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The raise you did not ask for is showing up in other people's paychecks.

In August 2026, pay for people who changed jobs grew 7.3% over the year. For people who stayed, it grew 4.4%. The gap is the price of not asking.

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Slide 1 of 7: The raise you did not ask for is showing up in other people's paychecks.Slide 2 of 7: Pay grew faster for people who changed jobs than for people who stayed, on both base and gross pay.Slide 3 of 7: On a $70,000 salary, the gap between the two gross-pay numbers is worth this much a year.Slide 4 of 7: The stayer number is an average of people who asked for more and people who never did.Slide 5 of 7: You do not have to want to leave. The number is your evidence, not your plan.Slide 6 of 7: How to use the number without making it a threat.Slide 7 of 7: Save this for your next review.

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Sources: ADP National Employment Report, August 2026; Arithmetic on the ADP figures.

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