According to a recruiting website that I visit the current 'average' rate of pay increase is 3.4% in manufacturing industries (those few which remain) and 3.6% in "other" areas. For the staticians the article does not state mean or mode 
The small civvy MRO that I work for have given a whopping average pay rise this year of a fantastic 0.0% so far...
the grass in not always greener
