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Salary Survey – 2006
Self-Employed Consultant - Section 3. Hourly and Daily Rates
Part- time Full- time Average Average Average Average hourly rate daily rate hourly rate daily rate Number of years as a self- employed consultant Less than 1 year $ 77 51 $ 703 29 $ 78 11 $ 957 7 1 to 3 years 90 88 835 50 95 36 952 31 3.1 to 6 years 110...
Salary Survey – 2006
Regular Employee - Section 15. Salary by Extent Of Quality Responsibilities
96,583 77,725 98,438 91,425 1.1 12.9 14.1 19.0 52.9 Consultant 102,333 95,243 91,966 95,386 87,772 0.6 8.1 9.7 16.1 65.5 Coordinator 76,516 65,315 58,378 52,092 51,795 0.1 7.7 13.2 17.0 61.9 Director 139,000 108,147 106,313 103,558 103,601 5.8 38.3 23.3 ...
Salary Survey – 2006
Regular Employee - Section 11. Salary by Division Size, Organization Size and Location Of Headquarters
10 or 11 to 101 to 501 to 1,001 to 5,001 to 10,001 to More than fewer 100 500 1,000 5,000 10,000 50,000 50,000 employees employees employees employees employees employees employees employees worldwide worldwide worldwide worldwide worldwide worldwide wor...
Salary Survey – 2006
Regular Employee - Section 16. Salary by RABQSA Certification
RABQSA offers many certification programs, so they.re divided between two groups and presented in Tables A and B. Of the U. S. respondents who are certified, 33.8% are quality management systems ( QMS) lead auditors, making that certification the most fr...
Salary Survey – 2006
Regular Employee - Section 6. Salary by Number Of Work Hours
$ 0 Average salary ( Canadian dollars) $ 20,000 $ 40,000 $ 60,000 $ 80,000 $ 100,000 $ 120,000 Average number of work hours per week ( percentage of respondents) 50,000 35 or fewer hours ( 0.8%) 65,439 36 to 40 hours ( 27.5%) 69,134 41 to 45 hours ( 36.5...
Salary Survey – 2006
Regular Employee - Section 14. Salary by Organization's Quality Infrastructure
PART 1. REGULAR EMPLOYEE RESULTS Section 14 Salary by Organization's Quality Infrastructure FIGURE A Average Number of Quality Department Members By Company Size and Division Size 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% Percentage of respondents Quality departmen size over ...
Salary Survey – 2006
Regular Employee - Section 17. Salary by Gender and Age
Age ( percentage of respondents) $ 0 Average salary $ 20,000 $ 40,000 $ 60,000 $ 80,000 $ 100,000 48,411 25 or under ( 1.4%) 62,601 26 to 35 ( 17.1%) 76,220 36 to 45 ( 31.3%) 82,030 46 to 55 ( 35.3%) 86,576 56 to 65 ( 14.1%) 83,319 Over 65 ( 0.8%) FIGURE...
Salary Survey – 2006
Regular Employee - Section 12. Salary by Industry
Transportation and aerospace products 14.6 73,759 20.6 68,287 Other products 4.0 74,926 5.2 65,466 Service sector Construction services 0.8% $ 84,698 0.7% $ 93,375 Consulting and other professional, scientific and technical services 6.7 86,784 7.5 85,001...
Salary Survey – 2006
Self-Employed Consultant - Section 2. Base Earnings by Consulting Experience And RABQSA Certification
PART 2. SELF- EMPLOYED CONSULTANT RESULTS Section 2 Base Earnings by Consulting Experience And RABQSA Certification Standard Minimum Maximum deviation Count Mean Median United States Part- time Less than 1 year $ 0 $ 300,000 $ 45,319 54 $ 19,205 $ 5,000 ...
Salary Survey – 2006
Regular Employee - Section 5. Salary by Six Sigma Training
org FIGURE B 75,849 85,781 108,852 104,311 106,579 72,734 Highest level of Six Sigma training completed ( percentage of respondents) Green Belt ( 16.6%) Black Belt ( 15.1%) Master Black Belt ( 3.3%) Champion ( 1.4%) Executive ( 1.1%) None ( 62.5%) $ 0 $ ...
Salary Survey – 2006
Regular Employee - Section 3. Salary by Highest Level Of Education
org PART 1. REGULAR EMPLOYEE RESULTS Section 3 Salary by Highest Level of Education FIGURE A Salaries of U. S. Respondents By Highest Level of Education Highest level of education ( percentage of respondents) 58,417 39,558 Less than high school ( 0.1%) H...
Salary Survey – 2006
Regular Employee - Section 8. Salary by Number Of Years' Quality Experience and Highest Level Of Education
Section 8 Salary by Number of Years' Quality Experience and Highest Level of Education PART 1. REGULAR EMPLOYEE RESULTS More than 10.1 to 20 6.1 to 10 3.1 to 6 1 to 3 Less than No 20 years years years years years 1 year experience Doctorate 103 104 38 34...
