> How mant times can you get the 20-40% salary increases ? Very soon you will hit the band ceiling
It would require taking on more responsibility, and moving up in roles.
Two points of clarification:
* This is in high demand markets.
* Pay = salary and bonus.
I'm not advocating job hopping, but if you purely want to maximize your income, you'll get a bigger increase taking a promotion at a new company (where you have more leverage to negotiate) then you will at your current company.
Me personally--I live by the cheat-code from WC2 -- All that glitters is not gold.