Statistics Roundtable: Player Rankings
The coefficient of variation, sometimes called the relative standard deviation, is often used to assess the quality of an assay, the diversity in organizations or as a benchmark for ranking....
Salary Survey 2008: Seeing Green
Significant salary discrepancies exist among quality professionals depending on where they work, their gender and whether they supervise others, according to an analysis of QP’s 2007 and 2008 salary surveys. Part 1, section 1 leads off the salary survey p...
Salary Survey 2008: Part 1, Section 4: Salary by ASQ and RABQSA International Certification
When it comes to ASQ certification, one is good, but more is better....
Salary Survey 2008: Part 1, Section 8: Salary by Number of Years in Current Position
No matter how you look at the data, job seniority has little effect on salaries....
Salary Survey 2008: Part 1, Section 2: Salary by U.S. Regions and Canadian Province
In the United States, the East South Central region is home to the lowest-paid quality professionals....
Salary Survey 2008: Part 1, Section 14: Salary by Organization's Quality Infrastructure
More than 80% of the U.S. and Canadian survey respondents are members of their organizations’ quality department. The size of that department varies, depending on the size of the organization and division in which the respondents work....
Salary Survey 2008: Part 1, Section 12: Salary by Industry
U.S. and Canadian survey respondents are a lot alike when it comes to the industries in which they work....
Salary Survey 2008: Part 1, Section 3: Salary by Number of Years Experience in the Quality Field
Year in and year out, general salary survey results have shown respondents’ salaries increase as their experience in the quality field increases. This year is no exception....
Salary Survey 2008: Part 1, Section 13: Salary by Geographic Location
In all, 99% of the people who participated in this year’s salary survey work in the United States (including the territories of Puerto Rico and Guam) or Canada....
Salary Survey 2008: Part 1, Section 10: Salary by Number of Employees Overseen
In the United States, 54.1% of the respondents indicated that their job duties include overseeing other employees. In Canada, the percentage is slightly higher at 59%....
Salary Survey 2008: Part 1, Section 9: Salary by Number of Years in Current Position and in the Quality Field
Like many professionals in other fields, quality professionals typically have spent quite a few years working in quality, but not necessarily a lot of years at their current job....
Salary Survey 2008: Part 1, Section 20: Size of Raise and Additional Payments
This year, 72.5% of the U.S. respondents and 72.1% of the Canadian respondents expect to receive bonuses (which include other types of additional annual payments such as profit sharing and deferred payments but not overtime or insurance)....
Salary Survey 2008: Part 2, Section 22: Base Earnings by Consulting Experience and RABQSA International Certification
Section 8 in the regular employee results reveals that the number of years spent in a position has little impact on regular employees’ salaries. What about self-employed consultants?...
Salary Survey 2008: Part 2, Section 23: Hourly and Daily Rates
When the self-employed consultants were asked in last year’s salary survey whether they charge clients by the hour, day or some other way, many consultants noted that they charge by the hour and day, and they charge by the project....
Salary Survey 2008: Part 1, Section 15: Salary by Extent of Quality Responsibilities
What percentage of employees have quality responsibilities stated in their job descriptions where you work? If it’s below 26%, your organization is a lot like the organizations that many of the survey respondents work for....
Salary Survey 2008: Part 1, Section 19: Salary by Gender and Age
When QP first began publishing the salary survey two decades ago, only 13.1% of the U.S. respondents were women. Since then, the percentage of women in the quality field has increased significantly....
Salary Survey 2008: Part 1, Section 16: Salary by Highest Level of Education
More than 90% of all the survey respondents have furthered their education past high school. Most often, they reported that their highest level of education is a bachelor’s degree, with 44.7% earning one....
Salary Survey 2008: Part 1, Section 11: Salary by Division Size, Organization Size and Location of Headquarters
Most often, the survey respondents work for small divisions in small organizations with headquarters in North America....
Salary Survey 2008: Part 1, Section 1: Salary by Job Title
The vast majority of respondents who participated in this year’s salary survey are full-time regular employees—in other words, they work 36 or more hours per week for a company or organization....