Salary Survey – 2006
Regular Employee - Section 4. Salary by ASQ and RABQSA Certification
70,278 69,878 71,960 82,944 75,000 Number of ASQ certifications ( percentage of respondents) One ( 70.7%) Two ( 19.9%) Three ( 5.6%) Four ( 3.4%) Five or more ( 0.4%) $ 0 $ 20,000 $ 40,000 $ 60,000 $ 80,000 Average salary ( Canadian dollars) $ 100,000 FI...
Salary Survey – 2006
Self-Employed Consultant - Section 4. Base Earnings and Rates by Age, Gender and Geographic Location
26 to 35 $ 13,233 73,486 82 $ 651 36 to 45 23,059 144,286 98 883 46 to 55 32,815 158,657 119 1,329 56 to 65 38,324 144,735 114 1,096 Over 65 36,218 126,200 86 978 Gender Male $ 30,032 $ 152,797 $ 110 $ 1,164 Female 37,683 122,116 102 906 Canada Age 26 to...
Salary Survey – 2006
Self-Employed Consultant - Section 1. Base Earnings by Quality Experience, Education, ASQ Certification and Six Sigma Training
org PART 2. SELF- EMPLOYED CONSULTANT RESULTS Section 1 Base Earnings by Quality Experience, Education, ASQ Certification and Six Sigma Training TABLE B Standard Minimum Maximum deviation Count Mean Median Part- time Number of years' experience in the qu...
Salary Survey – 2006
Regular Employee - Section 10. Salary by Number Of Employees Overseen
FIGURE A Salary by Number of Employees Overseen for U. S. Respondents $ 0 Average salary $ 20,000 $ 40,000 $ 60,000 $ 80,000 $ 100,000 $ 120,000 Number of employees overseen ( percentage of respondents) 68,727 0 ( 44.1%) 73,369 1 to 2 ( 12.4%) 78,626 3 t...
Salary Survey – 2006
Regular Employee - Section 1. Salary by Job Title
Standard deviation: Standard deviation is a FIGURE A PART 1. REGULAR EMPLOYEE RESULTS Section 1 Salary by Job Title Comparison of Salaries of Full- Time And Part- Time Employees 4,731 ( difference) 77,049 ( 2006) 72,318 ( 2005) 4,777 ( difference) 71,584...
Salary Survey – 2006
Regular Employee - Section 9. Salary by Number Of Years In Current Position
In position In position In position In position In position In position less than 1 to 3 3.1 to 6 6.1 to 10 10.1 to 20 more than 1 year years years years years 20 years Less than 1 year's experience 110 25 13 4 8 2 1 to 3 years' experience 141 464 68 38 ...
Salary Survey – 2006
Regular Employee - Section 7. Salary by Nonexempt Vs. Exempt Status
FIGURE A Nonexempt and Exempt Status by Industry 0.0 100.0 Wholesale services 0.0 100.0 Social services 2.8 97.2 Financial and insurance services 3.8 96.2 Educational services 4.1 95.9 Information services 8.9 91.1 Toys, sporting goods, jewelry and misce...
Salary Survey – 2006
Regular Employee - Section 18. Size Of Raise and Additional Annual Earnings
Expect the 2006 bonus to be less than the 2005 bonus 14.8 - 6,931 PART 1. REGULAR EMPLOYEE RESULTS Section 18 Size of Raise and Additional Annual Earnings TABLE B Difference Between Anticipated Additional Annual Earnings In 2006 and Actual Additional Ann...
Salary Survey – 2006
Regular Employee - Section 13. Salary by Geographic Location
1 68,000 68,000 Coordinator 45,000 60,000 7,523 3 52,843 53,529 Director 36,000 86,000 21,691 5 66,500 75,000 Educator/ instructor 35,000 119,000 42,568 3 73,000 65,000 Inspector 37,000 50,000 7,055 3 41,917 38,750 Manager 50,000 106,000 13,961 31 76,702...
Salary Survey – 2006
Regular Employee - Section 2. Salary by Number Of Years' Experience in the Quality Field
org FIGURE C 5.7 13.9 80.3 Associate 9.6 25.6 64.8 Analyst 10.5 42.1 47.4 Champion 12.4 27.7 59.8 Coordinator 13.7 24.8 61.5 Black Belt 13.9 32.0 54.1 Technician 15.8 34.2 50.0 Software quality engineer 18.2 30.1 51.7 Process/ manufacturing/ project engi...
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Improve Your Audit Interviews
The interview process is vital to the success of an audit, therefore, auditors must be able to use various techniques to gather needed information without appearing threatening to the auditee. The interview should be relaxed and comfortable, allowing...
Salary Survey – 2005
Self-consultant - Section 2. Gross Revenues
Previous position 0% 10% 20% 30% Percentage of self- employed consultants 3.0 Other 0.3 Associate 0.3 Inspector 0.3 Reliability/ safety engineer 0.7 Champion 1.0 Coordinator 1.3 Technician 1.7 Analyst 1.7 Process/ manufacturing/ project engineer 2.0 Mast...
