AAES reports the engineering salary trends of 1990

Abstract

Each year, o ne of the m ost frequently requested fe atures in 10M is OUf brief summary of the massive salary sllrvey conducted annuall y by the Engineering Manpower Commission (EMC) of the America n Associati on of Engineeri ng Societies (AAF$). Not surprisingly, this fcahlre ca n be counted upon to beoneof the year's most-respondccH o articles as weU. The reason is s imple: We all want to know how our salaries compare to those of similarly qualifi ed colleagues working in rela ti vely equivalent situa­ tions. Well aware of this interest, AAES has, since 1953, regularl y sponsored, com­ piled a nd released reports overviewing the salary trends of engineers employed in the United States by industry, gov­ ernment and academia. Published an­ nuall y, each report d istills information based upon a d iverse collecti on of pro.­ fessio nal characteristiCS, including 0c­ cupation, s u pervisory responsibility, academic background, geographic re­ gio n a nd size of e mployer. Although pote ntially revealing from a social science perspective, s ta tistical breakou ts a rc not re ported based on demographic data (e.g., age, gender, race, etc.). Further, the broadly focused report docs not, o wing toa qua ntita tively chal­ lenging q uagmire of specialities, presenl Table I. Protlle of ParUclpants In the 1990 AAESSUnley Field Participants Materials-Related Industri es