Salary Survey 2008: Part 2, Section 21: Base Earnings by Quality Experience, Education, ASQ Certification and Six Sigma Training
In 2002, QP started tracking whether self-employed consultants wore one hat or two—that is, whether they worked as self-employed consultants only or whether they worked for a company and offered consulting services outside their company-related duties....
Salary Survey 2008: Part 1, Section 5: Salary by Six Sigma Training
Putting down that you completed Six Sigma training looks good on a résumé, but does it result in higher pay? There’s a good chance it will....
Salary Survey 2008: Part 1, Section 17: Salary by Highest Level of Education and Number of Years in the Quality Field
The salary survey results show that respondents’ salaries typically increase as their level of education increases (see Section 16) and as their level of experience in the quality field increases (see Section 3)....
Salary Survey 2008: Part 1, Section 7: Salary by Nonexempt vs. Exempt Status
Overall, 85.3% of the U.S. respondents and 73.4% of the Canadian respondents don’t get paid for overtime (they are exempt employees)....
Salary Survey 2008: Part 2, Section 24: Base Earnings and Rates by Age, Gender and Geographic Location
The profiles of self-employed consultants in the United States and Canada are pretty similar. The U.S. consultants are mostly men who are 46 to 55 years old, whereas the Canadian consultants are mostly men who are 36 to 55 years old....
Salary Survey 2008: Part 1, Section 18: Salary by RABQSA International Certification
As Section 4 in the regular employee results noted, 1,263 respondents (14%) have earned RABQSA certifications. These respondents hold 22 out of the 33 RABQSA certifications listed in the salary survey....
Salary Survey 2008: Part 1, Section 6: Salary by Number of Work Hours
If you work more than 40 hours per week, you’re not alone....
Salary Survey 2008: Looking at the Numbers
Mean salary: The mean salary is the average salary for that particular group. Manager: Ensures the administration of the company’s quality, process and business improvement efforts within a defined segment of the organization. Quality engineer: Designs, i...
Salary Survey 2008: The Complete Report
51 Section 6 Salary by Number of Work Hours Online Section 7 Salary by Nonexempt vs. Exempt Status Online Section 8 Salary by Number of Years in Current Position Online Section 9 Salary by Number of Years in Current Position and in the Quality Field Onli...
Talent Show
When an HR team determined it could save its company millions of dollars through stronger retention of customer service (representatives, leadership raised a collective eyebrow and quickly asked HR to make it happen....
Career Corner: A Booming Voice
According to the Yankelovich marketing firm, this generation’s essence is defined by "individuality, youth, [and] self absorption. Yankelovich CEO J. Walker Smith and Ann Clurman answer, "Boomers will age, but they won’t get old—meaning they will remain e...
Navigate Your Career Path With QP’s Annual Salary Survey
45 Section 6 Salary by Number of Work Hours Online Section 7 Salary by Nonexempt vs. Exempt Status Online Section 8 Salary by Number of Years of Quality Experience and Highest Level of Education Online Section 9 Salary by Number of Years in Current Posit...
Part 1 Section 16 Salary by Highest Level of Education
PART 1. REGULAR EMPLOYEE RESULTS Section 16. Salary by Highest Level of Education FIGURE 1 Highest Level of Education Percentage of respondents 0% 50% 40% 30% 20% 10% 0.1 Below high school 6.9 High school diploma 4.5 Vocational/ technical certificate 1.8...
Part I Section 5 Salary Six Sigma Training (Regular Employees)
QUALITY PROGRESS I DECEMBER 2007 I 45 FIGURE 1 79,790 89,011 116,259 109,098 114,394 75,006 Green Belt ( 19.6%) Black Belt ( 16.9%) Master Black Belt ( 3.8%) Champion ( 1.6%) Executive ( 1.3%) None ( 56.9%) $ 0 $ 20,000 $ 40,000 $ 60,000 $ 100,000 $ 80,0...
