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Salary Surveys

This section provides you with a comprehensive set of links to salary surveys around the web. The companies responsible for publishing the material often change their websites and delete the surveys. The list was accurate as of Sept 1, 1999. We will update it on a six month cycle.

The first section is a series of links that will take you to the specific information on the rest of this page.

Accounting Administrative Support Advertising Agriculture Airlines Building Industries Computer Fields Consulting Economics Education Engineering Executives	Finance Government Healthcare Human Resources Law Enforcement Legal & Paralegal Libraries Marketing & Sales Mathematics Media Mining NonProfit	Petroleum Planning Printing Purchasing Retail Science & Biotech Social Work Technical Writers Telecommunications Trades Warehousing
ACCOUNTING & FINANCE ESPAN Salary Guides 1995 Source Finance - Accounting & Finance Salary Survey from EDP. Covers Public Accounting, Private Accounting and Finance positions. Salary Survey - Credit Analyst Entry, staff, senior and manager salary levels regionally from ESPAN. 1999 Accountant's Salary Guide From Creative Financial Staffing, a placement firm for CPAs: national averages by position title and years of experience. Salary Guide Salaries by education, experience, company type and size based on 1995 placements by Management Solutions, a Bay Area placement firm for full, part time and interim accounting & financial staff. Accountants Overload Annual Salary Index Report of a 1999 survey of Southern California accounting firms. 1999 Accounting Pay IOMA's summary of Source Finance's 1999 accounting salary survey. Accounting/Financial Salaries Summary of a report by Abbott, Langer & Associates. ADMINISTRATIVE SUPPORT Thomas Staffing - 12th Annual Employment Survey Salary levels of office workers in Southern California from Thomas Staffing, Feb. 1999. Occupational Outlook Handbook - Administrative Service Managers See the "Earnings" section. What the Rest of Us Make Average salaries for positions at Silicon Valley electronic companies from the San Jose Mercury News. ADVERTISING Advertising Age / Monster Board Salary Survey 1996 WOW! Advertising Age's salary survey for advertising agencies, media & marketing departments is on the Web in all its glory. Regional data, base salary, salary growth are covered in more than 20 charts. AGRICULTURE California Growers Paying More by the Hour Summary of a 1995 survey by California Association of Winegrape Growers. Top Execs Gain the Most Pay, Raises Wine Business Monthly survey (2/97) of salaries at 300 wineries; covers 16 job titles. AIRLINES Careers in Aviation A.E.A.C. From Airline Employment Assistance Corps: broad salary ranges for a variety of positions in aircraft, airlines, airports, flight attendants, food preparation, office, pilots. IAM Facts & Figures International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers: Earnings & Hours, Cost of Living, Employment data. BUILDING INDUSTRIES See also Trades. Pro Builder's Exclusive Compensation Survey Salaries for owners and presidents of small building companies from Pro Builder, Aug. 1999. Pay Scales in Home Building From Builder magazine (11/95): issues in compensation for home builders; salary ranges for CEOs, Sales & Marketing, Construction Superintendent. Project Manager Salaries Rise From Interiors & Sources: Oct., 1995, summary of a survey from the Association of Project Managers. BOMI Institute/ Maintenance Solutions Annual Salary Survey Maintenance Solutions annual feature (Nov., 1996) reports compensation trends for maintenance management professionals in commercial and institutional facilities. 1999 Survey for California Architectural Firms Preliminary results from Management Design's 1999 survey includes salary data for California, LA, Orange County, San Diego County, Sacramento Central Valley and the San Francisco Bay Area. The survey is endorsed by the American Institute of Architects, California Chapter. Architect Salary Gains Rebound Highlights of "Compensation at U.S. Architecture Firms: The 1999 AIA Survey Report" from ISDesignNet. COMPUTER FIELDS CONSULTING Consulting Firms Compensation Summary of a report by Abbott, Langer & Associates on compensation and benefits in consulting firms. Compensation Patterns in the Consulting Industry Starting salaries, typical pay, top pay rates as well as compensation factors from Ohio State University. 