Salary Survey – 2005
Regular Employee - Section 17. Salary by Gender and Age
Average salary $ 80,000 $ 60,000 $ 40,000 $ 20,000 0 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 9,443 13,74411,459 11,35210,546 10,730 8,580 9,133 10,358 9,897 12,65711,536 9,674 9,800 8,934 9,397 8,348 9,21...
Salary Survey – 2005
Regular Employee - Section 13. Salary by Geographic Location
Count Percentage United States 4,014 91.52% Canada 301 6.86 Puerto Rico 36 0.82 Mexico 21 0.48 Australia 2 0.05 China 1 0.02 Denmark 1 0.02 Falkland Islands 1 0.02 Germany 1 0.02 India 1 0.02 Iraq 1 0.02 Ireland 1 0.02 Netherlands 1 0.02 Oman 1 0.02 Saud...
Salary Survey – 2005
Self-consultant - Section 3. Hourly and Daily Rates
Part- time Full- time Average Average Average Average hourly rate daily rate hourly rate daily rate Number of years as a self- employed consultant Less than 1 year $ 95 12 $ 922 11 $ 70 9 $ 1,235 6 1 to 3 years 72 43 653 38 100 18 874 16 3.1 to 6 years 9...
Salary Survey – 2005
Self-consultant - Section 4. Gross Revenues and Rates by Age, Gender And Geographic Location
Home Country 33,164 142,000 $ 0 Average gross revenue ( Canadian dollars) $ 160,000 $ 120,000 $ 80,000 $ 40,000 Gender 10,100 46,000 Full- time Part- time Men Women FIGURE D Gross Revenue by Gender For Canadian Self- Employed Consultants 29,125 145,573 $...
Salary Survey – 2005
Regular Employee - Section 9. Salary by Number Of Years In Current Position
In position In position In position In position In position In position less than 1 to 3 3.1 to 6 6.1 to 10 10.1 to 20 more than 1 year years years years years 20 years Less than 1 year's experience 70 14 3 2 2 1 1 to 3 years' experience 68 241 30 15 6 2...
Salary Survey – 2005
Regular Employee - Section 2. Salary by Number Of Years' Experience in the Quality Field
More than ( 17.7%) 20 years ( 6%) 10.1 to 20 ( 29.6%) years ( 31%) 6.1 to 10 ( 31.7%) years ( 31%) 3.1 to 6 ( 12.9%) years ( 22.6%) 1 to 3 ( 5.4%) years ( 7.1%) Less than ( 1.6%) 1 year ( 2.4%) $ 0 $ 40,000 $ 20,000 $ 60,000 Average salary ( Canadian dol...
Salary Survey – 2005
Regular Employee - Section 18. Size Of Next Raise and Additional Annual Payments
Consultant 67.7 13,394 83.3 7,800 Coordinator 67.5 3,913 66.7 3,083 Director 82.0 16,578 61.9 16,531 Educator/ instructor 48.4 6,648 33.3 5,000 Inspector 53.1 2,712 100.0 1,850 Manager 73.4 8,473 72.8 7,944 Master Black Belt 91.7 13,915 33.3 20,000 Proce...
Salary Survey – 2005
Regular Employee - Section 10. Salary by Number Of Employees Overseen
As Figure A shows, 46.1% of U. S. respondents who oversee other 46.1 50.3 36.2 33.5 17.8 16.2 Percentage of respondents 60% 50% 40% 30% 20% 10% 0% Number of employees has increased Number of employees has decreased Number of employees has stayed the same...
Salary Survey – 2005
Regular Employee - Section 8. Salary by Number Of Years' Quality Experience and Highest Level Of Education
TABLE A P A R T O N E R E G U L A R E M P L O Y E E R E S U LT S Section 8 Salary by Number of Years' Quality Experience and Highest Level of Education Money Matters In the United States and Canada, managers most often have bachelor's degrees and 10.1 to...
Salary Survey – 2005
Regular Employee - Section 12. Salary by Industry
Transportation and aerospace products 12.9 71,016 17.6 65,371 Other products 3.8 64,413 3.1 61,389 Service sector Consulting and other professional, scientific and technical services 5.9% $ 81,632 7.5% $ 80,052 Educational services 1.3 78,273 0.3 95,000 ...
Salary Survey – 2005
Regular Employee - Section 16. Salary by RABQSA Certification
AS9100 aerospace QMS QMS QMS experience AS9100 QMS* internal lead provisional auditor auditor auditor auditor auditor auditor United States All respondents $ 80,226 20 $ 69,129 47 $ 77,393 108 $ 64,488 150 $ 72,866 240 $ 75,108 36 Analyst ,,0. TABLE B S...