Part 2 Section 4 Base Earnings and Rates by Age, Gender and Geographic Location
Average base earning Average rate Percentage Part- time Full- time Hourly Daily United States Age 26- 35 9.0% $ 11,600 $ 125,000 $ 73 $ 629 36- 45 24.2 28,585 140,500 98 928 46- 55 34.2 28,426 192,193 111 1,199 56- 65 27.4 39,942 162,980 125 1,337 Over 6...
Salary Survey-Regular Employee and Self-Employed Consultants Results
45 Section 6 Salary by Number of Work Hours Online Section 7 Salary by Nonexempt vs. Exempt Status Online Section 8 Salary by Number of Years of Quality Experience and Highest Level of Education Online Section 9 Salary by Number of Years in Current Posit...
Part I Section 4 Salary by ASQ and RABQSA Certification (Regular Employees)
Certified quality engineer 23.9 Certified quality auditor 23.3 Certified manager of quality/ organizational excellence 12.3 Certified quality technician 7.7 6.9 Certified Six Sigma Black Belt 3.9 Certified quality inspector 3.5 Certified quality improvem...
Part 1 Section 14 Salary by Organization's Quality Infrastructure
Part of a Not a part of quality department a quality department Average Average Percentage salary Percentage salary All respondents 78.7% $ 78,771 21.3% $ 88,609 Analyst 68.0 58,979 32.0 73,712 Associate 69.1 59,512 30.9 68,666 Auditor 87.8 65,609 12.2 7...
Just the FAQs
Some of the basic questions are covered about how ASQ's annual salary survey was conducted and how the information is presented....
Part I Section 2 Salary by Geographic Location
Table 3 shows the average salaries of the other eight regions and compares M PART 1. REGULAR EMPLOYEE RESULTS Section 2. Salary by Geographic Location Count Percentage United States 6,896 92.90% Canada 428 5.77 Puerto Rico 57 0.77 Mexico 19 0.26 Iraq 4 0...
Part I Section 1 Salary by Job Title (Regular Employees)
Standard Minimum Maximum deviation Count Mean Median Full- time employees Analyst $ 30,000 $ 145,000 $ 19,951 206 $ 63,694 $ 60,000 Associate 21,000 200,000 26,118 96 61,756 56,500 Auditor 18,000 170,000 22,697 258 66,392 65,000 Black Belt 34,000 149,845...
Part 1 Section 17 Salary by RABQSA Certification
PART 1. REGULAR EMPLOYEE RESULTS Section 17. Salary by RABQSA Certification TABLE 1 Salary by QMS Certifications QMS * QMS business QMS QMS QMS associate QMS improvement lead principal provisional auditor auditor auditor auditor auditor auditor United St...
Part I Section 3 Salary by Number of Years of Experience in Quality Field (Regular Employees)
quality PART 1. REGULAR EMPLOYEE RESULTS Section 3. Salary by Number of Years Of Experience in the Quality Field T FIGURE 1 More than 20 years of quality experience 10.1 to 20 years of quality experience 10 or fewer years of quality experience 21 32.1 46...
Part 2 Section 1 Base Earnings by Quality Experience, Education, ASQ Certification and Six Sigma Training (Self-Employed Consultant Results)
In all, 20 part- time U. S. consultants reported no base earnings for the period between June 2006 and June PART 2. SELF- EMPLOYED CONSULTANT RESULTS Section 1. Base Earnings by Quality Experience, Education, ASQ Certification and Six Sigma Training FIGU...
Part 1 Section 13 Salary by Metropolitan Area, State and Province
The survey asked respondents who were paid in a currency other than U. S. or Canadian dollars to convert their salaries into U. S. dollars so that their information could be included I Average salary Percentage San Francisco, Oakland and San Jose ( CA) $...
Part 1 Section 12 Salary by Industry
Transportation and aerospace products 13.7 77,999 19.1 68,500 Other products 4.2 76,782 5.9 78,104 Service sector Construction services 1.0 $ 82,756 0.9 $ 107,375 Consulting and other professional, scientific and technical services 6.4 94,405 8.0 77,166 ...
