I get what the market gets, we pay the average for your age, experience and some other factors. So I get a bump anyway since I am older and have more experience every year and when the market gets a bump that adds to that. So it is somewhere between 5-15% per year. Except for this year where somehow the average pay went down and I got zilch. Still the company is fully owned by its employees (I make like 3k a year from dividends, not a lot but it is basically free money) and the benefits are great. So not eager to jump ship just for a pay increase.

Yuppp even just changing and going back

At my giant workplace, they don't think people are "experienced" enough unless they move around. Then in hiring they also comment negatively about those who move around too much. It's all arbitrary bullshit. Whatever random feelings a hiring manager has. Never what is actually needed for the job.

Yep, been at this job 10 years and only seeing annual raises of about 2%. Maybe we got 3-4% last year, but that was the exception and that was still a 4-5% paycut given what inflation is/was. I'm comfortable at my job though is what keeps me, and I'm sure that's what businesses bank on. Workers are too afraid to look elsewhere for a job, so they'll just stick it out no matter how much they're losing.

We all have a different idea of what a high salary is but I would suggest anything in the area of $100k or the equivalent is good in almost any part of the world.

That said, I have a good salary which has risen by a little less than 65% in the 10 years I’ve been in the same job. I realise that’s not typical but changing jobs isn’t always the only way to a high salary.