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Field summary for 1
What is HR's role in setting raises at your organization?
Answer Count Percentage
Play a major role in deciding the company-wide level for raises (1) 247 44.42%  
Determine each employee's raise (2) 55 9.89%  
Approve each employee's raise (3) 119 21.40%  
Review individual raises, but no veto power (4) 152 27.34%  
Help supervisors with tough pay decisions (5) 221 39.75%  
Review each department's raises (6) 159 28.60%  
Set pool amounts given to managers to use at their discretion (7) 64 11.51%  
Other 88 15.83%  

Field summary for 2
What changes will your organization make in employee pay in 2011?
Answer Count Percentage
Raises (1) 239 42.99%  
Bonuses (2) 122 21.94%  
Pay cuts (3) 11 1.98%  
Reduction in employee hours (4) 33 5.94%  
Wage freeze (no change in wages) (5) 119 21.40%  
Not sure (6) 140 25.18%  
Other 51 9.17%  

Field summary for 3
If your organization has a wage freeze, how long has it been in effect?
Answer Count Percentage
6 months to 1 year (1) 38 7.27%  
1-2 years (2) 92 17.59%  
2-3 years (3) 67 12.81%  
3+ years (4) 19 3.63%  
Other 38 7.27%  
No answer 269 51.43%  

Field summary for 4
If your organization has a wage freeze, does it effect all employees or only some?
Answer Count Percentage
All employees (1) 191 37.02%  
All employees except upper management (2) 11 2.13%  
Only hourly workers (3) 5 0.97%  
Only exempt workers (4) 15 2.91%  
Only contract workers (5) 1 0.19%  
Other 50 9.69%  
No answer 243 47.09%  

Field summary for 5
What do you expect will be the average raise for your organization's HOURLY employees in 2011?
Answer Count Percentage
Zero (1) 119 23.15%  
1% (2) 20 3.89%  
2% - 2.5% (3) 130 25.29%  
2.5% - 3% (4) 117 22.76%  
3% - 3.5% (5) 40 7.78%  
3.5% - 4% (6) 19 3.70%  
4% - 5% (7) 3 0.58%  
6% or more (8) 1 0.19%  
Pay cuts are likely (9) 2 0.39%  
Not sure (10) 44 8.56%  
No answer 19 3.70%  

Field summary for 6
What do you expect will be the average raise for your organization's EXEMPT employees in 2011?
Answer Count Percentage
Zero (1) 124 24.17%  
1% (2) 19 3.70%  
2% - 2.5% (3) 92 17.93%  
2.5% - 3% (4) 109 21.25%  
3% - 3.5% (5) 62 12.09%  
3.5% - 4% (6) 23 4.48%  
4% - 5% (7) 9 1.75%  
6% or more (8) 2 0.39%  
Pay cuts are likely (9) 4 0.78%  
Not sure (10) 45 8.77%  
No answer 24 4.68%  

Field summary for 7
Will the average raise at your organization for HOURLY workers be bigger or smaller than in 2010?
Answer Count Percentage
A lot bigger this year (1) 27 5.29%  
Slightly bigger this year (2) 70 13.73%  
About the same as last year (3) 202 39.61%  
Slightly smaller this year (4) 59 11.57%  
A lot smaller this year (5) 27 5.29%  
Not sure (6) 41 8.04%  
No answer 84 16.47%  

Field summary for 8
Will the average raise at your organization for EXEMPT workers be bigger or smaller than in 2010?
Answer Count Percentage
A lot bigger this year (1) 27 5.31%  
Slightly bigger this year (2) 70 13.78%  
About the same as last year (3) 200 39.37%  
Slightly smaller this year (4) 51 10.04%  
A lot smaller this year (5) 29 5.71%  
Not sure (6) 47 9.25%  
No answer 84 16.54%  

Field summary for 9
Will your 2011 raises be the same across the board (e.g., everyone gets 3%), or will raises vary?
Answer Count Percentage
Basically everyone will get the same percentage (1) 156 31.14%  
A significant number of employees will have different raises (2) 102 20.36%  
Raises will be all over the map (3) 93 18.56%  
Other 76 15.17%  
No answer 74 14.77%  

