| The composite highest-income practitioner in this | | | | north central states falling in the middle. As to |
| field (salary plus cash bonus and/or cash profit | | | | metropolitan areas alone, the highest median |
| sharing) is the President "A" (defined as a chief | | | | annual incomes are found in: San Diego; Inland |
| executive officer who is the owner of, a full | | | | Empire (CA); Los Angeles; Oakland/East Bay; |
| partner in, or a major stockholder in the firm) of | | | | Philadelphia; and Cherry Hill (NJ). The lowest median |
| a consulting engineering firm. The firm provides | | | | annual incomes are found in Corpus Christi; |
| services in civil (general, structural, and/or land | | | | Jacksonville; Anchorage; Orange County (CA); |
| development), or geotechnical engineering; | | | | Atlanta; and Orlando.Type of Service Provided by |
| receives in excess of $25,000,000 in gross annual | | | | EmployerOverall, supervisory/managerial personnel |
| fees for services rendered; has 500 or more | | | | are paid best in architectural, civil (general), and |
| employees; and is headquartered in or near | | | | environmental engineering firms, and worst in land |
| Raleigh/Durham/Chapel Hill, St. Louis, Oakland/East | | | | surveying firms and electrical/electronics |
| Bay, Milwaukee, Portland (OR), Lincoln (NE), | | | | engineering firms. Engineering and scientific jobs |
| Chicago, Middlesex-Essex Counties (MA), or | | | | pay best in electrical and highway/traffic |
| Sacramento. This individual has a BS in engineering | | | | transportation engineering firms, and worst in |
| or higher, and 20 or more years of experience. | | | | environmental, surveying, and geotechnical |
| While the median President "A" has a total annual | | | | engineering firms. CADD/designing/drafting jobs |
| income of $112,000, the highest-income individuals | | | | pay best in highway/traffic/transportation and civil |
| reported in this group make over $1,000,000.Far | | | | (general and primarily land development) |
| toward the other end of the income spectrum, | | | | engineering firms, and worst in surveying and |
| Field Technicians have a median income of | | | | environmental engineering firms. Laboratory, land |
| $27,400. Sometimes earning under $18,000, the | | | | surveying, and technician jobs pay best in highway |
| lowest-paid employees in this group usually are | | | | traffic/transportation and civil (general or primarily |
| located in or near St. Louis, Corpus Christi, | | | | structural) engineering firms, and worst in |
| Milwaukee, or Richmond/Petersburg (VA), or | | | | surveying and geotechnical engineering |
| outside metropolitan areas studied in Missouri; | | | | firms.Annual FeesOverall, this factor is not a good |
| work for firms providing services in surveying or | | | | indicator of the median total annual cash |
| general civil or geotechnical engineering; have | | | | compensation received by all types of employees |
| under three years of experience; and have no | | | | in the consulting engineering/land surveying field, |
| college training.These composites represent the | | | | except at the highest levels.Number of |
| briefest possible "boil-down" of the voluminous | | | | EmployeesThis factor is also not a good overall |
| data provided regarding current salaries and cash | | | | predictor of median total annual cash |
| bonuses and/or profit sharing, and numerous | | | | compensation in the consulting engineering/land |
| demographic variables provided by 216 consulting | | | | surveying field, again except at the highest |
| engineering and land surveying firms on more than | | | | levels.Type of Work PerformedFor supervisory |
| 5,300 employees in 152 benchmark jobs. The end | | | | managerial personnel, median total annual cash |
| results of the survey appear in Compensation in | | | | compensation is highest in computer science and |
| Consulting Engineering and Land Surveying Firms, | | | | civil engineering (general), and lowest in CADD |
| 10th Edition - 2004, an 888-page, four-volume | | | | design, land surveying, and electrical/electronics |
| statistical analysis of compensation in this | | | | engineering. For engineering and scientific jobs, it is |
| field.Copies of the entire report are available for | | | | highest in aeronautical/aerospace and chemical |
| $1,200.00 from Abbott, Langer & Associates, Inc., | | | | engineering, and lowest in ecology and land |
| Dept. ART, 548 First St., Crete, IL 60417 | | | | surveying. Among CADD/design/drafting |
