NCSLi 2010 Metrology Human Resources Handbook

WestCoastCal · 03-11-2011 -- 12:48:11

This handbook contains the results of the 2007 NCSL Committee 182 salary survey. The average annual salary for a cal tech is $44.8 k, a senior cal tech is $54.6 k, thats 21.3 $/hr and 26.2 $/hr respectively. The survey revealed the metrology manager/supervisor average annual salary is $80 k, about 36.5 $/hr.

USMCPMEL · 03-11-2011 -- 13:24:50

I am woefully underpaid

RFCAL · 03-11-2011 -- 15:22:06

THAT IS VERY MISLEADING AS YOU CANNOT TELL WHAT YOUR AREA IS PAYING.THIS IS A HIGH COST AREA AND WE PAY ABOVE THAT

mrrob007 · 03-13-2011 -- 11:02:31

This is going to do more harm then good....

RFCAL · 03-13-2011 -- 11:21:57

They should have never printed that survey!!

USMCPMEL · 03-14-2011 -- 08:32:35

Why do you say that RF cal?

PMEL Whore · 03-14-2011 -- 08:55:47

I would guess he said it for the same reason many of us are thinking it. You cant compare apples and oranges, your initial comment that you are not getting paid enough says it all. If your in San Fran the average isnt enough to stay out of the breadlines but in nowhere USA you will do fine. While it is just an average of the entire country for statistical purposes, people can't take it as gospel for every situation.

RFCAL · 03-14-2011 -- 10:07:36

That's it in a nutshell!! As I stated in my first post--That survey is very misleading.

metrologygeek · 03-14-2011 -- 10:50:15

Perhaps we should do an informal survey here.

USMCPMEL · 03-14-2011 -- 11:40:14

I second that motion. It would have to include your years of experience.

metrologygeek · 03-14-2011 -- 14:17:41

And education - and region - and title

Hawaii596 · 03-15-2011 -- 08:53:59

I completely agree. I saw the survey (our site manager has the book). I reminded him that those figures are "AVERAGE", not good wages. I also reminded him that the "AVERAGE" was based as well on the "AVERAGE" wages at some of the large lab companies, the lower wages of techs in the low end dimensional world (I don't mean that dimensional is all low end, but there are a lot of labs that just do calipers and micrometers and similar technical level), etc.

I also brought up that we don't want to pay AVERAGE wages. We want to pay COMPETITIVE wages.

So yes, I agree, that list is quite misleading.

Let's do the survey.