How much do you typically receive for your yearly raise?

[Cate5281]

What is your hourly wage and what does your boss typically give you for a yearly raise? Please give dollar amount or %. My husband and I are owners in a concrete business and we are trying to settle a dispute. To me he gives too large of raises.....typically a$1 a year (our peeps work 8 mo's a yr). I am trying to talk him into cutting back the raises and giving health insurance. We have problems retaining employees due to no benefits. I would like to give some other paid benefits.....like a couple paid holidays,simple IRA, dental, eye, etc. instead of $1 raise. I'm thinking more like 50 cents plus some sort of benefit added each year.My last job I had, I earned about $8 an hour and they tried to give me a 10 cent raise. I threatened to quit and got it to 50 cents. My other jobs were burger joints and such and a quarter was pretty standard.Any input is greatly appreciated.

[Slowhand3020]

Well....the federal government seems to think that a 3.9% raise is more than enough to keep military people in the style to which they have become accustomed in 2009.

[brewcards]

I would say that 5% is considered a standard raise. The company for which I work usually is somewhere between 3-8% depending on the employee's work history and evaluation. If an employee gets some type of certification or accreditation then a raise would jump higher, say 15%.

[MVD340477]

Why don't you ask the employees what they want?Make it so they can give you an anonymous answer to a clear cut choice like:If you had a choice between getting A or B this year, which would you pick?(a) a 10 cent per hour raise and HMO Health Insurance Benefit where you would have to contribute $25 a week and XYZ company would pay $75 a week.(b) a $1 per hour raise and a continuation of no other employee benefits.----------------These things are rather industry specific. Hourly wages in my industry are rather rare and base salaries are small part of compensation (that is, bonuses & commissions make up 50% or more of a typical persons pay). All full time employees have benefits incl. healthcare and retirement. But the answer to your specific question is that raises have been limited to Cost of Living Adjustments (3%..I think) the last three years. We did not get one this year...it is "delayed until a July review."

[deviousdevelopment]

This year I got an 8% raise.