Building on Alfredo Bernardis' comments regarding identifying existing salary surveys conducted by individual industries, which are readily available from other professional societies such as the American Institute of Chemical Engineers ( AIChE ), my specialisation area ... I really like the idea of some form of meta-survey compiled and endorsed by the ASA but assembled from other reliable sources. This would potentially be a very valuable contribution to both members of the ASA and those of us with multiple professional affiliations. As Alfredo says the value-added by ASA participation and endorsement would really enhance the quality and fitness for use of the final product.
A final pitch of my own for reporting formats: 1) some simple graphical summaries of the distributions of salary would be very helpful, and 2) breakdown by earned degrees, and hopefully 3) some breakdown by statistical practise level on the organizational ladder, and 4) a breakdown of whether or not the job is primarily associated with computer intensive methods ( Big Data, neural networks, advanced computing technology ) or with the traditional practice of statistics with emphasis on methodology accepted and endorsed by the academic statistics community.
As a final thought, industrial salary data were recently published by the Wall Street Journal, giving a great sense of the range of salaries available in various industry sectors such as Gas/Oil, Pharmaceuticals, Manufacturing, Chemicals and others I don't recall. It was very interesting to see how the range of salaries varied within these economic sectors, even though specific sub-disciplines-within-sector were all lumped together.
Tom
Thomas D. Sandry, PhD
Industrial Statistical Consultant, Retired
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Thomas Sandry
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Original Message:
Sent: 07-29-2019 09:25
From: Alfredo Bernardis
Subject: Industry Salary Survey
Indeed, a very good idea, I agree it would be very helpful. But probably each of these surveys on every industry should begin checking if that industry has his own survey. For example, in my area, there are some (more than one) conducted by societies, editors, magazines, etc. like the SPE (Society of Petroleum Engineers). If not, it would fill a void and rend a service and information not only helpful but very necessary to the professionals in that area. If yes, ASA could put a touch of knowledge in elaboration, management, treatment and overall, interpretation of data. In both cases, the participation of ASA could provide a clear, irreproachable, impartial, third-party, fair, flawless quality of the process.
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Alfredo Bernardis
Original Message:
Sent: 07-27-2019 21:52
From: Ryan Boch
Subject: Industry Salary Survey
Why does the ASA not complete an annual industry or government salary survey similar to the academic one? It seems like this would be helpful for non-academic members.
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Ryan Boch
Senior Data Analyst
Cerner
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