What's the standard raise percentage that your company is following? My cousin in healthcare gets an annual 8% increase... the rich truly do get richer. I know it's different across industries, so I thought I'd post here to understand what it's like in sales. I get a measly 2%, if that, and on some years, none. How about you?

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A 2% raise (or none at all, some years) is pretty common, especially if your compensation is heavily commission-based or tied to hitting aggressive targets, but most companies in sales are budgeting for average pay increases of about 3.5% for 2025

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We've been stuck in the low single digits since I've been working here. There's always some vague rumored expectation that things could improve in that regard, but I'll believe it when I see it. Something I've learned in adulthood is that management never wants to hear about someone's cost of living.

I've received 3% each of the two years I've been here. At my old company, it was as low as 2% and as "high" (lol) as 5%. 8% sounds too good to be true.

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