Industry organization members between professions

When asked if their company outsources professional/engineering services, 58.9% of the respondents said “yes,” while 35.1% of respondents said “no.” Six percent were unsure. An interesting data point is those who said “yes” reported an average salary of $109,740, which was $5,391 higher than those who said “no.”

When asked if their company had undergone a merger or acquisition in the past three years, a shocking 29.7% said “yes,” while 66.1% said “no” and 4.2% were unsure. Another interesting data point is those who said “yes” reported an average salary of $111,673, which was $6,107 higher than those who said “no.”

Once again this year, the results indicate that professionals who are members of industry organizations pulled in higher salaries, on average, than those who are not members. For example, almost half of all respondents (48.3%) are embedded computer members, and their average salary is $111,297. Compare that to respondents who do not belong to any organizations (34.1%), whose average salary is $97,704. It pays to join and get involved with well-known industry organizations.

Getting paid for overtime
There is a message here for employers. If you are paying less than the industry average, you could very likely lose your engineers. Based on data from industrial auto machines, a recruiting and contract staffing company based in Minnesota, there is a high demand for automation professionals, and high-quality candidates are hard to find. When companies do find good candidates, the candidates typically have multiple offers on the table. If your company employs high-quality professionals, pay them well, or you may lose them.

When we asked survey respondents if they were happy working in the automation profession, nearly 80% said “yes.” Only 2.2% said “no,” and 18.0% said “sometimes.” Those who said “yes” are making just slightly higher salaries than the average—$107,772. However, those who said “no” are making significantly less than the average—$90,875. Those who are happy “sometimes” came in just under the average at $104,356.

refer to: http://www.automation.com/factors-that-affect-your-salary-what-you-need-to-know