The purpose of the survey is to provide information on basic salaries and total cash compensation earned by PEO members employed in full-time positions. The survey also shows how such factors as geography, industry sector and responsibility level influence engineers incomes. Trends in compensation and in the demographics of association membership are shown by comparing the results with those of previous survey years.
Many factors influence engineers incomes.
Other factors such as industry sector, which is more susceptible to marketplace conditions, and different corporate compensation policies, have obvious but less quantifiable effects on salary rates. Several new tables and graphs have been added to this year s survey. Page 9 of this report provides a detailed comparative analysis of salaries for male and female engineers and EITs graduating from 1979 to 1998. Two new graphs are presented on page 11, related to total cash compensation. Also new to this year s report is a brief look at the demographics and compensation averages of self-employed PEO Members.