Career Corner: Full-Time Quality Manager or Part-Time Quality Consultant?
As companies become leaner and the workforce becomes older, it seems the use of highly qualified quality assurance consultants would be an attractive alternative to hiring full-time regular quality managers....
Salary Survey – 2006
Regular Employee - Section 11. Salary by Division Size, Organization Size and Location Of Headquarters
10 or 11 to 101 to 501 to 1,001 to 5,001 to 10,001 to More than fewer 100 500 1,000 5,000 10,000 50,000 50,000 employees employees employees employees employees employees employees employees worldwide worldwide worldwide worldwide worldwide worldwide wor...
Salary Survey – 2006
Regular Employee - Section 17. Salary by Gender and Age
Age ( percentage of respondents) $ 0 Average salary $ 20,000 $ 40,000 $ 60,000 $ 80,000 $ 100,000 48,411 25 or under ( 1.4%) 62,601 26 to 35 ( 17.1%) 76,220 36 to 45 ( 31.3%) 82,030 46 to 55 ( 35.3%) 86,576 56 to 65 ( 14.1%) 83,319 Over 65 ( 0.8%) FIGURE...
Salary Survey – 2006
Regular Employee - Section 3. Salary by Highest Level Of Education
org PART 1. REGULAR EMPLOYEE RESULTS Section 3 Salary by Highest Level of Education FIGURE A Salaries of U. S. Respondents By Highest Level of Education Highest level of education ( percentage of respondents) 58,417 39,558 Less than high school ( 0.1%) H...
Salary Survey – 2006
Self-Employed Consultant - Section 4. Base Earnings and Rates by Age, Gender and Geographic Location
26 to 35 $ 13,233 73,486 82 $ 651 36 to 45 23,059 144,286 98 883 46 to 55 32,815 158,657 119 1,329 56 to 65 38,324 144,735 114 1,096 Over 65 36,218 126,200 86 978 Gender Male $ 30,032 $ 152,797 $ 110 $ 1,164 Female 37,683 122,116 102 906 Canada Age 26 to...
Salary Survey – 2006
Regular Employee - Section 7. Salary by Nonexempt Vs. Exempt Status
FIGURE A Nonexempt and Exempt Status by Industry 0.0 100.0 Wholesale services 0.0 100.0 Social services 2.8 97.2 Financial and insurance services 3.8 96.2 Educational services 4.1 95.9 Information services 8.9 91.1 Toys, sporting goods, jewelry and misce...
Salary Survey – 2006
Regular Employee - Section 15. Salary by Extent Of Quality Responsibilities
96,583 77,725 98,438 91,425 1.1 12.9 14.1 19.0 52.9 Consultant 102,333 95,243 91,966 95,386 87,772 0.6 8.1 9.7 16.1 65.5 Coordinator 76,516 65,315 58,378 52,092 51,795 0.1 7.7 13.2 17.0 61.9 Director 139,000 108,147 106,313 103,558 103,601 5.8 38.3 23.3 ...
Salary Survey – 2006
Regular Employee - Section 6. Salary by Number Of Work Hours
$ 0 Average salary ( Canadian dollars) $ 20,000 $ 40,000 $ 60,000 $ 80,000 $ 100,000 $ 120,000 Average number of work hours per week ( percentage of respondents) 50,000 35 or fewer hours ( 0.8%) 65,439 36 to 40 hours ( 27.5%) 69,134 41 to 45 hours ( 36.5...
Salary Survey – 2006
Regular Employee - Section 12. Salary by Industry
Transportation and aerospace products 14.6 73,759 20.6 68,287 Other products 4.0 74,926 5.2 65,466 Service sector Construction services 0.8% $ 84,698 0.7% $ 93,375 Consulting and other professional, scientific and technical services 6.7 86,784 7.5 85,001...
