SALARY SURVEY
SALARY SURVEY HIGHLIGHTS The Value of Professional Services 2016
HOW TO USE THE SALARY SURVEY RESULTS Step 1: Determine your responsibility level (A- to F+) Step 2: Determine 2016 cash compensation results based on responsibility level Step 3: Review predicted salary increases, as reported by Permit Holders Step 4: Review perquisites, additional cash compensation, and benefit plans The flowchart on the following page gives an overview of responsibility levels. To determine your responsibility level more accurately, please visit the salary survey page on the website. NOTES ON SALARY SURVEY METHODS Again this year, APEGA engaged the services of Aon Hewitt to administer and conduct the Value of Professional Services salary survey. Invitations to participate were distributed to APEGA Permit Holders in May. Permit Holders that participated in the 2015 survey received a questionnaire with some of the fields prepopulated, simplifying the process. Results were gathered and compiled by Aon Hewitt in June and July. A survey was completed by each participating Permit Holder’s human resources department or other applicable department. Sources and their individual data are kept confidential. The 10 industry categories used in this report are: • Engineering and/or Geoscience Consulting Services
DEAR MEMBERS AND PERMIT HOLDERS, For good reason, the Value of Professional Services is one of APEGA’s most highly sought after publications. It provides APEGA Members — individual and corporate — with unbiased salary and benefits comparisons across a wide range of industries in Alberta. APEGA encourages the use of this resource, and any others at your disposal, to ensure fair compensation for individual practitioners and to help employers stay competitive in the labour market. Early in May, we contacted Permit Holders to encourage par- ticipation, and we engaged the services of Aon Hewitt to admin- ister and conduct the salary and benefits survey. Aon Hewitt also compiled the survey data for publication of the Value of Profes- sional Services (known informally as the APEGA salary survey). We are very pleased with the level of participation this year. The number of organizations participating was 177, the highest number since the survey’s inception. That’s up 13 per cent from 2015, when 156 employers took part. Individual data points are up as well. The 2016 report en- compasses 14,105 individual data points (about 19% of the APEGA membership), compared with 13,464 in 2015. APEGA’s 10 regional Branches and Alberta’s major industry sectors are represented. We know from experience how popular and useful the Value of Professional Services is, and we appreciate the effort Permit Holders make each spring to complete the survey. Without your help, this service to Permit Holders and Members would not be possible.
• Engineering, Procurement, and Construction • Resource Exploitation (except oil and gas) • Resource Exploitation (oil and gas only) • Manufacturing (durables) • Manufacturing (non-durables) • Not-For-Profit Service, Control, and Utilities • For-Profit Service, Control, and Utilities • Information and Other Advanced Technologies
Please feel free to contact us with your comments: Hana Marinkovic, Acting Director of Outreach and
Product Services 1-800-661-7020 salarysurvey@apega.ca
Visit apega.ca to view this summary report electronically and to purchase the full report.
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