Median Income of Electrotechnology, IT Professionals Rises to Nearly $120,000 but Increase Slows from Previous Year, IEEE-USA Salary Survey Reveals

WASHINGTON, Aug. 29 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Median income for electrotechnology and information technology professionals continued to rise in 2011, but the increase was less than half what it was in 2010, according to the latest IEEE-USA Salary & Benefits Survey.

Median incomes from primary sources -- salary, commissions, bonuses and net self-employment income -- for U.S. IEEE members working full-time in their primary area of technical competence (job specialty) rose from $118,000 in the 2010 tax year to $119,950 in 2011, a 1.7 percent increase. The rise from 2009 ($113,500) to 2010 was 3.96 percent.

The results are based on responses from 10,235 people who reported working full-time in their job specialty. Technology professionals employed in communications technology once again enjoyed the highest median earnings ($135,087), followed by circuits and devices ($129,000) and signals and applications ($127,000).

The lowest median incomes were recorded by those in energy and power engineering ($107,820), industrial applications ($110,000) and systems and control ($112,000).

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Members and human resources professionals can also purchase an unlimited annual subscription to the IEEE-USA Salary Service (https://ieeeusa.gallup.com). This provides companies access to the IEEE-USA Salary Calculator so they can set attractive compensation packages to recruit and retain electrotechnology and IT professionals. IEEE-USA Salary & Benefits Survey eReports (2009-2012) are included.

The IEEE-USA Salary Service combines the power of a large number of respondents with online relational databases, the ability to search on many variables and sophisticated regression analysis.

The IEEE-USA Salary & Benefits Survey, 2012 Edition, is the 25^th compensation survey IEEE-USA has conducted since 1972.

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