Pay in Power Generation Reported

Compensation in Power Generation, 2nd Edition - 2005

PUBLISHED: May 2005

Summary of the 290-page Compensation in Power Generation, 2nd Edition - 2005 survey report from Abbott, Langer & Associates, Inc.

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The median income reported in a recent survey of employees in power generation was $90,000, according to Dr. Steven Langer, President of Abbott, Langer & Associates, Inc., Crete, IL. However, reported incomes ranged from as little as $49,000 to well over $150,000.

Median incomes ranged from $135,000 for Presidents/Managing Directors (with 10% making under $63,200 and 10% making over $290,000) to $55,500 for Junior Engineers (with 10% making under $43,500 and 10% making over $67,837).

The online survey was conducted among subscribers to Power Engineering magazine. In all, there were 2,316 participants, and 29 jobs were studied. Copies of the 290-page in-depth report entitled Compensation in Power Generation, Second Edition - 2005, are available through our On-Line Order Form or from Abbott, Langer & Associates, Inc., Dept. NET, 548 First St., Crete, IL 60417; telephone 708/672-4200; fax 708/672-4674.

Now, we also offer a findpay program to locate and analyze all the information from the 290-page printed report and more quickly and easily on your Windows computer for $795.00. With the findpay software, you can analyze all the survey results, or produce results unavailable in the printed report. Computer software can only be returned for exchange if defective, but you can download and review a free working demo of the findpay program (limited to a single variable at a time) with all the data from the recent survey here.

Other jobs surveyed have the following median incomes:

Naturally, the figures reported vary by region, state, type of employer, number of employees, primary and secondary source of energy, power generating capacity, length of power engineering experience, level of education, level of education vs. experience, primary area of educational specialization, level of education vs. educational specialization, supervisory/managerial responsibility over salaried and hourly personnel, and registration status. Income data by each of these variables appear in the complete report and findpay program, overall and by job.

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