During the pandemic hiring boom known as the " Great Resignation ," switching jobs often meant a sizable pay raise. These days, there's less financial upside to making the move, and more workers are choosing to stay put — a trend economists call the "Great Stay." Workers who switched jobs in January saw median pay increases of about 4%, according to recent Bank of America Institute analysis of payroll deposit data. That's less than a third of the roughly 14% raises seen at the peak of the