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Member Salary Survey Report 2003 Prepared by: The Association of Professional Engineers and Geoscientists of New Brunswick Professional Engineers and Geoscientists of Newfoundland and Labrador The Association of Professional Engineers of Nova Scotia The Association of Professional Engineers of Prince Edward Island
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Member Salary Survey Report
2003
Prepared by:
The Association of Professional Engineers and Geoscientists of New Brunswick
Professional Engineers and Geoscientists of Newfoundland and Labrador
The Association of Professional Engineers of Nova Scotia
The Association of Professional Engineers of Prince Edward Island
TABLE OF CONTENTS
1.0 STUDY BACKGROUND AND METHODOLOGY............................................................ 3
2.0 SURVEY RESULTS ............................................................................................................... 5
2.1. BASE SALARY ....................................................................................................................... 5
Salary....................................................................................................................................... 5 Salary by Membership Status .................................................................................................. 6 Salary by Gender..................................................................................................................... 8 Salary by Year of Graduation................................................................................................ 10 Salary by Year of Graduation and Gender............................................................................ 12 Salary by Post-Graduate Studies........................................................................................... 13 Salary by Discipline .............................................................................................................. 14 Salary by Years of Experience............................................................................................... 17 Salary by Job Position........................................................................................................... 21 Salary by Sector of Employment............................................................................................ 22
2.2 BENEFITS AND OTHER REMUNERATION .............................................................................. 26
Vacation by Employment Sector............................................................................................ 26 Overtime Compensation ........................................................................................................ 29 Benefits .................................................................................................................................. 30
2.3 OVERALL SATISFACTION WITH REMUNERATION ................................................................ 32
APPENDIX: QUESTIONNAIRE .............................................................................................. 33
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1.0 Study Background and Methodology On behalf of the Professional Engineers and Geoscientists of Newfoundland and Labrador (PEGNL), the Association of Professional Engineers of Nova Scotia (APENS), the Association of Professional Engineers and Geoscientists of New Brunswick (APEGNB), and the Association of Professional Engineers of Prince Edward Island (APEPEI), during Fall 2003, Market Quest Research conducted the 2003 Member Salary Survey. This survey was conducted in response to requests for current statistics on engineering salaries in the Atlantic region. The last salary survey was conducted in 1998 via mail-out questionnaires. For PEGNL, APENS, and APEGNB, a sample of resident members, including Professional Engineers (P.Eng) and Engineers-in-Training (EIT), was randomly selected to participate in the survey. Due to the small membership base for APEPEI, a census of resident P.Eng and EIT members was conducted.1 To ensure the sample is representative of the population, data was weighted for analysis performed at the Atlantic overall level and the provincial level. A quantitative telephone survey was completed with a total of 1401 members who are employed full-time, that is at least 30 hours per week. However, 29 completed surveys were removed from analysis because the respondents did not report salary. In addition, to minimize the effect of outliers on salary statistics, a formula was used to determine an upper cut-off for base salary.2 The upper cut-off salary was $166,000. This process resulted in the exclusion of 10 completed surveys. The table below presents the final sample sizes and margins of error3 by province of registration. Margin of error, or the level of precision, refers to the range, above or below the sample-based value, in which the true population value is estimated to fall. Province of Registration Sample Size Margin of Error PEGNL 408 ± $1,853 APENS 407 ± $1,931 APEGNB 409 ± $1,908 APEPEI 138 ± $2,003 All Associations 1362 ± $1,039
1 The census resulted in a response rate of 58% for APEPEI. 2 Upper cut off = Upper quartile + (3 x Inter-quartile range). Lower cut off = Lower quartile – (3 x Inter-quartile range). Inter-quartile range = Upper quartile – Lower Quartile. The lower cut off was negative in magnitude and thus did not apply. 3 Margins of error were determined based on the formula: n= (Z2 s2)/(C2 + Z2 s2/N-1), where: n=sample size; s=standard deviation; C = confidence interval or margin or error; Z=1.96 or 95% confidence level; and N=population size.
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Explanatory Notes
1. Salary refers to base salary excluding bonuses and overtime for full-time employees who work 30 or more hours per week.
