What's the largest raise you received?

Either % or $ wise, promotions and new jobs excluded.

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I got a 10% raise and a 20% bonus this year

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6%

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I once had a salary review/parity check which increased my pay by almost $20K which included a 10% promo but that was a very small portion of the $20K.


Then we got a buy out because they weren't going to pay our job type commissions anymore so we got 70% of our comp target (I think it was $15K at the time) to our regular salary.



Yeah, then I got laid off and came back in a different job with sucky pay grades

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Usually our raises are under 4%.

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12%

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In one year, 20% - it was two 10% raises.

I had an interview lined up. My boss gave me a raise not to interview & then followed up 6 months later with another 10%.

My father joked that I must have been slacking the following year as I only received a 5% raise.

Generally raises in my company are 2-4%. Anything more than that is a promotion or a counteroffer.

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I got a 12% raise one year which made me I work at a very small firm so it was huge to me.

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Usually our raises are in the 3-4% ballpark but, I received an 8% one once for doing extra work (they billed it as half a promotion - same level, just a larger increase).

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Not including promotions or counteroffers, 5%

5% is the max in my company without changing positions, 3% is average raise.

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I got an 18% payrise right after coming back from 13 months maternity leave...

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A couple of months ago I got a 20% raise.

I work for the federal gov't so our pay is based on grade/step levels. I received a grade bump which is why it was so much. It won't happen again for a LONG time.

Step raises are more like 3-6% with inflation.

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I have gotten 2 raises that were not promotions or new jobs

3%

pretty stinky

promotions at my first job (macy's corporate) 18%!!!!! and I got 2 of those in 1 year

but now the only way I have gotten an increase like that is to get a new job- at a new company

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as a permalancer for many years, we got raises every year that were based on our day rate. I once asked for (with very big cajones) and received a 20% raise.

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Over a year ago, my DH got over a 50% raise. (Yes, fifty) He got a job offer elsewhere for a lot more money, his company exceeded the offer, allowed him to transfer groups, and agreed to pay outright for his MBA and books with no strings attached.

My biggest raise ever was just over 15% -- we had a salary adjustment that year, plus my regular raise.

I can't complain much about the raise %ages at my job. Our salary scale for the first 8 years or so is based on seniority, so I know what my salary will be for the next several years (unless there is a salary adjustment upward). Last year, I got 6.25% and next January, I'll get almost 9%. In January 2010, I'll get a about a 13.5% raise. Our bonuses tend to go up every year as well.


ETA - I am very grateful for the raises... but I have MAJOR grad school loans to pay off.

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My husband doubled his income by switching jobs (sales). My largest was $20k (promotion).

Keep in mind %'s can be more or less depending on how much you make!

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I received a surprising 10% raise for reasons I wasn't told from my old manager before she left to manager her new dept last Dec. I was only there for 8 months.

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I got a 50% raise btwn 05 and 06. I got a 75% increase when I started my new job this past Jan 08

(I work in a very unique finance space)

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Highest raise I ever received was 18%
Lowest I ever received was 1%

Highest bonus I ever received was 145% of our target $ -

eta: My average rate is about 4%.

Message edited 7/9/2008 1:10:43 PM.

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One year I got a 17% increase. After that, I switched fields, and got a whopping 3% every year.