Salary Survey – 2005
Regular Employee - Section 5. Salary by Six Sigma Training
QUALITY PROGRESS I DECEMBER 2005 I 45 FIGURE B FIGURE A 70,906 82,090 100,772 97,728 104,876 68,073 Highest level of Six Sigma training completed ( percentage of respondents) Green Belt ( 14.4%) Black Belt ( 13.1%) Master Black Belt ( 3.3%) Champion ( 1....
Salary Survey – 2005
Regular Employee - Section 15. Salary by Extent Of Quality Responsibilities
For example, U. S. respondents who indicate 75.1% to 100% of their job duties are quality related earn $ 11,162 less than respondents who indicate 25.1% to 50% of their job duties are quality related ( see Table A). P A R T O N E R E G U L A R E M P L O ...
Salary Survey – 2005
Regular Employee - Section 1. Salary by Job Title
org Standard Minimum Maximum deviation Count Mean Median Full- time employees Analyst $ 24,500 $ 120,000 $ 19,048 132 $ 57,327 $ 54,500 Associate 15,000 106,000 20,593 49 54,119 52,000 Auditor 23,000 160,000 18,503 179 58,646 56,000 Black Belt 27,580 125...
Salary Survey – 2005
Regular Employee - Section 11. Salary by Division Size, Organization Size and Location Of Headquarters
Number of employees worldwide ( percentage of respondents) $ 0 $ 20,000 $ 40,000 $ 60,000 $ 80,000 $ 100,000 Average salary 80,839 More than 50,000 ( 16.7%) 79,469 10,001 to 50,000 ( 18.1%) 75,465 5,001 to 10,000 ( 11.2%) 71,759 1,001 to 5,000 ( 18.2%) 6...
Salary Survey – 2005
Self-consultant - Section 1. Base Earnings
74,087 138,949 16,437 131,947 Average base earnings $ 150,000 Self- employed consultant only Part- time consultant Full- time consultant Self- employed consultant and part- time or full- time employee at another organization $ 30,000 $ 0 $ 90,000 $ 60,00...
Salary Survey – 2005
Regular Employee - Section 7. Salary by Nonexempt Vs. Exempt Status
100.0 12,000 TABLE B Salary by Nonexempt vs. Exempt Status For Canadian Respondents ( Canadian Dollars) FIGURE A Percentage of Nonexempt Vs. Exempt Respondents By Number of Work Hours 74.4 67.5 78.0 82.0 83.1 83.5 83.8 25.6 32.5 22.0 18.0 16.9 16.5 16.2 ...
Salary Survey – 2005
Regular Employee - Section 3. Salary by Highest Level Of Education
org FIGURE B Salaries of U. S. Respondents By Highest Level Of Education FIGURE A Percentage of Respondents Who Didn.t Graduate From High School Percentage of respondents 0.6% United States Canada 0.2 0.3 0.2 0.2 0.1 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.3 0.3 0.5 0.1 0.1 0...
Salary Survey – 2005
Regular Employee - Section 6. Salary by Number Of Work Hours
Percentage of respondents 50% United States International Canada 27.9 22.6 36.2 12.5 13.2 9.4 27.8 12.5 25.0 39.4 34.4 10.6 6.6 2.7 40% 30% 20% 10% 0% More than 60 35 or fewer 36 to 40 41 to 45 46 to 50 51 to 55 56 to 60 Average number of work hours per ...
Salary Survey – 2005
Regular Employee - Section 14. Salary by Organization's Quality Infrastructure
Number of employees worldwide 52 More than 50,000 50 10,001 to 50,000 31 5,001 to 10,000 20 1,001 to 5,000 14 501 to 1,000 9 101 to 500 5 11 to 100 10 or fewer 0 10 20 30 40 50 60 Average number of employees in quality department 3 FIGURE A Quality Depar...
Salary Survey – 2004
Regular Employee - Section 1. Salary by Job Title
117,976 104,410 90,930 88,858 83,853 81,216 76,438 75,270 71,043 68,352 66,126 62,885 62,195 61,719 58,945 57,870 55,421 50,422 50,018 43,845 41,571 Job title ( percentage of respondents) Vice president/ executive ( 3.0%) Master Black Belt ( 1.3%) Direct...
Salary Survey – 2004
Regular Employee - Section 5. Salary by Six Sigma Training
org FIGURE B FIGURE A 70,437 77,295 103,706 93,858 96,391 66,287 Highest level of Six Sigma training completed ( percentage of respondents) Green Belt ( 11.7%) Black Belt ( 10.7%) Master Black Belt ( 2.6%) Champion ( 1.4%) Executive ( 1.1%) None ( 72.4%)...
Salary Survey – 2004
Self-consultant - Section 4. Gross Revenues and Rates by Age, Gender and Geographic Location
S E L F - E M P L O Y E D C O N S U LT A N T R E S U LT S Section 4. Gross Revenues and Rates by Age, Gender and Geographic Location TABLE A Gross Revenues and Rates by Age and Gender Percentage of self- employed consultants 10% 0% 20% 30% 40% 0.2 8.3 26...
