Salary, Job Level, Education
Roughly the same number of respondents earned at the highest and lowest tiers of the pay scale, with 14% earning more than $150,000 and 16% earning less than $60,000, including bonuses and other incentives. The bulk, of course, fell somewhere in the middle, with 44% bringing home a salary in the range of $60,000 to $99,999.
While 37% of respondents reported receiving an annual cost-of-living increase of between 3% and 5%, 20% said salary has remained flat for the last five years. Education and training seems to have some merit, as 27% of respondents indicated a related salary increase in the last five years coinciding with additional knowledge gains.
Note that respondents heralded from all job levels: Executive management (21%), director/manager (41%), and staff (38%). The bulk are college educated, with 30% holding a bachelor's degree. Forty-five percent of respondents have advanced degrees -- 39% with a master's degree and 6% with a doctorate.