As the New York Times Co. is set to impose a 23 percent pay cut on Boston Newspaper Guild members at the Boston Globe, and reports circulate about staff cuts and wage decreases at titles especially in the United States, a new report suggests such wage reductions are against the current trend, paidContent.org reported Thursday.

The study by the Inland Press Association found that across 400 U.S. and Canadian newspapers, wages increased by an average of 2.1 percent from 2008 to 2009.

However, the increases were focused in certain crafts associated with the digital existence of the newspaper. "Interactive producers" saw pay increases of 13 percent and staff in "new and alternative business development" saw a 5 percent pay rise from 2008, according to the study.

Still, on average, pay for news reporters and editorial page editors remained stable, a trend that denies the universality of salary freezes and pay-cuts made at The New York Times Co., Gannett and Dow Jones newspapers.