SALARY SURVEY
TOWARDS
GENDER PROGRESS • Females in geoscience continue
to represent more than a quarter (28 per cent) of the total geoscience sample. Results show that salaries for female geoscientists are nearly equal to those of their male counterparts (99.5 per cent).
• Engineering base salary results show a difference of 2.5 per cent between male and female average base salaries in 2017.
ALBERTA RECOVERY BEGINS Alberta has started to emerge from its worst recession in more than three decades, caused by the steepest and most prolonged oil price shock in Canadian history. The Alberta economy is on the road to recovery, says the Province of Alberta’s Fiscal Plan, Economic Outlook (March 2017). Recovery is expected to be moderate. The outlook presents several factors that continue to support economic growth in the province: • Oil sands production will continue to expand in the near term, supporting exports • Fort McMurray is rebuilding after the 2016 wildfire • Public sector capital spending continues to be strong
Alberta’s seasonally adjusted unemployment rate is down from last year.
8.6 %
7.8 % July 2017
July 2016
DID YOUR COMPANY PARTICIPATE? We encourage all Permit Holders to participate in the salary survey. It’s free, and the more Permit Holders surveyed, the most robust and representative the data. Please contact us at salarysurvey@ apega.ca to ensure that we send your company the 2018 survey participation package, next May.
For engineers ranging from Levels A- to F+, average base salary has decreased, with the exception of A- and A, although average total compensation has increased , with the exception of C, F, and F+. For geoscientists, Levels A, E, and F show increases to base salaries, but total compensation decreases across all levels. See graphs on the following pages.
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