2. The mean refers to the numerical average. 3. The median refers to the midpoint of the distribution – 50% of salaries fell above
the median and 50% fell below it. 4. Upper Quartile – 25% of salaries fell above this point and 75% were below it.
Lower Quartile – 75% of salaries fell above this point and 25% were below it. 5. Greater consideration should be given to the median than to the mean when
sample sizes are small. Medians are less likely to be influenced by a few very low or very high salaries.
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2.0 Survey Results 2.1. BASE SALARY Salary4
A-1: Salary
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All Associations PEGNL APENS APEGNB APEPEI
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Mean Median
Mean Median Lower
Quartile Upper
Quartile All Associations 69,124 65,668 54,000 81,000 PEGNL 72,857 70,000 57,294 85,000 APENS 69,814 66,000 55,188 81,989 APEGNB 66,857 65,000 50,000 80,000 APEPEI 60,483 57,000 48,000 69,000
4 Includes Professional Engineers and Engineers-in-Training.
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Salary by Membership Status
A-2: Engineer-in-Training
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A-3: Professional Engineer
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# of Responses Mean Median Lower
Quartile Upper
Quartile Engineer in Training
All Associations 299 46,835 45,000 39,000 53,000 PEGNL 99 51,561 50,000 44,118 57,279 APENS 80 46,163 45,025 38,000 51,354 APEGNB 97 44,057 41,295 36,000 49,000 APEPEI 23 44,948 43,301 36,000 49,988
Professional Engineer All Associations 1063 72,655 70,000 60,000 85,000 PEGNL 309 77,169 75,000 65,000 90,000 APENS 327 72,878 68,000 60,000 85,000 APEGNB 312 70,943 68,456 57,148 83,000 APEPEI 114 63,681 60,000 51,000 72,446
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Salary by Gender5
A-4: Female
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A-5: Male
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Mean Median
5 Gender differences in salary may be attributable to differences in years of experience. Please refer to chart A-7.
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# of Responses Mean Median Lower
Quartile Upper
Quartile Female
All Associations 365 60,249 58,000 47,000 71,000 PEGNL 79 68,076 60,000 50,000 80,246 APENS 140 60,916 59,000 49,626 70,807 APEGNB 132 57,021 56,000 42,162 67,000 APEPEI 14 48,545 47,758 35,643 59,316
Male All Associations 977 70,959 68,000 56,000 84,000 PEGNL 329 73,781 71,153 60,000 85,849 APENS 267 71,747 67,870 58,000 85,000 APEGNB 277 69,237 66,000 55,000 82,163 APEPEI 123 61,553 58,067 50,000 69,741
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Salary by Year of Graduation
A-6: Salary by Year of Graduation
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Graduation Year # of
Responses Mean Median Lower Quartile
Upper Quartile
1959 or earlier 5 91,457 98,960 78,259 100,000 1960 2 66,084 71,726 49,882 65,118 1961 1 - - - - 1962 7 77,036 69,035 60,000 100,000 1963 1 - - - - 1964 4 83,156 75,000 60,000 116,090 1965 5 85,349 83,337 80,000 90,000 1966 7 105,135 100,000 97,005 120,000 1967 7 99,970 104,000 64,688 126,175 1968 5 82,011 84,000 75,514 90,384 1969 10 89,823 100,000 89,367 109,457 1970 19 75,275 71,053 66,749 89,687 1971 18 74,460 70,000 60,000 85,339 1972 25 80,105 82,000 68,000 92,000 1973 19 75,359 71,396 65,000 86,601 1974 27 74,112 75,000 65,130 83,885 1975 34 84,750 82,000 70,000 98,638 1976 26 88,729 85,417 73,631 102,085 1977 19 72,431 72,000 62,000 77,641 1978 37 80,389 80,165 69,498 94,871 1979 30 78,044 80,000 65,433 90,000 1980 27 82,718 80,000 70,000 93,554 1981 26 77,525 71,552 63,000 90,074 1982 33 74,152 68,019 63,664 81,087 1983 41 77,092 70,066 62,000 88,979 1984 35 76,856 79,027 63,067 90,000 1985 34 82,693 75,000 65,766 96,575 1986 36 71,158 67,896 60,000 82,865 1987 48 73,762 69,929 63,000 85,097 1988 48 71,397 68,000 62,387 81,821 1989 49 75,883 70,000 62,000 87,961 1990 51 66,959 70,000 59,315 75,000 1991 38 61,515 59,888 54,074 66,230 1992 38 64,049 57,912 50,000 77,676 1993 43 63,120 60,448 51,957 69,000 1994 46 62,676 60,000 54,000 66,000 1995 46 57,879 60,000 50,000 64,901 1996 49 56,171 58,000 43,000 64,184 1997 68 52,608 49,138 41,000 63,000 1998 65 53,277 52,364 46,500 56,441 1999 49 51,181 51,128 47,000 54,752 2000 64 46,735 45,000 40,000 50,313 2001 39 46,006 43,272 36,233 53,657 2002 52 41,846 40,080 35,000 48,614 2003 29 39,972 40,392 35,344 45,000
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Salary by Year of Graduation and Gender
* Note: For some years of graduation, results are based on very small sample sizes.
