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-5- <br />Personnel also surveyed the average merit increase <br />awarded to employees under the merit programs. Some of <br />the responses were relatively exact and others are an <br />estimate. Two did not provide an average. <br />Of the seven who gave an average, the overall average <br />merit increase was 4.1 percent. The low was 2.5 percent <br />and the high was five percent. <br />Personnel also surveyed the percentage of employees <br />receiving merit increases among the nine employers. This <br />information was not available for two employers. Of the <br />remaining seven, the lowest percentage was 60 percent. <br />For that employer, 25 percent of employees are not <br />eligible because they are at the maximum of the salary <br />range. <br />The next highest employer had.an average of 70 percent <br />and the remaining four had averages ranging from 90 to 98 <br />percent. <br />Attachment 8 provides some additional comparative <br />information on merit increase policies. This is from an <br />annual survey conducted by the North Carolina Office of <br />State Personnel. It covered 110 public and private <br />employers. <br />Item 2 on Attachment 8. shows the average percentage of <br />employees receiving merit increase in this survey. The <br />overall survey average was 75.7 percent. Item 1 of <br />Attachment 8 shows the maximum merit increase permitted <br />and Item 4 shows projected merits amounts for Fiscal Year <br />1991 -92. <br />This merit program information for Fiscal Year 1991 -92 <br />indicates that Orange County's program is quite <br />comparable to those of other local governments. It is <br />competitive with them and is not excessive or out of line <br />with what is required. <br />5. Merit and Cost-of-Living Combined <br />Personnel also surveyed the average increase being <br />awarded among the nine employers when merit and cast -of- <br />living are combined. <br />