Salary Survey 2006 Completed

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August 2006

Salary Survey 2006 Completed

The results of the 2006 engineers and geoscientists salary surveys are now available.

Professional Engineers and Geoscientists of Newfoundland and Labrador (PEG), together with the other three Atlantic Canada professional engineering associations (APENS, APEGNB, APEPEI), have completed a joint salary survey for engineers. PEG has also completed a separate survey for Newfoundland and Labrador geoscientists.

Market Quest Research Group Inc conducted the salary surveys in April 2006 as quantitative telephone surveys. Some 1,300 engineers in Atlantic Canada, including over 400 PEG members, were randomly selected and contacted by phone. In addition, 81 PEG geoscience members were surveyed. The samples included P.Engs., P.Geos., EITs and GITs.

Researchers obtained and analyzed survey information from a 3 to 5 minute interview with members. This is the second time that the survey data was collected by a telephone survey which we believe yield more valid results.

Previous salary surveys conducted by the Associations, including the 1999 survey, were completed through mail-out questionnaires and responses were voluntary. As a result, the response rate was low and the survey results may not have had a high degree of confidence.

For the engineer survey, we estimate a margin of error of +/- $1,842 for NL data and +/- $1,105 for the regional results, at a confidence level of 95%. For geoscientist results, we assume a margin of error of +/- $4,609, based on a sample size of 83 Members from a population of 138 NL resident geoscientists.

The survey reports include comparison of results of 2003 and 2006 surveys. As expected, salaries are up in all provinces and most sectors.

We thank the members who participated and provided their personal information to support the survey. All data received is retained by Market Quest and will be held in confidence.

The reports are now available online at the PEG website. Paper copies will be made available from PEG’s office. Check out the reports at the links below and let us know what you think of the results.