India To See 10% Salary Hike In 2018, Highest In Asia Pacific
Salaries are projected to increase by 10 percent in India in 2018, the highest in the Asia Pacific region, according to a report. The highest projected salary rise is seen in the energy, FMCG and retail sectors.
“Salaries in India are projected to rise 10 percent in 2018, same as the actual increase in 2017,” according to the Q3 2017 Salary Budget Planning Report released by global advisory, broking and solutions company Willis Towers Watson.
The report covered a range of industries, including BPO, chemicals, construction and engineering, consumer products and retail, financial services, high tech, manufacturing, media, pharmaceutical and health sciences, business and technical consulting and transportation and logistics.
For this, a survey was conducted in July among 4,000 respondents in Asia Pacific, in which about 300 companies participated in the Indian market.
Although salaries in India are seeing a decreasing pattern in the year-on-year salary increases, the country's projected salaries for 2018 is still the highest in the Asia Pacific region, the report said.
Among other countries, Indonesia is projected to record 8.5 percent growth, China 7 percent, Philippines 6 percent and Hong Kong and Singapore both 4 percent, it added.
India continues to show high salary increments compared to other countries in the Asia Pacific region. However, given the decreasing pattern in the year-on-year salary growth, Indian employees could see a single digit salary increase in 2018 for the first time since 2011.Sambhav Rakyan, Practice Leader-Asia Pacific, Willis Towers Watson Data Services
Salary allocation for top performers in 2017 grew to 39 percent, up from last year's 38 percent, Rakyan said. On the other hand, the budget set aside for average performance decreased by one percent to 27 percent, he added.
These changes are marginal, but as salary budgets get tighter, it still reflects the sentiment of employers to reward top performers, Willis Towers Watson India Director, Rewards, Arvind Usretay said.
Therefore, now we see more companies relying on robust processes, governance, and training at driving linkages between performance and pay. We expect this trend to gather greater momentum in the next couple of years as companies sharpen their pay for performance policies.Arvind Usretay, India Director-Rewards, Willis Towers Watson Services
At 10.5 percent, these sectors are expected to do better than the overall projected salary of 10 percent. While at 9.1 percent, the financial services is the only sector where the projected salary is less than the overall estimated rise, the report added.
"Given the labour arbitrage advantage, segments such as back office operations based out of India can be expected to offer above average increases....Start-ups and smaller MNCs are also likely to offer above average salary increases to attract and retain critical skill employees," Rakyan added.
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