| (telephone 708/672-4200; fax 708/672-4674; | | | | personnel, designers (excluding CADD) are paid |
| The volumes may be purchased separately | | | | most and drafters (excluding CADD) are paid |
| (Volume 1 - supervisory & managerial jobs and | | | | least. For laboratory, land surveying, and technician |
| Volume 2 - non-supervisory engineers & scientists | | | | jobs, annual compensation is highest in civil |
| for $495.00 each; and Volume 3 - CADD/design | | | | engineering (primarily land development) and land |
| draftings jobs and Volume 4 - laboratory | | | | surveying, and lowest in laboratory and earth |
| surveying/technician jobs for $395.00 each).It | | | | sciences.ExperienceIn most areas surveyed, this is |
| would be an exercise in futility to attempt more | | | | an excellent predictor of median total annual cash |
| than a superficial overview of the survey results | | | | compensation: Typically, the more years of |
| in this summary. However, some overall data | | | | experience, the higher the |
| regarding compensation can be presented herein, | | | | compensation.EducationThis is a major indicator of |
| and some comments can be made.Overall | | | | median total annual cash compensation in all areas |
| CompensationIn addition to the incomes of the | | | | surveyed. For supervisory/managerial personnel |
| benchmark jobs already discussed, the median | | | | and those in the engineering/scientific field, a |
| total cash compensation nationally of some of the | | | | doctorate brought the highest compensation. An |
| other 150 benchmark jobs included in the survey | | | | advanced degree resulted in the highest |
| report is: | | | | compensation for both CADD/designing/drafting |
| Engineering Branch Managers "B" - $105,562 | | | | and laboratory, land surveying, and technician |
| Senior Mechanical Engineering Project Managers - | | | | jobs.Experience Versus EducationA combination of |
| $95,500 | | | | experience and education is a better predictor of |
| Senior Environmental Engineering Project | | | | compensation than either area alone. While dealt |
| Managers - $89,322 | | | | with in detail in the report, space does not allow |
| Chief Financial Executives - $89,018 | | | | an analysis of the data herein.Managerial |
| Senior Electrical/Electronic Engineers - $77,700 | | | | Supervisory ResponsibilityMedian total annual cash |
| Chief Marketing/Sales Executives - $66,200 | | | | compensation varies greatly according to the level |
| Senior Scientists - $66,000 | | | | of supervisory responsibility. Compensation is |
| Chief Human Resources Executives - $65,780 | | | | highest for supervisory/managerial personnel who |
| Project Highway/Traffic/Transportation Engineers | | | | supervise 50 or more professional employees |
| - $61,168 | | | | (with little or no responsibility for supervising |
| Lead Designers - $55,000 | | | | technicians and/or drafters). For engineering and |
| Design/Drafting/CADD Managers - $52,000 | | | | scientific jobs, compensation is lowest with no |
| Staff Civil Engineers - $48,240 | | | | consistent supervisory responsibility and highest |
| Survey Party Chiefs - $40,120 | | | | when supervising 10 or more professional and |
| Engineering Technicians - $37,000 | | | | subprofessional employees. For CADD/designing |
| Associate Field Technicians (Inspection - | | | | drafting jobs, supervising three or four |
| construction) - $36,360 | | | | subprofessionals brings the highest compensation, |
| Junior CADD Operators - $31,840 | | | | while no consistent supervisory responsibility |
| Associate Drafters (drafting) - $27,874 | | | | results in the lowest incomes. For laboratory, land |
| Laboratory Technicians - $27,190Naturally, these | | | | surveying, and technician jobs, supervising five to |
| nation-wide pay rates vary by region, state & | | | | nine technicians and/or drafters results in the |
| metropolitan area, type of services provided and | | | | highest compensation; no consistent supervisory |
| annual fees received by the firm, size of firm, | | | | responsibility results in the lowest pay.Dr. Steven |
| type of work performed/supervised/managed, | | | | Langer is a Licensed Psychologist with 35 years of |
| level of education, length of experience, and | | | | experience in business, industry, government, |
| supervisory/managerial responsibility involved - all | | | | academe, and consulting. As a Visiting Professor |