1999 Real Consulting Rates Supplement to Janet Ruhl's The Computer Consultant's Workbook collects consulting rate information from practicing consultant/ programmers--quite a useful glimpse into the mysterious world of consulting. ECONOMICS NABE 1996 Salary Survey National Association of Business Economists salary data. EDUCATION California University of California Academic Salary Scales Salary tables and other data for academic positions at the U.C. system, effective Oct. 1, 1995. California State University Salary Structure Salaries for faculty positions, effective April, 1994. Selected CSU Staff Classifications and Salaries Salary levels for California State University staff classifications commonly used in grants & contracts, July 1996. Title & Pay Plans For academic and staff positions at each of the UC campuses. Salary Study for Administrators Association of California Community College Administrators (ACCCA) report on its annual Benchmark Compensation Survey for 1995-96. Other Surveys PRIMARY & SECONDARY AFT Local Union Teacher Salary Survey 1996 American Federation of Teachers salary data for schools in the U.S.'s 100 largest cities. Average Public Education Teacher Salary Average salaries in 1994 for the 15 most populous states--based on National Education Association's 1994 Rankings of States. COLLEGE & UNIVERSITY Faculty Salary Search Tool College & University Faculty Salary Database From National Teaching and Learning Forum : Search the 1994-1995 interactive faculty salary database. Enter school names and compare rates, compare salaries at institutions by state or search for school by name. Two Separate Surveys Find Salaries For Faculty Increasing At All Levels June, 1995, article in The Scientist reports two separate surveys recently released by the Washington, D.C.-based American Association of University Professors (AAUP) and the National Association of State Universities and Land-Grant Colleges (NASULGC). Faculty Salaries of Public Institutions in the AAU Average Faculty Salaries in Association of American Universities, 1995-96. (UC Berkeley is ranked #1 in California.) Average pay of full-time professors From Chronicle of Higher Education and Academe This Week. Based on 1994-95 U.S. Dept. of Education survey. Computer Science Faculty Salaries in Fiscal 1996-97 Salaries reported by ranking of Computer Science Departments. Business School 1995-1996 Salary Survey Results American Assembly of Collegiate Schools of Business reports a study of salaries for faculty and business school administrators. ENGINEERING EXECUTIVES What the Boss Makes San Jose Mercury News feature article (6/16/97) covers top earners at Silicon Valley's 150 largest companies. CRN Salary Survey Extensive survey of high tech executive salaries from Computer Reseller News, May 1999. New age of pay topples old ideas, rewards performance San Francisco Examiner article (Aug. 27, 1995) on executive compensation trends in the Bay Area. Inc. Magazine-CEO Compensation Inc. article, Sept. 1995, reports survey of CEO's at Inc. 500 companies regarding the factors used to set CEO pay & perks. Executive Pay Scoreboard Business Week's annual feature (4/21/97) on executive compensation at the 365 largest U.S. companies. Executive Compensation: Ranking the top 800 executives Annual feature from Forbes. FINANCE 1999 Salary Survey Financial Services From ACSYS (an East Coast recruiter): covers banking, trust, operations, leasing, mutual funds & more. GOVERNMENT Federal Civil Service Pay From NASA Ames Research Center--1999 & 1996 salary information: Federal Pay Chart Schedule; General Schedule for San Francisco Area; Senior Executive Pay, Engineer Pay Schedule (2); Local Area Clerical Special Pay Chart; Federal Wage System Pay Chart. 1999 General Schedule Pay Tables by Locality From Federal Times: enter GS level and region for a full range of pay scales. Military Pay Chart for 1999 Monthly pay rates by grade & time-served. Includes quarters allowance. Reserve Drill Pay Chart - 1996 Per day drill pay by rank and years of service. State of California Employees--Pay Scales Sampling of 1994 pay scales for California state positions as well as benefits, retirement and health plan information. California State Personnel Board "Current State Exams Open to the Public" gives salary ranges and job descriptions for currently open positions. Permanent Employment Opportunities with City & County of San Francisco Gives Step 1 of Annual Salaries for open positions. Los Angeles County Current Job Listings Open jobs are described with salary ranges for county positions. 