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브레이크뉴스 문홍철 기자= 올해 직장인들의 연봉 협상 결과는 전년 대비 연봉 인상자 비율은 감소했지만, 인상률은 오히려 상승한 것으로 나타났다.
3일 인크루트에 따르면 직장인 1305명을 대상으로 ‘2026년 연봉 협상 결과’에 대해 조사한 결과, 40.7%가 연봉 협상을 진행했다고 응답했다.
지난해 연봉과 비교했을 때 61.4%는 ‘인상됐다’고 답했다. 단, 인상했다고 답한 비율은 전년 대비 5.3%p 하락했다.
기업 규모별로도 △대기업 -9.3%p △중견기업 -8.8%p △중소기업 -5.2%p △공기업 및 공공기관 -3.0%p 모두 감소했다.
인상 응답자 비율을 기업 규모별로 교차 분석한 결과, △공기업 및 공공기관 77.0% △대기업 67.1% △중견기업 64.2% △중소기업 55.2% 순이었다.
인상 응답자를 대상으로 연봉 상승률을 물은 결과 평균 7.5%였다. 2025년 평균 5.4%에 비해 2.1%p 증가한 수치다.
올해 연봉 협상에서는 연봉을 인상한 직장인 비율은 감소했지만, 연봉 인상 폭은 오히려 확대된 것으로 나타났다.
동결과 삭감은 각각 36.2%, 2.4%로 나타났다. 특히, 동결 이라는 답변이 전년 대비 6.7%p 증가한 36.2%로, 최근 3년간 가장 높은 비율을 나타냈다.
이와 관련, 연봉 협상을 진행한 응답자 중 58.9%는 만족하지 못한다고 답했다.
연봉 협상을 진행한 직장인 중 23.5%는 ‘조정 신청을 했다’고 답했다. 이 중 연봉 변동 후 인상됐다고 답한 비율은 48.0%였다.
기업 규모별 교차 분석에서는 대기업이 66.7%로 조정 신청 후 연봉 인상된 비율이 가장 높았으며, △중견기업 44.8% △중소기업 41.7% △공기업 및 공공기관 53.3% 순이었다.
연봉 협상 이후 퇴사 충동을 느낀 직장인은 52.9%였다. 이 중 92.5%는 연봉을 이유로 이직을 시도할 계획이 있는 것으로 나타났다.
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Office workers dissatisfied with their salary negotiations this year. More than half are feeling compelled to quit or change jobs.
This year, the results of salary negotiations for office workers show a decrease in the percentage of those receiving a salary increase compared to last year, but an increase in the overall salary increase rate.
According to Incruit on the 3rd, a survey of 1,305 office workers on the "2026 Salary Negotiation Results" found that 40.7% responded that they had negotiated their salary.
Compared to last year's salary, 61.4% responded that their salary had increased. However, the percentage of respondents who responded that their salary had increased decreased by 5.3 percentage points year-on-year.
By company size, the percentages decreased across the following categories: large corporations (-9.3 percentage points), mid-sized corporations (-8.8 percentage points), small and medium-sized enterprises (-5.2 percentage points), and public corporations and public institutions (-3.0 percentage points).
A cross-analysis of the percentage of respondents seeking a salary increase by company size showed that public corporations and public institutions received 77.0% of their salaries, large corporations 67.1%, mid-sized corporations 64.2%, and small and medium-sized enterprises 55.2%.
When asked about the salary increase rate among those who received a raise, the average was 7.5%. This is a 2.1 percentage point increase compared to the 5.4% average in 2025.
While the percentage of employees who received a raise in this year's salary negotiations decreased, the amount of salary increases actually increased.
36.2% and 2.4% of respondents said they had a salary freeze and 2.4% said they had a salary cut, respectively. Notably, the percentage of respondents who said they had a salary freeze increased by 6.7 percentage points from the previous year to 36.2%, the highest in the past three years.
Regarding this, 58.9% of respondents who had engaged in salary negotiations said they were dissatisfied.
Of those who had engaged in salary negotiations, 23.5% said they had requested a salary adjustment. Of these, 48.0% said they had received a salary increase after the change.
A cross-sectional analysis by company size revealed that large corporations had the highest rate of salary increases after requesting adjustments, at 66.7%, followed by mid-sized companies at 44.8%, SMEs at 41.7%, and public corporations and public institutions at 53.3%.
52.9% of employees felt the urge to resign after salary negotiations. Of these, 92.5% planned to change jobs due to salary adjustments.
