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2009 Career & Salary Survey

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Does your salary measure up?

See also:

  2008 Salary Survey

  2007 Salary Survey

  2006 Salary Survey

  2005 Salary Survey

The results of our 2009 Career and Salary Survey are in. Find out how your salary stacks up to that of your peers.

We conducted the survey by sending an e-mail to subscribers to Test & Measurement World magazine during June 2009. We asked them to tell us about their compensation, experience, education, job satisfaction, and workload. The results, which were tabulated by Research Results, an independent research firm, have a 95% confidence level with a projectable margin of error of ±3.5%.

 

Click on a chart title to see the survey results:

 Personal profile
What is your age?
What is your gender?
What is the highest level of education you have completed?
How many years of testing and measurement experience have you had?
 Compensation and benefits
What is your annual salary, including bonuses and commissions?
  Compensation by education level
  Compensation by years of experience
  Compensation by job function
  Compensation by industry
  Compensation by age
By what percentage did your 2008 salary increase over the 2007 figure?
In 2009, are you expecting an increase in your salary?
If yes, by what percent?
What percentage of your salary is based on performance measures?
If you earned a bonus in 2008, what was the major reason for it?
How do you think your income compares with other professionals who have the same job?
Which benefits, besides compensation, are most important to you in your current job?
 Current economic conditions
Did your department experience layoffs or a pay cut in 2008?
If your company announced a widescale pay cut, what was the percentage?
Did you personally experience a layoff or a pay cut?
If you experienced a pay cut, what was the percentage?
 Job responsibilities and career satisfaction
What testing and measuring functions do you perform or manage?
For how many companies have you worked?
How many years have you been with your company?
How many years have you been in your present job?
Has the number of functions you perform increased or decreased during the past 3 years?
What are the three biggest challenges you face on the job?
Which one area are you most concerned about?
Which technologies has your current job required you to learn about in the past 2 years?
What skills do engineers need to get ahead in their profession?
What factors have the greatest impact on your satisfaction with your current job?
How actively are you seeking another job?
How satisfied are you with your engineering career as a whole?
Would you recommend this field to your son, your daughter, or a friend?
 Company information
Does anyone in your department attend trade shows?
How much do you estimate your company spends on testing and measurement annually?
What kind of software does your company use?
To which industry groups does your company belong?

 

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