Salary Survey – 2004
Regular Employee - Section 3. Salary by Highest Level Of Education
R E G U L A R E M P L O Y E E R E S U LT S Section 3 Salary by Highest Level of Education FIGURE B Salaries of U. S. Respondents Who Furthered Their Education Compared to Those Who Did Not* FIGURE A Highest Level of Education* 0.03 8.0 6.0 2.3 10.1 45.4 ...
Salary Survey – 2004
Regular Employee - Section 12. Salary by Industry
Canada United States ( Canadian dollars) Average Average Percentage salary Percentage salary Manufacturing sector Chemicals and related products 10.2% $ 75,069 7.0% $ 66,614 Computers and electronic products 9.6 76,551 10.6 63,575 Electrical products 3.6...
Salary Survey – 2004
Regular Employee - Section 9. Salary by Number Of Years In Current Position
Average salary 10 years or less ( 83.9%) 68,577 72,376 76,357 10.1 to 20 years ( 11.3%) More than 20 years ( 4.9%) Number of years in current position ( percentage of respondents) Section 9. Salary by Number of Years In Current Position FIGURE A Salary b...
Salary Survey – 2004
Regular Employee - Section 14. Salary by Organization's Quality Infrastructure
TABLE A Change in the Quality Function's Size In the Past Two Years Member of the Not a member of quality function the quality function Average Average Percentage salary Percentage salary Analyst Centralized 81.4% $ 50,318 18.6% $ 56,226 Decentralized by...
Salary Survey – 2004
Regular Employee - Section 4. Salary by ASQ Certification
R E G U L A R E M P L O Y E E R E S U LT S Section 4 Salary by ASQ Certification 39,849 52,186 43,389 49,176 56,567 44,880 Job title and location Technicians in the United States Technicians in Canada ( Canadian dollars) $ 0 $ 20,000 $ 40,000 $ 60,000 Av...
Salary Survey – 2004
Regular Employee - Section 16. Salary by RAB Certification
R E G U L A R E M P L O Y E E R E S U LT S Section 16. Salary by RAB Certification Average salary 59,108 65,800 67,533 AS9100 auditor AS9100 aerospace experience auditor No RAB certification U. S. auditors FIGURE A Comparison of U. S. Auditors With And W...
Salary Survey – 2004
Regular Employee - Section 17. Salary by Gender and Age
Men Women Average Average Percentage salary Percentage salary United States All respondents 70.8% $ 72,142 29.2% $ 63,794 Analyst 50.4 58,239 49.6 52,800 Associate 50.0 50,072 50.0 54,352 Auditor 52.1 62,192 47.9 56,490 Black Belt 71.5 74,877 28.5 75,283...
Salary Survey – 2004
Regular Employee - Section 7. Salary by Nonexempt Vs. Exempt Status
99.4 98.8 97.4 95.5 94.4 93.8 91.7 90.0 88.7 88.1 86.5 86.2 85.1 80.3 77.8 74.0 73.9 73.5 63.0 17.3 13.7 0.6 1.2 2.6 4.5 5.6 6.2 8.3 10.0 11.3 11.9 13.5 13.8 14.9 19.7 22.2 26.0 26.1 26.5 37.0 82.7 86.3 Job title Percentage of respondents Exempt Nonexemp...
Salary Survey – 2004
Self-consultant - Section 2. Gross Revenues
Standard Minimum Maximum deviation Count Mean Median United States Part - time Less than 1 year $ 0 $ 18,000 $ 6,591 9 $ 8,678 $ 10,000 1 to 3 years 0 189,000 68,127 9 36,678 1,200 3.1 to 6 years 0 40,000 13,062 23 12,178 5,000 6.1 to 10 years 0 120,000 ...
Salary Survey – 2004
Self-consultant - Section 3. Hourly and Daily Rates
S E L F - E M P L O Y E D C O N S U LT A N T R E S U LT S Section 3. Hourly and Daily Rates FIGURE B Hourly Rates Broken Down By U. S. Consultants' Level Of Experience in the Quality Field 51.6 52.5 39.7 30.4 4.0 12.6 4.8 4.6 Part- time Full- time Percen...
Salary Survey – 2004
Regular Employee - Section 13. Salary by Geographic Location
1 74,000 74,000 Inspector 20,000 40,000 10,104 3 30,833 32,500 Manager 32,000 125,000 23,696 21 76,322 73,000 Master Black Belt 88,000 98,750 7,601 2 93,375 93,375 Process/ manufacturing/ project engineer 75,000 120,000 23,317 3 93,967 86,900 Quality eng...
Salary Survey – 2004
Regular Employee - Section 18. Size Of Next Raise and Additional Annual Payments
R E G U L A R E M P L O Y E E R E S U L T S Section 18. Size of Next Raise and Additional Annual Payments TABLE B Difference Between Anticipated Additional Annual Payments In 2004 and Actual Additional Annual Payments in 2003 United States Canada ( Canad...
