--- title: What are bonuses looking like this holiday season? - The Hustle description: Across industries, bonuses are looking less likely. image: https://hs-sbup.thehustle.co/hubfs/The%20Hustle%20News/Assets/Images/591469354-HS-News-Brief_2022-12-12T015852.922Z.webp --- # What are bonuses looking like this holiday season? ![Jacob Cohen](https://thehustle.co/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/IMG_5670-1-modified-768x768.png?width=48&height=48&name=IMG_5670-1-modified-768x768.png) [Jacob Cohen](https://hs-sbup.thehustle.co/author/jacob-cohen) [Jacob Cohen Twitter profile ](https://twitter.com/ImJacobCohen) Published: December 12, 2022 Updated: October 11, 2023 As the economy teeters with uncertainty, it looks like people’s chances for a generous year-end bonus are teetering with it. ![What are bonuses looking like this holiday season?](https://hs-sbup.thehustle.co/hs-fs/hubfs/The%20Hustle%20News/Assets/Images/591469354-HS-News-Brief_2022-12-12T015852.922Z.webp?width=595&height=400&name=591469354-HS-News-Brief_2022-12-12T015852.922Z.webp) This year, 27% of companies across a range of sectors [will not](https://www.wsj.com/articles/who-isand-isntgetting-a-christmas-bonus-this-year-11670600851?mod=hp_lead_pos13) be awarding bonuses, up from 23% last year, per *The Wall Street Journal*. Among those awarding bonuses: - **Lowe’s** plans to spend $200m on bonuses for hourly workers. - **The Venetian Resort Las Vegas** is giving $1.5k to all workers. - New York-based printing company **Sticker Mule** is giving employees $1k bonuses to help weather inflation, despite its modest year. On Wall Street, though, with bankers coming off [a record 2021](https://www.wsj.com/articles/who-isand-isntgetting-a-christmas-bonus-this-year-11670600851?mod=hp_lead_pos13) that saw wildly inflated levels of activity, bonus pools could be as much as 40% lower. **Notably,** in 2021, New York City securities workers got their biggest bonus payouts since 2006, averaging [$257.5k](https://www.osc.state.ny.us/press/releases/2022/10/dinapoli-wall-st-profits-return-pre-pandemic-levels). 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