Salary Survey – 2006
Regular Employee - Section 5. Salary by Six Sigma Training
org FIGURE B 75,849 85,781 108,852 104,311 106,579 72,734 Highest level of Six Sigma training completed ( percentage of respondents) Green Belt ( 16.6%) Black Belt ( 15.1%) Master Black Belt ( 3.3%) Champion ( 1.4%) Executive ( 1.1%) None ( 62.5%) $ 0 $ ...
Salary Survey – 2006
Full Survey
44 Section 6. Salary by Number of Work Hours Online Section 7. Salary by Nonexempt vs. Exempt Status Online Section 8. Salary by Number of Years' Quality Experience and Highest Level of Education Online Section 9. Salary by Number of Years in Current Pos...
Salary Survey – 2006
Regular Employee - Section 4. Salary by ASQ and RABQSA Certification
70,278 69,878 71,960 82,944 75,000 Number of ASQ certifications ( percentage of respondents) One ( 70.7%) Two ( 19.9%) Three ( 5.6%) Four ( 3.4%) Five or more ( 0.4%) $ 0 $ 20,000 $ 40,000 $ 60,000 $ 80,000 Average salary ( Canadian dollars) $ 100,000 FI...
Salary Survey – 2006
Self-Employed Consultant - Section 1. Base Earnings by Quality Experience, Education, ASQ Certification and Six Sigma Training
org PART 2. SELF- EMPLOYED CONSULTANT RESULTS Section 1 Base Earnings by Quality Experience, Education, ASQ Certification and Six Sigma Training TABLE B Standard Minimum Maximum deviation Count Mean Median Part- time Number of years' experience in the qu...
Salary Survey – 2006
Regular Employee - Section 10. Salary by Number Of Employees Overseen
FIGURE A Salary by Number of Employees Overseen for U. S. Respondents $ 0 Average salary $ 20,000 $ 40,000 $ 60,000 $ 80,000 $ 100,000 $ 120,000 Number of employees overseen ( percentage of respondents) 68,727 0 ( 44.1%) 73,369 1 to 2 ( 12.4%) 78,626 3 t...
Salary Survey – 2006
Regular Employee - Section 1. Salary by Job Title
Standard deviation: Standard deviation is a FIGURE A PART 1. REGULAR EMPLOYEE RESULTS Section 1 Salary by Job Title Comparison of Salaries of Full- Time And Part- Time Employees 4,731 ( difference) 77,049 ( 2006) 72,318 ( 2005) 4,777 ( difference) 71,584...
Salary Survey – 2006
Regular Employee - Section 13. Salary by Geographic Location
1 68,000 68,000 Coordinator 45,000 60,000 7,523 3 52,843 53,529 Director 36,000 86,000 21,691 5 66,500 75,000 Educator/ instructor 35,000 119,000 42,568 3 73,000 65,000 Inspector 37,000 50,000 7,055 3 41,917 38,750 Manager 50,000 106,000 13,961 31 76,702...
Salary Survey – 2006
Regular Employee - Section 2. Salary by Number Of Years' Experience in the Quality Field
org FIGURE C 5.7 13.9 80.3 Associate 9.6 25.6 64.8 Analyst 10.5 42.1 47.4 Champion 12.4 27.7 59.8 Coordinator 13.7 24.8 61.5 Black Belt 13.9 32.0 54.1 Technician 15.8 34.2 50.0 Software quality engineer 18.2 30.1 51.7 Process/ manufacturing/ project engi...
Climbing the Career Ladder: It's Up to You
With as much information on the subject of career development as there is available today, the real challenge is recognizing that you, not your employer, are responsible for your own career development, and then finding a structure to guide your plans....
Promoting Quality In Your Organization
A 2004 survey of industry executives showed that while nearly all agreed that quality favorably influences profits, few had actually used quality methods. Quality professionals can play a significant role in supporting performance management initiatives...