Salary Survey – 2004
Self-consultant - Section 1. Base Earnings
TABLE A Standard Minimum Maximum deviation Count Mean Median Part- time Number of years' experience in the quality field Less than 1 year $ 0 $ 18,000 $ 6,591 9 $ 8,678 $ 10,000 1 to 3 years 0 189,000 68,127 9 36,678 1,200 3.1 to 6 years 0 40,000 13,062 ...
Salary Survey – 2004
Regular Employee - Section 10. Salary by Number Of Employees Overseen
Section 10. Salary by Number of Employees Overseen FIGURE A Salary by Number of Employees Overseen for U. S. Respondents Average salary 1 to 2 3 to 5 69,656 65,841 74,099 82,047 87,330 83,315 93,075 6 to 10 11 to 15 16 to 30 31 to 50 More than 50 Number ...
Salary Survey – 2004
Regular Employee - Section 8. Salary by Number Of Years' Quality Experience and Highest Level Of Education
Salary by Years of Experience in the Quality Field and Highest Level Of Education for U. S. Respondents* Tables A and B break down the respondents' salaries by job title, how many years of experience they have in the quality field and their highest degre...
Salary Survey – 2004
Regular Employee - Section 2. Salary by Number Of Years' Experience In the Quality Field
R E G U L A R E M P L O Y E E R E S U LT S Section 2 Salary by Number of Years' Experience In the Quality Field Salary by Number of Years' Experience In Quality for U. S. Respondents 13.1 29.5 33.1 23.7 23.3 19.8 14.3 20.9 Men Women 10.1 7.3 1.2 2.6 0.4 ...
Salary Survey – 2004
Regular Employee - Section 6. Salary by Number Of Work Hours
Less than 36 to 40 41 to 45 46 to 50 51 to 55 56 to 60 More than 36 hours hours hours hours hours hours 60 hours 1.4% 17.5% 51.7% 19.6% 3.5% 4.2% 2.1% Analyst $ 22,500 $ 50,699 $ 55,895 $ 60,459 $ 48,749 $ 58,833 $ 62,333 5.9 17.6 47.1 16.2 7.4 4.4 1.5 A...
Salary Survey – 2004
Regular Employee - Section 11. Salary by Division Size, Organization Size and Location Of Headquarters
10 or 11 to 101 to 501 to 1,001 to 5,001 to 10,001 to More than fewer 100 500 1,000 5,000 10,000 50,000 50,000 No divisions 8 91 101 34 39 7 6 3 10 or fewer 66 144 139 31 61 25 25 16 11 to 100 405 320 132 219 85 117 56 101 to 500 421 211 431 189 276 126 ...
Salary Survey – 2004
Regular Employee - Section 15. Salary by Extent Of Quality Responsibilities
Average salary 68,723 75,821 66,907 77,815 71,374 50.1% to 75% 25.1% to 50% 0.1% to 25% None of my job duties are quality related 75.1% to 100% Extent of quality related duties Average salary ( Canadian dollars) 38,018 75,612 61,445 67,833 66,990 50.1% t...
Salary Survey – 2003
Regular Employee - Section 9. Salary by Number Of Years In Current Position
Percentage of respondents* 0 Less than 1 year 1 to 3 31.7 13.1 26 13.4 10.9 4.9 3.1 to 6 6.1 to 10 10.1 to 20 More than 20 10 20 30 40 Number of years in current position Figure A. Number of Years in Current Position For All Respondents Percentage of res...
Salary Survey – 2003
Regular Employee - Section 17. Salary by Gender and Age
Men Women Average Average Percentage* salary Percentage* salary United States Analyst 46.5% $ 61,231 53.5% $ 54,998 Associate 40.2 54,707 59.8 48,822 Auditor 45.4 57,820 54.6 51,324 Black Belt 61.2 74,423 38.8 70,548 Champion 81.5 97,045 18.5 83,280 Cons...
Salary Survey – 2003
Regular Employee - Section 15. Salary by Extent Of Quality Responsibilities
Q U A L I T Y P R O G R E S S I D E C E M B E R 2 0 0 1 I 00 00 I Q U A L I T Y P R O G R E S S I D E C E M B E R 2 0 0 1 Average salary $ 20,000 $ 0 $ 40,000 $ 60,000 $ 80,000 64,528 68,116 69,787 72,816 75,081 Some duties quality related About half of ...
Salary Survey – 2003
Self-employed Consultant - Section 3. Hourly and Daily Rates
Section 3. Hourly and Daily Rates Standard Minimum Maximum deviation Count Mean Median Hourly rates Number of years' experience in the quality field Less than 1 year $ 22 $ 120 $ 40 4 $ 73 $ 75 1 to 3 years 15 125 38 8 58 55 3.1 to 6 years 25 100 24 10 6...
