Where to get a payrise in 2020

Natasha Boddy and Tom McIlroy

Feb 3, 2020 – 12.00am

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Workers in real estate, retail and finance could be in store for the biggest pay rises in 2020.

With low wage growth "the new normal", only 37 per cent of employers plan to lift salaries by more than 3 per cent this year, according to a survey by human resources company Adecco Group.

Natasha Boddy is Work & Careers reporter with The Australian Financial Review. She was previously a homepage editor and online producer.

Tom McIlroy is the Financial Review’s Canberra bureau chief based in the press gallery at Parliament House. He was previously the AFR’s political correspondent.