A-7: Salary by Year of Graduation*
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Salary by Post-Graduate Studies
A-8: Salary by Post-Graduate Studies
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A-9: Salary by Post-Graduate Degree All Associations
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Salary by Discipline
A-10: Salary by Discipline
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A-11: Salary by Discipline
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Other
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Chemical
Naval Architecture
Mining/Metallurgical
Industrial
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Civil
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Median Salary ($)
APEPEI APEGNB APENS PEGNL All Associations
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Discipline
# of Responses Mean Median Lower
Quartile Upper
QuartileAll Associations 266 74,566 71,308 60,000 86,000PEGNL 105 75,561 75,000 60,929 86,000APENS 71 75,317 70,000 60,000 90,000APEGNB 73 72,487 71,099 59,920 84,920
Electrical /Electronic
APEPEI 16 70,543 67,506 56,520 88,813All Associations 466 67,096 65,000 52,000 78,000PEGNL 140 69,966 69,658 52,597 80,087APENS 127 65,943 62,000 53,000 77,707APEGNB 144 66,885 65,819 50,852 78,000
Civil
APEPEI 55 60,083 57,106 48,000 67,536All Associations 301 69,465 66,000 55,000 82,000PEGNL 95 73,292 69,510 55,000 89,007APENS 85 70,467 67,000 59,511 81,667APEGNB 89 66,857 65,000 52,000 81,000
Mechanical
APEPEI 32 56,328 53,314 45,000 64,426All Associations 67 68,335 65,000 58,117 78,000PEGNL 10 77,202 70,476 65,000 86,192APENS 35 69,868 66,014 58,125 81,147APEGNB 15 56,700 60,000 43,429 66,335
Industrial
APEPEI 7 70,824 69,891 46,913 82,170All Associations 27 68,787 65,000 55,215 80,679PEGNL 6 70,561 69,500 62,000 80,681APENS 15 66,015 61,320 50,502 79,870APEGNB 3 79,952 84,812 76,705 71,900
Mining/ Metallurgical
APEPEI 3 72,000 61,000 55,000 100,000All Associations 18 71,707 69,739 62,730 80,000PEGNL 14 75,341 80,000 61,074 87,215APENS 3 69,400 68,000 67,000 73,200APEGNB 1 - - - -
Naval Architecture
APEPEI - - - - -All Associations 99 68,213 63,000 47,677 87,478PEGNL 16 84,737 89,000 67,916 95,831APENS 34 74,308 77,331 58,595 89,880APEGNB 44 59,577 54,903 40,723 74,000
Chemical
APEPEI 5 56,531 56,896 47,243 67,318All Associations 27 67,098 62,000 44,608 74,641PEGNL 1 - - - -APENS 12 62,200 62,000 44,341 73,898APEGNB 4 82,004 60,000 44,520 150,000
Agricultural/ Biological
APEPEI 10 61,963 65,390 50,677 73,647All Associations 88 64,402 62,814 47,852 80,000PEGNL 20 67,495 65,000 46,815 75,000APENS 24 60,480 61,708 48,000 75,433APEGNB 36 64,697 57,589 44,597 82,755
Other
APEPEI 8 59,046 54,032 41,820 75,760
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Salary by Years of Experience
A-12: Salary by Years of Experience* Professional Engineers
0 10,000 20,000 30,000 40,000 50,000 60,000 70,000 80,000 90,000
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APEPEI APEGNB APENS PEGNL All Associat
* Years of full-time work experience since receiving professional designation
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A-13: Salary by Years of Experience* Engineers-in-Training
