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