Sign Off: 2012 Salary Survey

Dec 1, 2012 11:59 AM, By Chriss Scherer, editor

From Sept. 12, 2012-Nov. 23, 2012, Radio magazine solicited responses to an online survey by posting a link at RadioMagOnline.com and noting the link in all its email newsletters. Here are the results.

Staff engineer median salaries year-by-year
YearTop 50Below Top 502002$64,999$43,7492003$61,428$41,2502004$65,333$44,2492005$64,999$48,0002006$65,833$46,1112007$64,999$49,9992008$71,250$50,7142009$62,500$52,5002010$71,250$49,1662011$54,999$54,9992012$60,000$60,000

By the numbers

Average years in current position: 14

Average years in the broadcast engineering field: 30

Respondents belong to a variety of organizations:
69% SBE
4% AES
7% IEEE
3% NARTE
27% ARRL
4% Other

Percent who received a raise in the past 12 months: 54%
Median salary increase was 12.5%; average was 4.4%
(in 2011: 46% received a raise, median raise 3%; average raise 5.11%)

Percent age 55 and older: 67%

48% are not certified at all
49% are SBE certified
5% are NARTE certified
7% are Microsoft certified
2% are Cisco certified

Contract engineers

23% of survey respondents are contract engineers.

On average they charge an hourly rate of $75/hour.

They typically bill 18 hours/week.

67% of them charge a higher rate for emergency calls. Those who charge more for emergencies bill on average $131/hour.

The 2012 Salary Survey in Review

As part of our annual Salary Survey, we ask respondents what they would like to change about their jobs. The answers might surprise you….

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