June 2000 Salary Survey
SECTION 3

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DETERMINING 2000 TO 2001 SALARY ADJUSTMENT

The market varies from year to year. After identifying your market salary for 2000 (Section 2), you should then examine the current market pressures on salaries.

1. INFLATION FACTOR

The inflation factor adds an amount (usually expressed in percent) to allow for the percentage increase in the Consumer Price Index (a restoration of the value of the dollar concept). National CPI increases as well as those for Alberta, Edmonton and Calgary are supplied below.

Consumer Price Increase Index (1990 = 100)
Year-Over-Year Percent Change

Canada

Alberta

Edmonton

Calgary

1990

4.8

5.8

5.4

6.2

1991

5.6

5.9

5.6

6.0

1992

1.5

1.5

1.8

1.4

1993

1.8

1.2

0.8

1.3

1994

0.2

1.5

1.6

1.4

1995

2.5

2.4

1.9

2.7

1996

2.3

2.3

2.0

2.8

1997

1.8

1.8

1.6

2.0

1998

1.0

1.5

1.2

1.9

1999

1.8

2.1

2.1

2.0

2000

3.0*

4.0*

3.7*

4.4*

*Estimated

 

 

 

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