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APEPEI APEGNB APENS PEGNL All Associations
* Years of full-time work experience as an Engineer-in-Training
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Professional Engineers Years of Experience # of
Responses Mean Median Lower Quartile
Upper Quartile
All Associations 44 56,604 53,000 48,000 62,855PEGNL 22 54,751 50,837 45,000 65,765APENS 8 63,878 57,252 51,826 70,031APEGNB 13 50,447 51,118 41,116 56,460
Less than 1
APEPEI 1 - - - -All Associations 36 57,881 52,210 46,554 63,241PEGNL 12 57,945 56,000 47,922 74,118APENS 10 65,921 52,000 40,000 101,380APEGNB 12 52,767 51,300 47,000 60,000
1 - <2
APEPEI 2 49,013 50,719 45,000 60,000All Associations 46 61,976 56,404 47,067 71,770PEGNL 14 72,136 58,120 52,343 94,391APENS 15 59,202 60,419 43,000 71,671APEGNB 14 59,356 63,329 46,995 70,000
2 - <4
APEPEI 3 48,786 49,412 46,106 50,974All Associations 49 66,452 64,500 54,520 73,675PEGNL 14 68,742 66,808 60,180 75,383APENS 17 61,087 63,500 47,000 66,000APEGNB 14 72,992 64,273 57,000 75,000
4 - <6
APEPEI 4 50,772 52,225 41,978 58,092All Associations 118 61,278 59,323 50,000 68,481PEGNL 28 69,443 65,477 59,245 78,000APENS 35 60,390 58,000 52,150 67,000APEGNB 34 58,672 55,866 46,582 67,000
6 - <9
APEPEI 21 58,779 52,967 49,384 65,000All Associations 121 67,549 65,000 56,000 78,000PEGNL 30 74,169 74,418 62,430 90,692APENS 34 66,913 66,000 55,960 75,965APEGNB 46 66,369 61,239 55,204 75,456
9 - <12
APEPEI 11 59,925 57,065 50,938 60,967All Associations 166 72,186 66,189 60,000 84,054PEGNL 47 75,480 70,000 65,000 84,717APENS 47 76,907 68,618 60,690 95,000APEGNB 46 67,587 65,000 57,938 75,335
12 - <16
APEPEI 26 59,840 59,542 51,573 69,762All Associations 153 77,116 75,000 64,000 85,000PEGNL 41 82,862 76,640 69,350 91,208APENS 54 76,983 72,606 60,000 88,968APEGNB 40 74,720 75,000 64,000 79,571
16 - 20
APEPEI 18 70,049 64,000 57,548 79,827All Associations 330 80,170 80,000 65,117 93,362PEGNL 101 86,627 83,163 71,999 97,467APENS 107 77,688 74,345 64,503 90,000APEGNB 93 80,243 80,000 67,714 94,012
More than 20
APEPEI 28 73,159 71,000 60,211 89,066
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Engineers-in-Training Years of Experience # of
Responses Mean Median Lower Quartile
Upper Quartile
All Associations 29 38,562 40,226 31,543 43,793PEGNL 10 41,675 47,743 31,203 50,563APENS 8 37,549 40,783 30,000 43,525APEGNB 9 36,632 38,327 35,594 42,165
Less than 1
APEPEI 2 - - - -All Associations 53 41,281 40,000 36,540 45,470PEGNL 18 46,742 49,660 40,210 51,647APENS 12 39,623 38,878 36,145 41,247APEGNB 18 39,222 39,195 34,449 41,860
1 - <2
APEPEI 5 39,254 43,274 33,156 43,932All Associations 92 46,075 45,000 40,513 50,925PEGNL 34 50,625 48,475 44,309 56,694APENS 19 45,937 47,000 39,434 47,668APEGNB 31 42,949 42,000 40,000 48,413
2 - <4
APEPEI 8 41,610 44,057 34,067 48,002All Associations 83 48,179 47,000 40,000 53,851PEGNL 27 56,613 53,611 46,148 59,234APENS 32 47,170 48,024 38,905 51,500APEGNB 21 42,024 39,939 35,490 49,247
4 - <6
