Apple will raise the beginning compensation for its US representatives, the iPhone creator said on Wednesday, as organizations face a tight work market and a flood in unionization endeavors in the midst of rising expansion.

The beginning compensation for the organization’s US colleagues will ascend to $22 each hour, or higher in view of the market, a 45% leap from 2018 levels, Apple (AAPL) said in an explanation to Reuters.

“This year as part of our annual performance review process, we’re increasing our overall compensation budget,” a company spokesperson said.

Apple has informed a few specialists their yearly surveys would be progressed by 90 days and the new compensation will produce results toward the beginning of July, the Wall Street Journal, which originally revealed the progressions in remuneration, said.

Apple didn’t quickly answer a solicitation for additional subtleties on the remuneration changes.

Cupertino, California-based Apple is known for its hesitant culture, however last year a few current and previous specialists started censuring the organization’s functioning circumstances on the web.

In April, laborers at Apple’s Atlanta store documented a request to hold an association political decision, trying to turn into the organization’s most memorable US store to unionize in the midst of a flood of work movement at other significant firms.

Google (GOOGL) and Microsoft (MSFT) are among other tech organizations that have updated execution surveys or changed pay this year as they battle to hold laborers.