork, a nonprofit human-resources association.
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That result placed Rhode Island in the middle of all states, with 48 out of 50 posting an average salary budget increase of 1.9 to 2.1 percent this year.
The outliers are Louisiana, with its post-Katrina building boom, where salaries are to rise 2.2 percent this year, and Michigan, with the highest unemployment in the U.S., where salary budgets will go up only 1.8 percent on average.
In addition, workers can take heart that Rhode Island employers plan an average salary budget increase of 2.9 percent in 2010.
The results are based on WorldatWork’s annual Salary Budget Survey, which polled more than 2,600 respondents representing 16 million U.S. employees in April, according to the group.
Additional information is available at WorldatWork.org.
