I work in technology. We specialize in outsourcing of benefits. Before we went public it wasn't uncommon for someone to get about 8-10% increases. Now at our place it's about 2-5%. I feel if you are doing your job, working hard, and making an impact by continuing to learn and take on adidtional work a 5-7% increase is reasonable especially with the amount of turnover we are seeing at my company. Our turnover rate is at about 25-28%. Companies with higher tournover need to take care of there experienced people who are staying.

25-28% turnover is different in every industry. we should be at 10-15%. Restaurants for example, generally have about 100% turnover and thats not bad at all.