APEPEI 3 46,000 40,000 40,000 57,969All Associations 42 54,894 56,041 42,600 63,136PEGNL 10 59,945 59,243 47,318 66,664APENS 9 61,176 61,000 56,581 66,100APEGNB 18 51,714 47,818 34,000 61,172
6 or more
APEPEI 5 45,797 38,250 36,000 64,643
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Salary by Job Position
A-14: Salary by Job Position
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Job Position # of
Responses Mean Median Lower Quartile
Upper Quartile
All Associations 576 60,812 60,000 47,000 70,000PEGNL 179 64,409 64,000 50,000 74,005APENS 189 62,295 60,000 49,215 70,000APEGNB 178 57,581 56,843 42,000 70,000
Non- Management
APEPEI 30 48,048 46,254 40,000 52,381All Associations 616 72,638 70,000 60,000 85,000PEGNL 188 76,890 75,000 61,736 90,000APENS 181 73,328 70,000 60,000 85,000APEGNB 173 70,174 68,305 59,000 82,280
Management
APEPEI 74 60,864 58,578 51,339 67,418All Associations 170 80,857 80,000 60,000 100,000PEGNL 41 83,780 80,000 75,000 100,000APENS 37 82,362 84,390 60,000 100,822APEGNB 58 79,657 80,000 60,000 95,060
Executive/ Principal
APEPEI 33 71,310 72,353 50,334 93,426
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Salary by Sector of Employment
A-15: Salary by Sector of Employment
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Mining
Forestry/Pulp and Paper
Agriculture
Petroleum/Gas/Refining
Manufacturing
Government
Education
Consulting
Utilities
Construction
Salary ($)
Mean Median
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A-16: Salary by Sector of Employment
0 20,000 40,000 60,000 80,000 100,000 120,000
Other
Construction
Utilities
Consulting
Education
Government
Manufacturing
Petroleum/Gas/Refining
Agriculture
Forestry/Pulp and Paper
Mining
Median Salary ($)
APEPEI APEGNB APENS PEGNL All Associations
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Sector of Employment
# of Responses Mean Median Lower
Quartile Upper
QuartileAll Associations 15 77,818 77,734 63,943 89,161PEGNL 6 67,813 63,404 60,000 75,219APENS 2 94,908 100,000 80,383 81,618APEGNB 7 76,682 80,418 65,971 86,648
Mining
APEPEI - - - - -All Associations 40 79,460 82,546 66,015 89,106PEGNL 11 83,977 85,105 61,820 93,005APENS 7 92,689 101,541 75,000 106,000APEGNB 22 74,369 81,574 65,000 85,670
Forestry/Pulp and Paper
APEPEI - - - - -All Associations 11 55,787 63,817 41,000 68,421PEGNL - - - - -APENS 3 51,983 51,224 41,000 65,000APEGNB 3 60,738 64,584 48,869 46,334
Agriculture
APEPEI 5 60,600 66,112 45,624 73,135All Associations 141 83,104 80,000 63,657 101,608PEGNL 96 82,706 78,767 60,386 104,130APENS 34 84,835 91,994 65,735 99,445APEGNB 11 79,185 74,000 59,575 103,325
Petroleum/Gas/ Refining
APEPEI - - - - -All Associations 104 64,775 62,000 54,000 75,746PEGNL 14 62,811 62,176 49,628 78,271APENS 44 67,699 63,000 59,086 78,000APEGNB 32 62,501 59,980 44,520 75,593
Manufacturing
APEPEI 14 54,161 55,413 45,629 61,816All Associations 235 68,045 66,694 57,000 80,000PEGNL 47 69,602 69,540 59,705 79,938APENS 78 68,719 67,896 58,000 80,305APEGNB 70 67,313 65,000 56,703 80,000
Government
APEPEI 40 61,786 61,000 54,415 68,297All Associations 79 72,670 68,000 61,500 80,524PEGNL 29 76,430 71,262 65,037 85,000APENS 17 71,932 68,000 61,718 74,921APEGNB 32 71,445 65,000 60,000 90,000
Education
