January 28, 2009 4:04 PM

Those shrinking wallets
Posted by Jesse Nunesat 4:04 PM

Last week's poll was a popular one - I guess it always will be when you bring up money.

In the wake of a Salary.com report that showed raises at companies will be scarce this year, and also in the midst of daily layoff news, we wanted to find out just how hard the recession is hitting Massachusetts workers in the wallet.

The results weren't too surprising:

Although the most respondents indicated they are making "slightly more" money than last year, the combined responses for those making "slightly less" or "a lot less" totaled more than 40 percent. Add in the relatively high percentage of people that are making the same as last year, and the smaller number of people who are now jobless, and you end up with only a third of workers who are actually making more than a year ago.

Again, these results are far from scientific, but they are interesting.

This week, we want to know who you think is most effected by the recession when it comes to looking for jobs. Cast your vote here.

And on a related note, check out a new Boston.com article on who may be hiring the upcoming graduates in the Class of 2009.