Average pay per employee rose to $130,600 in the 2008-9 fromal year from $95,600 in the 2003-4 fiscal year.
In 2011 private firms also saw net profit margins reach a ten-year high of 6.6%, as profits per employee rose for the second year running.
The ratio of the total rewards enjoyed by chief executive officers of FTSE 100 companies to the pay of the average UK employee rose from 45:1 in 1998 to 120 1 in 2010.
Among the largest private-sector Chinese companies those with annual revenues of about 10 billion renminbi ($1.4 billion)–revenues per employee rose from 226,000 renminbi in 2001 to 417,000 renminbi in 2006, almost matching the 420,000 renminbi of their foreign counterparts.
But now, with costs per employee rising, a company cannot afford to keep on employees who arent performing to par," Girish Wardadkar, president and executive director of KPIT Cummins Infosystems, told Forbes.com on the sidelines of NASSCOMs annual conference.
Overall, Mercer found that health benefit costs per employee rose 4.1% this year, the smallest increase since 1997 in its annual employer survey.
It phases out as the number of employees rises to 25 and wages grow to $50,000.
Beginning April 1, the minimum wage for an employer with more than 500 employees rises from just over $9 to $11 per hour; for smaller employers, it becomes $10 per hour.
Thus, if the renewable energy sector shows real growth that does not mean that the share of employees rises too.
Furthermore, the need for skilled employees rises as the demand for unskilled work falls due to automation.