19th Annual Public Employee Salary Survey From the online edition of The Reporter (Vacaville, CA): 19th Annual Public Employee Salary Survey, reporting on Solano County. HEALTHCARE Earnings and Related Nursing Occupations Summary of salary data from a variety of government and private sources. Physician Salary Surveys Average salaries by specialty from a variety of surveys from Modern Healthcare Magazine, July 15, 1996. Ernst & Young/CHIPS Health Care Survey Summary of 1995 survey of CEO compensation in hospitals. Managed Care Administrator Salaries Summary of Management Compensation Survey: 1996 conducted by Medical Group Management Association. Home Health Care Salary Survey Report of a survey of salaries conducted by HomeCare magazine (Sept., 1996) covering a wide range of job titles in the Home Healthcare industry. Salary Surveys for Certified Health Physicists Prepared by G.L. Lautenschlager and E.A. Thompson of the Midwest Chapter of the Health Physics Society, in association with the American Academy of Health Physics, and appearing in The Health Physics Society's Newsletter, June 1995. Medical Device Salary Survey 8th annual survey for the medical device industry from Medical Device Link. (Includes Western region breakdown.) Therapeutic Recreation Directory Survey of the Month - Salaries Though the data given are "not a scientific survey"--you might get a clue from reader reports (February, 1999.) HUMAN RESOURCES How Does Your Pay Stack Up?--Human Resources HR Magazine Cover Story for Nov. 1995. Summary of compensation survey for HR professionals. Compensation in the Human Resources Field Summary of a five-volume report from Abbott, Langer & Associates. LAW ENFORCEMENT BJS Law Enforcement Publications Bureau of Justice Statistics conducts surveys of police, sheriffs' departments, law enforcement management, federal law enforcement offices nationwide. Individual reports cover starting salaries, special pay and educational & training requirements. Loss Prevention Compensation Survey Summary of an Abbott, Langer & Associates report. LEGAL & PARALEGAL What Lawyers Earn - 1999 Extensive salary information from National Law Journal Special Report June 2, 1999. Includes regional breakdowns and salary levels for California for some positions. Compensation in Legal & Related Jobs (non-law firms) Extensive summary of an Abbot, Langer Associates report. Compensation and Benefits Survey Results Report of National Federation of Paralegal Association's national 1995 survey. LIBRARIES Special Library Association Salary Survey Summary data from the 1996 SLA survey of special librarians & information personnel. ARL Salary Survey, 1995-96 Released Summary of annual salary survey from Association of Research Libraries for university and nonuniversity research library positions. Newspaper Guild Salary Survey Librarian & paraprofessional contract rates (Dec. 1, 1994) for newspaper libraries. Library Salary Guides Broad salary levels by state (from College & Research Libraries News, July/August 1996); regional beginning level salaries (from Library Journal, October 15, 1996.) MARKETING & SALES Income in Sales/Marketing Management Summary of an Abbott, Langer & Associates Compensation & Benefits Report. Benchmark: Sales and Marketing Executives' Pay From Inc. magazine: 1995 bonus, base and salary for companies by annual sales revenue. Performance compensation for sales and marketing execs Chart from Inc. magazine, October, 1995. 1999 Salary Survey Article from Exhibitor Magazine, July 1999, for trade show exhibitors, coordinators and corporate events planners. Check the 1996 salary survey for a more extensive report. 1995 Show Management Salaries 1995 Show Management Salary Survey and Exhibit Sales Salary Survey, sponsored by EXPO magazine, includes regional salary data. Computer Salary Survey for Sales From ESPAN: Account Representative, Pre/Post Sales Support and Management salaries. Figures cited for: San Francisco/San Jose; L.A.; Orange County, San Diego. 1996 Career & Salary Survey From Medical Marketing & Media, December, 1996. How to Hire a Sales Staff From Entrepreneurial Edge Online website: an outline of sales incentive plans and commission structures in the Section II. B, "Compensation Packages." MATHEMATICS 1996 Annual AMS-IMS-MAA Survey American Mathematical Society annual survey of new doctoral recipient salaries as well as faculty at 4-year colleges & universities. MEDIA Television and Radio News Salaries Extensive collection of surveys from Vernon Stone, Missouri School of Journalism. Benefit packages are covered. Paychecks and Market Baskets: Broadcast News Salaries and Inflation in the 1990s Also from Vernon Stone: 1999 report on how salaries for on-air, production, reporter salaries have (or haven't) kept pace with inflation. Steady Year for Salaries Radio-Television News Directors Association & Ball State University's Survey of 1996 salaries for television & radio news positions with regional breakdowns. California Salary Survey--Newspapers California Society of Newspaper Editors report on the special 1995 California breakout of the Newspaper Industry Compensation Survey. Newsroom Compensation March 1995 issue of TJFR Business News Reporter. Average Salaries in Business