Salary Survey – 2003
Regular Employee - Section 12. Salary by Industry
Section 12. Salary by Industry Canada United States ( Canadian dollars) Average Average Percentage salary Percentage salary Manufacturing sector Chemicals and related products 9.2% $ 71,392 5.8% $ 63,162 Computers and electronic products 10.7 73,372 8.2 ...
Salary Survey – 2003
Regular Employee - Section 3. Salary by Highest Level Of Education
48,125 51,086 49,405 55,179 54,911 67,419 80,153 97,487 Highest level of education ( percentage of respondents) Less than high school 0.1% High school diploma 9.8% Vocational/ technical certificate 5.7% Vocational/ technical degree 1.5% Associate's degre...
Salary Survey – 2003
Regular Employee - Section 13. Salary by Geographic Location
1 $ 61,000 $ 61,000 Manager 52,000 115,000 $ 26,043 4 83,250 83,000 Arizona Analyst $ 40,000 $ 64,000 $ 11,325 4 $ 55,750 $ 59,500 Associate 32,000 90,000 29,547 3 57,733 51,200 Auditor 37,500 63,000 8,910 10 48,120 45,700 Black Belt 43,000 98,000 18,383...
Salary Survey – 2003
Regular Employee - Section 4. Salary by ASQ Certification
Black Belt No ASQ certification $ 73,298 $ 68,500 ASQ certified Six Sigma Black Belt 70,936 -$ 2,362 96,000 +$ 27,500 Manager No ASQ certification $ 68,206 $ 70,198 Certified quality manager 77,702 +$ 9,496 72,083 +$ 1,885 Quality engineer No ASQ certifi...
Salary Survey – 2003
Regular Employee - Section 16. Salary by RAB Certification
RAB QMS QMS QMS EMS EMS RAB IATCA QMS** internal lead provisional Environmental EMS*** lead provisional IATCA**** senior auditor auditor auditor auditor auditor auditor auditor auditor auditor auditor None United States All respondents $ 67,088 204 $ 60,...
Salary Survey – 2003
Regular Employee - Section 11. Salary by Division Size, Organization Size and Location Of Headquarters
59,706 63,952 65,849 69,065 75,378 78,750 81,958 64,463 Number of employees in respondent' s division ( percentage of respondents) $ 0 $ 20,000 $ 40,000 $ 60,000 $ 80,000 Average salary $ 100,000 10 or fewer ( 9.1%) 11 to 100 ( 24.9%) 101 to 500 ( 28.6%)...
Salary Survey – 2003
Regular Employee - Section 1. Salary by Job Title
36- 37. As Table A shows, only 9% of U. S. respondents and 6.6% of Canadian PART 1. REGULAR EMPLOYEE RESULTS Section 1 Salary by Job Title United States Canada Count Percentage Count Percentage Analyst 238 2.4% 12 1.8% Associate 113 1.0 6 1.0 Auditor 321...
Salary Survey – 2003
Self-employed Consultant - Section 1. Base Earnings
1 $ 10,000 $ 10,000 1 to 3 years 250 50,000 $ 21,374 8 17,748 6,500 3.1 to 6 years 2,500 240,000 81,059 8 61,500 35,000 6.1 to 10 years 2,400 200,000 56,524 19 49,995 30,000 10.1 to 20 years 100 250,000 71,934 53 70,248 50,000 More than 20 years 750 300,...
Salary Survey – 2003
Regular Employee - Section 6. Salary by Number Of Work Hours
Average number of work hours per week 0 Under 36 36 to 40 40.8 27.2 13.6 0.9 10 5.3 2.1 41 to 45 46 to 50 51 to 55 56 to 60 More than 60 15% 30% 45% Percentage of respondents** FIGURE A. Average Number of Work Hours Per Week ( United States)* * Includes ...
Salary Survey – 2003
Self-employed Consultant - Section 4. Gross Revenues and Rates by Age, Gender and Geographic Location
$ 150,000 $ 22 $ 176 26 to 35 $ 42,958 99,500 65 633 36 to 45 66,354 145,522 91 1,492 46 to 55 67,749 121,336 88 1,121 56 to 65 61,126 137,554 112 1,093 Over 65 54,804 98,333 76 930 Gender Male $ 64,991 $ 136,330 $ 93 $ 1,070 Female 51,635 119,992 88 1,3...
Salary Survey – 2003
Regular Employee - Section 7. Salary by Nonexempt Vs. Exempt Status
The exceptions are technicians and inspectors; 85.2% and 88.3% of the technicians and inspectors, respectively, reported 99.6 98.2 97.1 95.2 93.2 93.2 93.1 91.9 90.4 90.2 88.8 88.1 87.3 83.4 78.3 77 72.9 67 63 14.8 11.7 0.4 1.8 2.9 4.8 6.8 6.8 6.9 8.1 9....