APEPEI 1 - - - -All Associations 279 64,333 60,000 48,302 78,486PEGNL 73 68,086 66,622 50,782 81,264APENS 94 66,529 61,815 49,950 82,631APEGNB 85 59,954 59,200 42,000 75,000
Consulting
APEPEI 27 59,844 51,303 44,627 78,098All Associations 139 76,498 73,159 60,000 89,084PEGNL 59 78,174 75,114 65,000 85,049APENS 24 77,346 68,979 60,000 97,055APEGNB 43 73,310 71,319 56,597 90,709
Utilities
APEPEI 12 81,370 85,699 66,874 100,000All Associations 123 61,558 57,200 47,661 70,990PEGNL 25 57,129 57,546 50,000 65,000APENS 35 60,887 57,000 51,771 68,484APEGNB 48 63,899 63,000 45,000 76,000
Construction
APEPEI 15 54,720 52,000 45,000 59,036
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Sector of Employment
# of Responses Mean Median Lower
Quartile Upper
QuartileAll Associations 196 69,752 66,500 50,000 82,000PEGNL 48 66,779 69,163 48,000 80,000APENS 69 71,846 68,071 59,639 82,000APEGNB 56 69,736 64,828 50,000 85,434
Other
APEPEI 23 57,217 50,000 43,000 67,569
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2.2 BENEFITS AND OTHER REMUNERATION Vacation by Employment Sector
B-1: Vacation by Employment Sector
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Other
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Utilities
Consulting
Education
Government
Manufacturing
Petroleum/Gas/Refining
Agriculture
Forestry/Pulp and Paper
Mining
Number of Days (Median)
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Number of Vacation Days Sector # of
Responses 0-5 6-10 11-15 16-20 21-25 >25 Mining 15 - - 36% 36% 7% 21% Forestry/Pulp and Paper 40 - 8% 13% 16% 32% 26%
Agriculture 11 - - 14% 29% 57% - Petroleum/Gas/ Refining 141 2% 6% 37% 30% 15% 9%
Manufacturing 104 5% 12% 49% 24% 4% 4% Government 235 - <1% 17% 38% 24% 19% Education 79 2% - 11% 27% 12% 44% Consulting 279 1% 15% 43% 29% 7% <1% Utilities 139 - 2% 35% 28% 16% 18% Construction 123 3% 23% 36% 20% 9% 4% Other 196 - 13% 33% 29% 16% 7%
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Vacation by Employment Sector67 Number of Vacation Days
0-5 6-10 11-15 16-20 21-25 >25
All Associations 2% 6% 37% 30% 15% 9%PEGNL 3% 8% 35% 29% 15% 8%APENS - 4% 39% 32% 11% 14%APEGNB - - 50% 20% 30% -
Petroleum/Gas/ Refining
APEPEI - - - - - -All Associations 5% 12% 49% 24% 4% 4%PEGNL 7% 13% 60% 20% - -APENS - - 53% 33% 3% 6%APEGNB 9% 24% 46% 12% 6% 3%
Manufacturing
APEPEI 8% 33% 42% 17% - -All Associations - <1% 17% 38% 24% 19%PEGNL - 2% 18% 36% 32% 12%APENS - - 12% 37% 20% 29%APEGNB - 2% 23% 40% 26% 9%
Government
APEPEI - - 28% 36% 23% 13%All Associations 1% 15% 43% 29% 7% <1%PEGNL 1% 10% 56% 26% 4% 1%APENS - 12% 45% 30% 8% -APEGNB 3% 23% 33% 29% 8% -
Consulting
APEPEI - 21% 46% 25% 7% -All Associations - 2% 35% 28% 16% 18%PEGNL - 2% 20% 19% 24% 36%APENS - - 52% 29% 10% 10%APEGNB - 3% 40% 34% 11% 11%
Utilities
APEPEI - - 36% 36% 18% 9%All Associations 3% 23% 36% 20% 9% 4%PEGNL - 29% 46% 7% 11% -APENS 7% 17% 42% 22% - 7%APEGNB - 26% 26% 21% 15% 2%
Construction
APEPEI - 33% 27% 20% 7% -
6 Employment Sectors with less than 100 respondents excluded from table. 7 Row percentages may not sum to 100% because the percentages of those reporting “Don’t know” are not presented in table.
