What are projected salary increase budgets for 2009?

Here are projections for 2009 salary increase budgets, according to several sources:

According to Mercer:

• Executives … 3.9%

• Management … 3.7%

• Professional (Sales & Non-sales) … 3.7%

• Office/Clerical/Technician … 3.7%

• Trades/Production/Service … 3.6%

• All Employees … 3.7%

According to the Conference Board:

• Executives … 3.90%

• Exempt Employees … 3.80%

• Nonexempt Salaried Employees … 3.75%

• Nonexempt Hourly Employees … 3.75%

According to WorldatWork:

• Officers/Executives … 4.0%

• Exempt Salaried … 3.9%

• Nonexempt Salaried … 3.8%

• Nonexempt Hourly Nonunion … 3.8%

• All Employees… 3.9%

According to Watson Wyatt Worldwide:

• All Employees … 3.5%