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Earnings of Electrotechnology, IT Experts Reveals Twofold Percentage Improve, IEEE-USA Wage Survey Reveals
WASHINGTON (eight July 2010) — Median income for electrotechnology and information technology pros showed a twofold proportion increase from the previous year, according to the latest IEEE-USA Income & Fringe Benefit Survey.
Median incomes from primary sources — base pay plus commissions, bonuses and net self-employment earnings — for U.S. IEEE members working full-time in their primary area of technical competence went from $110,610 in the 2007 tax year to $116,
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Of the 12,119 U.S. IEEE members who participated in the Internet-based survey, 10,177 were employed full-time in their primary area of technical competence,
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The IEEE-USA Salary & Fringe Benefit Survey, 2009 Edition, is the 22nd compensation survey the organization has conducted since the first one in 1972. The results are valuable to employers seeking to know what type of compensation package they should put together to attract and retain electrotechnology and IT pros, and to employees seeking to benchmark their income and benefits.
The 82-page survey is available electronically at
IEEE members who responded to the wage survey receive five free uses of the IEEE-USA Salary Calculator,
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IEEE-USA just completed its 2010 survey with a record 14,724 responses. That report will be released in September.
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