Field summary for 10
What is the most important factor that commonly affects employees' raises?
Answer Count Percentage
Merit (1) 167 33.87%  
Seniority (2) 12 2.43%  
Job classification (3) 16 3.25%  
Which department or division they're in (4) 20 4.06%  
Approval of board of directors (5) 49 9.94%  
Approval of government board, commission, legislature, etc. (6) 43 8.72%  
Company profits (7) 101 20.49%  
Competitors' wage rates (8) 21 4.26%  
Other 47 9.53%  
No answer 17 3.45%  

Field summary for 11
Will your company use bonuses instead of raises to increase employees' pay in 2011?
Answer Count Percentage
Yes (1) 11 2.22%  
No (2) 278 56.16%  
We will use a combination of raises and bonuses to increase employees' pay (3) 120 24.24%  
Don't know (4) 65 13.13%  
No answer 21 4.24%  

Field summary for 12
Will you give bonuses to employees at the end of 2010?
Answer Count Percentage
Yes, to most or all employees (1) 105 21.30%  
Yes, to some employees (2) 54 10.95%  
No (3) 253 51.32%  
Depends on company profits (4) 50 10.14%  
Not sure (5) 18 3.65%  
No answer 13 2.64%  

Field summary for 13
If you give bonuses, how are they determined?
Answer Count Percentage
Performance-based only (1) 78 14.03%  
Across the board only (2) 39 7.01%  
A combination of performance and across the board raises (3) 58 10.43%  
Bonuses are set based on the company's profits or performance (4) 140 25.18%  
Not sure (5) 23 4.14%  
Other 96 17.27%  

Field summary for 14
How do your bonuses this year compare to last year?
Answer Count Percentage
About the same (1) 106 21.59%  
Bigger this year (2) 47 9.57%  
Smaller this year (3) 53 10.79%  
Bonus this year, none last year (4) 23 4.68%  
Bonus last year, none this year (5) 16 3.26%  
No bonus this year or last year (6) 116 23.63%  
Not sure (7) 32 6.52%  
No answer 98 19.96%  

Field summary for 15
Think of a typical position in your organization that includes many employees. How long has it been since you compared the pay rates for this position to the local market or to other employers?
Answer Count Percentage
Less than a year (1) 159 32.58%  
1 year (2) 103 21.11%  
2-3 years (3) 136 27.87%  
4-5 years (4) 30 6.15%  
More than 5 years (5) 19 3.89%  
Never (6) 15 3.07%  
Not sure (7) 19 3.89%  
No answer 7 1.43%  

Field summary for 16
Does your company do a good job giving raises in a fair, effective manner that furthers your company's goals? Give a grade from A (excellent) to F (failing).
Answer Count Percentage
A (1) 52 10.68%  
B (2) 179 36.76%  
C (3) 134 27.52%  
D (4) 51 10.47%  
F (5) 35 7.19%  
No answer 36 7.39%  

Field summary for 17
Will your organization use any of the following in 2011 to manage its employee wage costs?
Answer Count Percentage
Temporary workers (1) 141 25.36%  
Independent contractors (2) 75 13.49%  
Moving full-time workers to part-time status (3) 48 8.63%  
Layoffs (4) 93 16.73%  
Furloughs (5) 34 6.12%  
Hiring freeze (6) 114 20.50%  
Other 66 11.87%  

Field summary for 18
How do you set the compensation for a new position?
Answer Count Percentage
Research local job market (1) 213 38.31%  
Research competition (2) 137 24.64%  
Research location, industry, and position salary data (3) 236 42.45%  
Compare against similar positions within the organization (4) 328 58.99%  
Rank position within the organization (5) 145 26.08%  
Consider chosen applicant's previous salary (6) 128 23.02%  
Participate in salary surveys to obtain salary data for similar positions in my area/industry (7) 197 35.43%  
Other 26 4.68%  

Field summary for 19
What service/information source do you use for comparative wage/compensation information?
Answer Count Percentage
ERI (Economic Research Institute) (1) 48 8.63%  
Salary.com (2) 129 23.20%  
BLR (3) 67 12.05%  
Bureau of Labor and Statistics (4) 162 29.14%  
O-Net Online (5) 27 4.86%  
Trade associations (applicable industry, SHRM, etc.) (6) 234 42.09%  
Consultants (Towers Watson, Mercer, etc.) (7) 109 19.60%  
Online Recruiters (Monster.com, CareerBuilder, etc.) (8) 53 9.53%  
Other 134 24.10%  