Journalism "Salaries For Most Business Journalists Can Hardly Be Called Stratospheric" also from March 1995 issue of TJFR Business News Reporter. American Society of Business Press Editors Salary Survey April 1996 report of salary survey of association members. How Much Should You Pay Your New Media Staff? Newspaper New Media News & Analysis column in Editor & Publisher Interactive, May 20, 1996. AV Video & Multimedia Producer's Salary Survey October, 1996, report of a survey of readers of Multimedia Producer magazine. Local 839 minimums, 11/1/95 - 10/31/96 Minimum salaries (Union contract) for the The Motion Picture Screen Cartoonists and Affiliated Optical Electronic and Graphic Arts, Local 839 of the International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees and Moving Picture Technicians, Artists and Allied Crafts of the United States and Canada, American Federation of Labor-Congress of Industrial Organizations/Canadian Labour Congress. (They say that's their name!) MINING Mining Wages and Benefits Summary of the 1996 Annual Mining Cost Service U.S. Mine Labor Survey from Western Mine Engineering. NONPROFIT Highlights of the 1996 Wage and Benefit Survey Selected "bits" of the Management Center's annual survey of Bay Area nonprofit compensation and benefits. You may purchase the entire survey or check your library for the latest edition. Salaries are Flat at NonProfits but Fringes are hot, hot, hot NonProfit Times annual report (Feb., 1999) on nonprofit salaries. NonProfit Organizations Compensation Summary of a salary report by Abbott, Langer & Associates on CEO compensation in the nonprofit sector. Salaries and benefits in the youth development field 1995 salary data for administrators, supervisors and employees working directly with youth. PETROLEUM 1995 Geological Salary Survey From MLA Resources, a search firm for the energy industry. The survey is arranged by years of experience and education. 1996 Petroleum Engineers Salary Survey From MLA Resources, a search firm for the energy industry. The survey is arranged by years of experience. PLANNING APA Survey of Planners' Salaries Excerpted from Planners Salaries and Employment Trends, 1995, from the American Planning Association. PRINTING Graphic Arts Monthly's 1999 Salary Survey Report of annual survey of management positions in the commercial printing industry (July, 1999) includes production, office, sales and bonus information. PURCHASING EBN's Purchasing Management Electronic Buyers News, Dec., 1996, salary survey for those in purchasing at electronics related firms. RETAIL Salary Review Salary ranges by store size for grocery retail industry, January 1999, Craig Affiliates, Inc. SCIENCE & BIOTECH Median Annual Salaries of Doctoral Scientists and Engineers, 1993 Data sorted by field of doctorate and gender. From July, 1995, issue of The Scientist. NSF Survey: Biology Ph.D.S Report of a 1993 National Science Foundation salary survey in the July, 1995, issue of The Scientist. Research & Development Salaries Summary of an Abbott, Langer & Associates survey of R&D practitioners and directors. Salary Survey Results From MedZilla ,a recruiter in biotech, pharmaceutical and medical industries. Arranged by degree (from "no college" to "Ph.D.") The salary survey was conducted Sept., 1995. Chemical & Engineering News Salary Survey Chemical Engineering & News' July 29, 1996 survey of chemist employment and salaries. Career Transitions for Chemists Summary of salary trends and information sources for chemists. American Crystallographic Association Salary Survey Results of Spring, 1996, survey of association members. Independent Laboratory, Testing and Inspection Firm Salary Survey Summary of an Abbott, Langer & Associates survey of practitioners and directors in this field. SOCIAL WORK Salaries for New Social Workers Spring, 1996, article from The New Social Worker. TECHNICAL WRITERS 1996 Technical Communicator Salary Survey Summary of a survey of full time technical writers/editors. Includes median salary by first two digits of Zip Code. Salary Survey for Technical Writer ESPAN offers salary info for San Francisco/San Jose and LA/Orange County by years of experience. TELECOMMUNICATIONS Salary Survey 1999 Communications News survey of readers covers operations, network and LAN management. TRADES Prevailing Wages California Dept. of Industrial Relations prevailing wage determinations for journeyman & apprentice trades (commercial building, highway, heavy construction & dredging projects) for the state, by region or for counties. WAREHOUSING Are You Getting Your Fair Share? Report of Warehousing Management's Third Annual Manager's Pay Survey, 1995. Materials Distribution Salary Survey 1996 Annual Salary Survey from Materials Management & Distribution magazine.