| demographic variables for which data are provided | | | | of Management at Loyola University of Chicago |
| in the complete report.Geographic AreaThe | | | | and Community Professor of Behavioral Sciences |
| median total annual cash compensation for | | | | at Purdue University, he has taught at both the |
| supervisory/managerial personnel is highest in the | | | | undergraduate and graduate levels, teaching such |
| southern and southwestern states and lowest in | | | | subjects as statistics, wage & salary |
| the midwestern and north central states. The | | | | administration, human resources management, |
| Pacific, Rocky Mountain, and northeastern states | | | | personnel selection, and industrial/organizational |
| fall in the middle of the range. Regarding | | | | psychology.Dr. Langer is President of Abbott, |
| metropolitan areas only, the highest median annual | | | | Langer & Associates, Inc., consultants in human |
| incomes are found in: Raleigh/Durham/Chapel Hill; | | | | resources management and industrial |
| Charlotte/Gastonia; Dallas/Ft. Worth; Orlando; and | | | | organizational psychology and publishers in the |
| Daytona Beach/Melbourne/Titusville. The lowest | | | | human resources field. He has directed and/or |
| median annual incomes are found in Eugene | | | | participated in a variety of compensation, human |
| Springfield (OR); Great Falls; Des Moines; Butte; | | | | resources administration, psychological, and training |
| and Pittsburgh.Median total annual cash | | | | projects for numerous business, industrial, and law |
| compensation for engineering and scientific jobs is | | | | firms, periodicals, governmental jurisdictions and |
| highest in the Pacific and north central states and | | | | human relations commissions, professional |
| lowest in the northeastern and southern states. | | | | societies and trade associations, and organizations |
| The southwestern, Rocky Mountain, and | | | | in the not-for-profit sector. He holds the B.A. |
| midwestern states are in the middle. Regarding | | | | degree in Psychology from California State |
| metropolitan areas only, the highest median annual | | | | University at Sacramento, the Master of |
| incomes are found in: Houston; Las Vegas; Moline | | | | Personnel Service degree from the University of |
| Rock Island/Davenport; Denver/Boulder; Chicago; | | | | Colorado at Boulder, and the Ph.D. degree in |
| and Minneapolis/St. Paul. The lowest median annual | | | | Educational Psychology from Walden University.He |
| incomes are found in: Harrisburg/Lancaster/York; | | | | is past chairman of the Personnel Research |
| Glenwood Springs (CO); Albany/Schenectady | | | | Award Committee of the Society for Human |
| Troy; Charleston (WV); Rockford (IL); and Eau | | | | Resource Management and recipient of their |
| Claire (WI).Median total annual cash compensation | | | | Senior Professional in Human Resources |
| for CADD/designing/drafting jobs is highest in the | | | | certificate; member of WorldAtWork (formerly |
| Pacific and midwestern states. The southwestern | | | | the American Compensation Association); past |
| and southern states are lowest, with the Rocky | | | | member of the Board of Directors of the Chicago |
| Mountain, north central, and northeastern states | | | | Compensation Association; past president of the |
| falling in the middle. Treating metropolitan areas | | | | Pueblo Personnel Association; past chairman of the |
| alone, the highest median annual incomes are | | | | Section of Industrial Psychologists of the Illinois |
| found in: Oakland/East Bay; Detroit; Davenport; | | | | Psychological Association; and past president of |
| Champaign/Urbana; and Seattle/Everett. The | | | | the Chicago Psychological Association.Dr. Langer |
| lowest median annual incomes are found in: | | | | has conducted or directed studies in and/or |
| Harrisburg/Lancaster/York; Raleigh/Durham | | | | served as an expert witness in such areas as |
| Chapel Hill; Louisville; Kansas City; and | | | | employee recruitment and selection; employee |
| Austin.Median total annual cash compensation for | | | | compensation, fringe benefits, and working |
| laboratory, land surveying, and technician jobs is | | | | conditions; prevailing rates; loss of and anticipated |
| highest in the Pacific and Rocky Mountain states | | | | earnings; job discrimination; and employee |
| and lowest in the southwestern and southern | | | | attitudes and morale. |
| states with the midwestern, northeastern, and | | | | |