TOTAL COMPENSATION A Closer Look at Your Personal Benefits Statement Understanding Your Net Worth at Duke Your Personal Benefits Statement should arrive at your home by early May. Pay Duke paid out more than $1.86 billion for salaries & wages in 2009. Pay Duke conducts annual surveys of the market to ensure its pay ranges are competitive. Pay In 2009, salary increases nationally were the lowest in 33 years.* Average base pay increase for U.S. workers was 1.8%