Compensation Planning Outlook 2018: Regional Snapshot—Ontario

Ontario’s private sector organizations anticipate salary increases of 2.5 per cent in 2017, while the public sector’s projected increase is 2.3 per cent. Non-unionized workers can look forward to a 2.5 per cent hike, compared with a 2.0 per cent gain for unionized employees.

In 2017, 83 per cent of Ontario workers received a pay increase, while the voluntary turnover rate was 6.8 per cent.

In 2018, Ontario organizations plan to spend 10.6 per cent as a percentage of base pay on short-term incentive pay, compared with 10.7 per cent at the national level.