Congress deigned to grant me a 1% raise this year. That will bring my nominal cumulative pay increase over the past five years to 2%, over a time period in which inflation ran 9%, so I've effectively seen my purchasing power eroded by 7% over 5 years. 5 years of phenomenal growth in corporate profits, btw. Oh, and I was furloughed, sequestered, and then told to stay home during the shutdown, just for icing on the cake.
Some of my coworkers are grumbling that the 1% pay raise they'll get this year will not be enough to cover the increased premiums for their federal health insurance plan, meaning they'll actually take home less next year than this year even after the raise.