Field summary for 20
Is your organization private sector, nonprofit, or public sector (government)?
Answer Count Percentage
Private (1) 250 51.98%  
Public (government) (2) 112 23.28%  
Nonprofit (3) 118 24.53%  
No answer 1 0.21%  

Field summary for 21
Please select your company's industry.
Answer Count Percentage
agriculture (1) 2 0.42%  
arts and entertainment (2) 2 0.42%  
banking/financial services/accounting (3) 36 7.58%  
construction/building trades (4) 17 3.58%  
education (5) 36 7.58%  
government (6) 71 14.95%  
healthcare/nursing (7) 66 13.89%  
hospitality (8) 5 1.05%  
insurance (9) 12 2.53%  
janitorial (10) 1 0.21%  
legal (11) 14 2.95%  
manufacturing (12) 62 13.05%  
media/broadcasting (13) 1 0.21%  
mining (14) 1 0.21%  
publishing/printing (15) 6 1.26%  
real estate (16) 7 1.47%  
restaurant (17) 0 0.00%
retail (18) 10 2.11%  
science and engineering (19) 9 1.89%  
service (20) 10 2.11%  
sports/recreation (21) 1 0.21%  
technology/telecommunications (22) 9 1.89%  
transportation (23) 8 1.68%  
utilities (24) 14 2.95%  
wholesale trade (25) 13 2.74%  
Other 62 13.05%  
No answer 0 0.00%

Field summary for 22
Please select the state in which your company is located.
Answer Count Percentage
Alabama (1) 11 1.98%  
Alaska (2) 8 1.44%  
Arizona (3) 20 3.60%  
Arkansas (4) 11 1.98%  
California (5) 47 8.45%  
Colorado (6) 17 3.06%  
Connecticut (7) 9 1.62%  
Delaware (8) 7 1.26%  
District of Columbia (9) 6 1.08%  
Florida (10) 28 5.04%  
Georgia (11) 17 3.06%  
Hawaii (12) 6 1.08%  
Idaho (13) 8 1.44%  
Illinois (14) 27 4.86%  
Indiana (15) 25 4.50%  
Iowa (16) 12 2.16%  
Kansas (17) 17 3.06%  
Kentucky (18) 13 2.34%  
Louisiana (19) 17 3.06%  
Maine (20) 8 1.44%  
Maryland (21) 9 1.62%  
Massachusetts (22) 19 3.42%  
Michigan (23) 16 2.88%  
Minnesota (24) 19 3.42%  
Mississippi (25) 10 1.80%  
Missouri (26) 24 4.32%  
Montana (27) 5 0.90%  
Nebraska (28) 9 1.62%  
Nevada (29) 7 1.26%  
New Hampshire (30) 8 1.44%  
New Jersey (31) 10 1.80%  
New Mexico (32) 8 1.44%  
New York (33) 24 4.32%  
North Carolina (34) 22 3.96%  
North Dakota (35) 7 1.26%  
Ohio (36) 25 4.50%  
Oklahoma (37) 15 2.70%  
Oregon (38) 10 1.80%  
Pennsylvania (39) 28 5.04%  
Rhode Island (40) 3 0.54%  
South Carolina (41) 13 2.34%  
South Dakota (42) 7 1.26%  
Tennessee (43) 20 3.60%  
Texas (44) 56 10.07%  
Utah (45) 11 1.98%  
Vermont (46) 7 1.26%  
Virginia (47) 17 3.06%  
Washington (48) 30 5.40%  
West Virginia (49) 8 1.44%  
Wisconsin (50) 19 3.42%  
Wyoming (51) 6 1.08%  

Field summary for 23
How many employees does your organization have?
Answer Count Percentage
Less than 50 (1) 78 16.42%  
50-200 (2) 173 36.42%  
201-500 (3) 91 19.16%  
More than 500 (4) 133 28.00%  
No answer 0 0.00%

Field summary for 24
Do you have unionized employees?
Answer Count Percentage
Yes (Y) 113 23.79%  
No (N) 362 76.21%  
No answer 0 0.00%

Field summary for 25
What do you think your organization's biggest wage-related issue will be at the end of 2011?
Answer 336 71.04%  
No answer 137 28.96%