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Overtime Compensation
B-2: Compensation Provided for Overtime
37%
2%
9%
10%
34%
6%
3%
48%
12%
4%
22%
7%
8%
45%
1%
13%
3%
22%
7%
9%
53%
1%
11%
2%
14%
8%
10%
47%
1%
12%
3%
21%
7%
9%
<1%
0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% 60%
Does not compensate forovertime
Other
Combination of above
Bonuses
Give time off
Pay higher overtime rate
Pay normal rate
Type
of C
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nsat
ion
Percentage of respondents
APEPEI APEGNB APENS PEGNL All Associations
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Benefits
B-3: Benefits Provided by Employer
86%
81%
84%
85%
81%
21%
14%
63%
92%
79%
81%
84%
90%
89%
24%
17%
68%
86%
79%
86%
89%
93%
84%
27%
25%
71%
87%
81%
88%
88%
94%
89%
20%
21%
69%
85%
79%
85%
87%
92%
87%
24%
21%
69%
87%
0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% 60% 70% 80% 90% 100%
Pension Plan or RRSPContribution
Life Insurance
Disability Insurance
Health Plan
Dental Plan
Profit Sharing
Stock Purchase Plan
Payment of ProfessionalFees
Continuing Education orTraining
Percentage who receive benefits
APEPEI APEGNB APENS PEGNL All Associations
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Benefit Provided/
Cost Shared Provided/
Not Cost Shared Not
ProvidedAll Associations 71% 8% 19%PEGNL 68% 13% 18%APENS 73% 5% 20%APEGNB 70% 8% 19%
Pension Plan or RRSP
APEPEI 80% 4% 13%All Associations 57% 23% 13%PEGNL 56% 25% 11%APENS 57% 23% 12%APEGNB 56% 22% 16%
Life Insurance
APEPEI 57% 19% 17%All Associations 57% 24% 11%PEGNL 51% 27% 11%APENS 58% 25% 9%APEGNB 59% 20% 13%
Disability Insurance
APEPEI 60% 19% 14%All Associations 71% 18% 7%PEGNL 66% 25% 6%APENS 71% 18% 6%APEGNB 74% 14% 8%
Health Plan
APEPEI 65% 16% 14%All Associations 67% 17% 12%PEGNL 60% 26% 10%APENS 64% 17% 15%APEGNB 74% 13% 8%
Dental Plan
APEPEI 62% 16% 18%All Associations 4% 17% 71%PEGNL 3% 14% 79%APENS 3% 19% 68%APEGNB 5% 16% 70%
Profit Sharing
APEPEI 4% 12% 78%All Associations 10% 8% 76%PEGNL 11% 8% 78%APENS 13% 9% 71%APEGNB 7% 8% 79%
Stock Purchase Plan
APEPEI 5% 7% 81%All Associations 7% 62% 29%PEGNL 7% 63% 30%APENS 8% 62% 28%APEGNB 5% 62% 29%
Payment of Professional Fees
APEPEI 8% 55% 35%All Associations 20% 64% 11%PEGNL 21% 61% 12%APENS 18% 68% 11%APEGNB 22% 62% 10%
Continuing Education or Training
APEPEI 19% 70% 7%
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2.3 OVERALL SATISFACTION WITH REMUNERATION
C-1: Level of Satisfaction with Remuneration
28%
34%
30%
32%
32%
64%
53%
54%
56%
55%
7%
9%
14%
9%
11%
0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% 60% 70% 80% 90% 100%
APEPEI
APEGNB
APENS
PEGNL
All Associations
Percentage of respondents
Very Satisfied Somewhat Satisfied Somewhat Dissatisfied Very Dissatisfied Neither
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Appendix: Questionnaire
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Hello, may I please speak with ________________? My name is and I am calling from Market Quest Research, a professional marketing research firm. We are currently conducting a salary survey on behalf of [Insert association name]. All survey responses are kept strictly confidential. Your response to this survey would be very valuable… Do you have time to answer a few questions….it will take less than 5 minutes?