Salary Survey – 2003
Regular Employee - Section 5. Salary by Six Sigma Training
68,643 75,581 100,991 97,630 86,791 64,857 Highest level of Six Sigma training completed ( percentage of respondents) Green Belt ( 8.9%) Black Belt ( 8.7%) Master Black Belt ( 1.9%) Champion ( 1.1%) Executive ( 1.1%) None ( 78.3%) $ 0 $ 20,000 $ 40,000 $...
Salary Survey – 2003
Regular Employee - Section 2. Salary by Number Of Years' Experience In the Quality Field
Respondents in one other new category, Champion, also had a similar 59,753 58,718 60,202 63,250 71,141 77,494 76,184 Number of years' experience ( percentage of respondents) Less than 1 year ( 1.8%) $ 0 $ 20,000 $ 40,000 $ 60,000 Average salary $ 80,000 ...
Salary Survey – 2003
Regular Employee - Section 8. Salary by Number Of Years' Quality Experience and Highest Level Of Education
Section 8 Salary by Number of Years' Quality Experience and Highest Level of Education Less than 1 to 3 3.1 to 6 6.1 to 10 10.1 to 20 More than No 1 year years years years years 20 years experience Analyst High school diploma $ 76,000 1 $ 41,667 3 $ 36,6...
Salary Survey – 2003
Regular Employee - Section 14. Salary by Organization's Quality Infrastructure
Centralized Decentralized by specialty Decentralized by location United States Canada Decentralized by specialty and location Integrated into line operations 0% 10% 20% 30% Percentage of respondents 40% 50% Analyst $ 61,549 Associate 62,997 Auditor 56,06...
Salary Survey – 2003
Regular Employee - Section 18. Size Of Next Raise and Additional Annual Payments
United States All respondents 59.7% $ 7,499 Analyst 54.0 4,282 Associate 60.0 4,173 Auditor 54.8 3,783 Black Belt 73.8 7,198 Champion 64.3 19,928 Consultant 58.8 8,482 Coordinator 51.7 3,522 Director 67.9 13,883 Educator/ instructor 40.9 7,505 Inspector ...
Salary Survey – 2003
Self-employed Consultant - Section 2. Gross Revenues
TABLE B. Gross Revenues by Number of Years' Experience as a Self- Employed Consultant And Part- Time vs. Full- Time Status Standard Minimum Maximum deviation Count Mean Median United States Part- time Less than 1 year $ 100 $ 120,000 $ 29,346 22 $ 34,582...
Salary Survey – 2003
Regular Employee - Section 10. Salary by Number Of Employees Overseen
Table A. Salary by Number of Employees Overseen Oversee Oversee Oversee Oversee Oversee Oversee Oversee Oversee no 1 to 2 3 to 5 6 to 10 11 to 15 16 to 30 31 to 50 more than 50 employees employees employees employees employees employees employees employe...
Salary Survey – 2002
Regular Employee - Section 3. Salary by Number Of Years In Current Position (web)
Job location (United States vs. Canada) and employment status (nonexempt vs. exempt) don't seem to affect quality professionals' job retention patterns. As Figure A shows, the job retention trends of respondents who work in the United States and in Canada...
Salary Survey – 2002
Self-employed Consultant - Section 1. - Table A (web)
Salary Survey – 2002
Regular Employee - Section 10. Table D (web)
Salary Survey – 2002
Self-employed Consultant - Section 2. Hourly and Daily Rates
As Figure A shows, the surveyed self-employed consultants typically charge by the hour or day. These tables break down the rates by how many years' experience the self-employed consultants have in the quality field, how many years' experience they have as...
Salary Survey – 2002
Regular Employee - Section 10. Table B (web)
Salary Survey – 2002
Self-employed Consultant - Section 1. TABLE C (web)
Salary Survey – 2002
Regular Employee - Section 6. Salary by ASQ and RAB Certification
This last result isn't surprising given these two certifications are recent additions to ASQ's list of certifications. The two most popular RAB certifications are quality management systems (QMS) lead auditor (7.9%) and QMS internal auditor (4.9%). The tw...
Salary Survey – 2002
Regular Employee - Section 7. Salary by Geographic Location (web)
This year's survey looks at average salaries by region, state and metropolitan area for U.S. respondents who work in the United States and by province and metropolitan area for Canadian respondents. Table A, which looks at the regional and state data, is ...
Salary Survey – 2002
Self-employed Consultant - Section 1. Gross Revenues by Level Of Experience In the Quality Field and As A Self-employed Consultant (web)
Table B explores how the number of years of experience in the quality field affects gross revenues for both part-time and full-time consultants. Table D takes this examination a step further by breaking down gross revenues by three factors: the number of ...
Salary Survey – 2002
Regular Employee - Section 5. Salary by Industrial Classification (web)
Just as in past salary surveys, this year's survey reveals respondents primarily work in the manufacturing sector. Respondents working in the service sector have a higher average salary than those working in the manufacturing sector. For a closer look at ...