Salary Survey – 2005
Regular Employee - Section 13. Salary by Geographic Location
Count Percentage United States 4,014 91.52% Canada 301 6.86 Puerto Rico 36 0.82 Mexico 21 0.48 Australia 2 0.05 China 1 0.02 Denmark 1 0.02 Falkland Islands 1 0.02 Germany 1 0.02 India 1 0.02 Iraq 1 0.02 Ireland 1 0.02 Netherlands 1 0.02 Oman 1 0.02 Saud...
Salary Survey – 2005
Regular Employee - Section 17. Salary by Gender and Age
Average salary $ 80,000 $ 60,000 $ 40,000 $ 20,000 0 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 9,443 13,74411,459 11,35210,546 10,730 8,580 9,133 10,358 9,897 12,65711,536 9,674 9,800 8,934 9,397 8,348 9,21...
Salary Survey – 2005
Full Survey
45 Section 6. Salary by Number of Work Hours Online Section 7. Salary by Nonexempt vs. Exempt Status Online Section 8. Salary by Number of Years' Quality Experience and Highest Level of Education Online Section 9. Salary by Number of Years in Current Pos...
Salary Survey – 2005
Self-consultant - Section 4. Gross Revenues and Rates by Age, Gender And Geographic Location
Home Country 33,164 142,000 $ 0 Average gross revenue ( Canadian dollars) $ 160,000 $ 120,000 $ 80,000 $ 40,000 Gender 10,100 46,000 Full- time Part- time Men Women FIGURE D Gross Revenue by Gender For Canadian Self- Employed Consultants 29,125 145,573 $...
Salary Survey – 2005
Regular Employee - Section 2. Salary by Number Of Years' Experience in the Quality Field
More than ( 17.7%) 20 years ( 6%) 10.1 to 20 ( 29.6%) years ( 31%) 6.1 to 10 ( 31.7%) years ( 31%) 3.1 to 6 ( 12.9%) years ( 22.6%) 1 to 3 ( 5.4%) years ( 7.1%) Less than ( 1.6%) 1 year ( 2.4%) $ 0 $ 40,000 $ 20,000 $ 60,000 Average salary ( Canadian dol...
Salary Survey – 2005
Regular Employee - Section 10. Salary by Number Of Employees Overseen
As Figure A shows, 46.1% of U. S. respondents who oversee other 46.1 50.3 36.2 33.5 17.8 16.2 Percentage of respondents 60% 50% 40% 30% 20% 10% 0% Number of employees has increased Number of employees has decreased Number of employees has stayed the same...
Salary Survey – 2005
Regular Employee - Section 12. Salary by Industry
Transportation and aerospace products 12.9 71,016 17.6 65,371 Other products 3.8 64,413 3.1 61,389 Service sector Consulting and other professional, scientific and technical services 5.9% $ 81,632 7.5% $ 80,052 Educational services 1.3 78,273 0.3 95,000 ...
Salary Survey – 2005
Regular Employee - Section 16. Salary by RABQSA Certification
AS9100 aerospace QMS QMS QMS experience AS9100 QMS* internal lead provisional auditor auditor auditor auditor auditor auditor United States All respondents $ 80,226 20 $ 69,129 47 $ 77,393 108 $ 64,488 150 $ 72,866 240 $ 75,108 36 Analyst ,,0. TABLE B S...
Salary Survey – 2005
Regular Employee - Section 5. Salary by Six Sigma Training
QUALITY PROGRESS I DECEMBER 2005 I 45 FIGURE B FIGURE A 70,906 82,090 100,772 97,728 104,876 68,073 Highest level of Six Sigma training completed ( percentage of respondents) Green Belt ( 14.4%) Black Belt ( 13.1%) Master Black Belt ( 3.3%) Champion ( 1....
Salary Survey – 2005
Regular Employee - Section 1. Salary by Job Title
org Standard Minimum Maximum deviation Count Mean Median Full- time employees Analyst $ 24,500 $ 120,000 $ 19,048 132 $ 57,327 $ 54,500 Associate 15,000 106,000 20,593 49 54,119 52,000 Auditor 23,000 160,000 18,503 179 58,646 56,000 Black Belt 27,580 125...