Yes 1 - CONTINUE No 2 - ASK FOR CALL BACK TIME, THANK & TERMINATE
Before we begin, I would like to assure you that your answers are strictly confidential, and will only be used in aggregate with all other responses.
1. In what year did you graduate with your first Engineering degree or equivalent?
2. What is the discipline of your first Engineering degree or equivalant? [Do not
read]
01 Electrical/Electronic 02 Civil 03 Mechanical 04 Industrial 05 Mining/Metallurgical 06 Naval Architecture 07 Chemical 08 Agricultural/Biological 08 Other
3. Do you have a post-graduate degree?
01 Yes 02 No Skip to Q.5
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4. In what field of study is your post-graduate degree? [Do not read]
01 Engineering 02 MBA (Master of Business Administration) 03 Law 04 Other
5. What is your status…Engineer in training (EIT) or Professional Engineer
(P.Eng)?
01 Engineer in training (EIT) 02 Professional Engineer (P.Eng) Skip to Q.7
6. How many years of full-time work experience do you have as an engineer in training? [Record number of years or number of months if less than one year]
Skip to Q.8
7. How many years of full-time work experience do you have since receiving your P.Eng or professional designation?
01 Less than 1 year 02 1 to < 2 years 03 2 - <4 years 04 4 - <6 years 05 6 - < 9 years 06 9 - <12 years 07 12 - <16 years 08 16 - 20 years 09 More than 20 years
8. Are you currently [read list]:
01 Employed 02 Self-employed 03 Unemployed Thank & Terminate 04 Retired Thank & Terminate
9. Are you employed full-time, that is 30 or more hours per week, or part-time, less
than 30 hours per week?
01 Full-time 02 Part-time Thank & Terminate
10. Excluding overtime, how many hours do you work in a regular week? [Record number]
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11. Which of the following best describes the level of your current job position:
01 Non-Management 02 Manager (supervises others) 03 Executive/Principal (e.g., director, vice-president, president,
owner, etc.) Vol. 04 Other
12. In what industry sector are you employed?
01 Mining 02 Forestry/Pulp & Paper 03 Agriculture 04 Petroleum/Gas/Refining 05 Manufacturing 06 Government 07 Education 08 Consulting 09 Utilities 10 Construction 11 Other
13. What is your current annual base salary, excluding overtime and bonuses? [Probe for approximation]
14. How does your employer compensate for overtime? [Read. Record all that apply]
01 Pay normal rate 02 Pay higher overtime rate 03 Give time off Vol. 04 Other 05 Does not compensate for overtime
15. How many vacation days are you entitled to annually? [Probe for approximation]
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16. Does your employer provide the following benefits? Q.16
Provided? Q.17
Cost-Shared? Yes No DK Yes No DK Pension Plan or RRSP contribution 1 2 98 1 2 98 Life Insurance 1 2 98 1 2 98 Disability Insurance 1 2 98 1 2 98 Health Plan 1 2 98 1 2 98 Dental Plan 1 2 98 1 2 98 Profit Sharing 1 2 98 1 2 98 Stock Purchase Plan 1 2 98 1 2 98 Payment of Professional Fees 1 2 98 1 2 98 Continuing Education or training 1 2 98 1 2 98 17. If benefit is provided, ask: Is the cost of [Insert benefit] shared between you and
your employer? 18. Are you very satisfied, somewhat satisfied, somewhat dissatisfied, or very
dissatisfied with the level of remuneration for your job?
01 Very satisfied 02 Somewhat satisfied 03 Somewhat dissatisfied 04 Very dissatisfied
Vol.
05 Neither 98 Don’t know
RECORD GENDER OF RESPONDENT
1 Male 2 Female
Thank you. Have a great day/evening!