Salary Survey – 2005
Self-consultant - Section 1. Base Earnings
74,087 138,949 16,437 131,947 Average base earnings $ 150,000 Self- employed consultant only Part- time consultant Full- time consultant Self- employed consultant and part- time or full- time employee at another organization $ 30,000 $ 0 $ 90,000 $ 60,00...
Salary Survey – 2005
Regular Employee - Section 3. Salary by Highest Level Of Education
org FIGURE B Salaries of U. S. Respondents By Highest Level Of Education FIGURE A Percentage of Respondents Who Didn.t Graduate From High School Percentage of respondents 0.6% United States Canada 0.2 0.3 0.2 0.2 0.1 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.3 0.3 0.5 0.1 0.1 0...
Salary Survey – 2005
Regular Employee - Section 6. Salary by Number Of Work Hours
Percentage of respondents 50% United States International Canada 27.9 22.6 36.2 12.5 13.2 9.4 27.8 12.5 25.0 39.4 34.4 10.6 6.6 2.7 40% 30% 20% 10% 0% More than 60 35 or fewer 36 to 40 41 to 45 46 to 50 51 to 55 56 to 60 Average number of work hours per ...
Salary Survey – 2005
Regular Employee - Section 14. Salary by Organization's Quality Infrastructure
Number of employees worldwide 52 More than 50,000 50 10,001 to 50,000 31 5,001 to 10,000 20 1,001 to 5,000 14 501 to 1,000 9 101 to 500 5 11 to 100 10 or fewer 0 10 20 30 40 50 60 Average number of employees in quality department 3 FIGURE A Quality Depar...
Lean Thinking for Knowledge Work
Productivity in the service sector trails manufacturing by a wide margin. Since the early 1990s, the Toyota Production System (TPS) has been heralded as the standard for manufacturing environments, but early attempts to apply it to nonproduction work...
People Equity: The Hidden Driver of Quality
ASQ members, customers, and Quality Progress readers representing more than 30 industries participated in a survey to determine the impact and effectiveness of quality principles, practices, and techniques. Survey results clearly show the success of...
Salary Survey – 2004
Regular Employee - Section 1. Salary by Job Title
117,976 104,410 90,930 88,858 83,853 81,216 76,438 75,270 71,043 68,352 66,126 62,885 62,195 61,719 58,945 57,870 55,421 50,422 50,018 43,845 41,571 Job title ( percentage of respondents) Vice president/ executive ( 3.0%) Master Black Belt ( 1.3%) Direct...
Salary Survey – 2004
Regular Employee - Section 16. Salary by RAB Certification
R E G U L A R E M P L O Y E E R E S U LT S Section 16. Salary by RAB Certification Average salary 59,108 65,800 67,533 AS9100 auditor AS9100 aerospace experience auditor No RAB certification U. S. auditors FIGURE A Comparison of U. S. Auditors With And W...
Salary Survey – 2004
Regular Employee - Section 11. Salary by Division Size, Organization Size and Location Of Headquarters
10 or 11 to 101 to 501 to 1,001 to 5,001 to 10,001 to More than fewer 100 500 1,000 5,000 10,000 50,000 50,000 No divisions 8 91 101 34 39 7 6 3 10 or fewer 66 144 139 31 61 25 25 16 11 to 100 405 320 132 219 85 117 56 101 to 500 421 211 431 189 276 126 ...
Salary Survey – 2004
Regular Employee - Section 5. Salary by Six Sigma Training
org FIGURE B FIGURE A 70,437 77,295 103,706 93,858 96,391 66,287 Highest level of Six Sigma training completed ( percentage of respondents) Green Belt ( 11.7%) Black Belt ( 10.7%) Master Black Belt ( 2.6%) Champion ( 1.4%) Executive ( 1.1%) None ( 72.4%)...
Salary Survey – 2004
Self-consultant - Section 4. Gross Revenues and Rates by Age, Gender and Geographic Location
S E L F - E M P L O Y E D C O N S U LT A N T R E S U LT S Section 4. Gross Revenues and Rates by Age, Gender and Geographic Location TABLE A Gross Revenues and Rates by Age and Gender Percentage of self- employed consultants 10% 0% 20% 30% 40% 0.2 8.3 26...
Salary Survey – 2004
Regular Employee - Section 3. Salary by Highest Level Of Education
R E G U L A R E M P L O Y E E R E S U LT S Section 3 Salary by Highest Level of Education FIGURE B Salaries of U. S. Respondents Who Furthered Their Education Compared to Those Who Did Not* FIGURE A Highest Level of Education* 0.03 8.0 6.0 2.3 10.1 45.4 ...
Salary Survey – 2004
Regular Employee - Section 12. Salary by Industry
Canada United States ( Canadian dollars) Average Average Percentage salary Percentage salary Manufacturing sector Chemicals and related products 10.2% $ 75,069 7.0% $ 66,614 Computers and electronic products 9.6 76,551 10.6 63,575 Electrical products 3.6...
Salary Survey – 2004
Regular Employee - Section 9. Salary by Number Of Years In Current Position
Average salary 10 years or less ( 83.9%) 68,577 72,376 76,357 10.1 to 20 years ( 11.3%) More than 20 years ( 4.9%) Number of years in current position ( percentage of respondents) Section 9. Salary by Number of Years In Current Position FIGURE A Salary b...
Salary Survey – 2004
Regular Employee - Section 14. Salary by Organization's Quality Infrastructure
TABLE A Change in the Quality Function's Size In the Past Two Years Member of the Not a member of quality function the quality function Average Average Percentage salary Percentage salary Analyst Centralized 81.4% $ 50,318 18.6% $ 56,226 Decentralized by...
Salary Survey – 2004
Regular Employee - Section 4. Salary by ASQ Certification
R E G U L A R E M P L O Y E E R E S U LT S Section 4 Salary by ASQ Certification 39,849 52,186 43,389 49,176 56,567 44,880 Job title and location Technicians in the United States Technicians in Canada ( Canadian dollars) $ 0 $ 20,000 $ 40,000 $ 60,000 Av...
Salary Survey – 2004
Regular Employee - Section 17. Salary by Gender and Age
Men Women Average Average Percentage salary Percentage salary United States All respondents 70.8% $ 72,142 29.2% $ 63,794 Analyst 50.4 58,239 49.6 52,800 Associate 50.0 50,072 50.0 54,352 Auditor 52.1 62,192 47.9 56,490 Black Belt 71.5 74,877 28.5 75,283...
Salary Survey – 2004
Regular Employee - Section 7. Salary by Nonexempt Vs. Exempt Status
99.4 98.8 97.4 95.5 94.4 93.8 91.7 90.0 88.7 88.1 86.5 86.2 85.1 80.3 77.8 74.0 73.9 73.5 63.0 17.3 13.7 0.6 1.2 2.6 4.5 5.6 6.2 8.3 10.0 11.3 11.9 13.5 13.8 14.9 19.7 22.2 26.0 26.1 26.5 37.0 82.7 86.3 Job title Percentage of respondents Exempt Nonexemp...
Salary Survey – 2004
Self-consultant - Section 2. Gross Revenues
Standard Minimum Maximum deviation Count Mean Median United States Part - time Less than 1 year $ 0 $ 18,000 $ 6,591 9 $ 8,678 $ 10,000 1 to 3 years 0 189,000 68,127 9 36,678 1,200 3.1 to 6 years 0 40,000 13,062 23 12,178 5,000 6.1 to 10 years 0 120,000 ...
Salary Survey – 2004
Self-consultant - Section 3. Hourly and Daily Rates
S E L F - E M P L O Y E D C O N S U LT A N T R E S U LT S Section 3. Hourly and Daily Rates FIGURE B Hourly Rates Broken Down By U. S. Consultants' Level Of Experience in the Quality Field 51.6 52.5 39.7 30.4 4.0 12.6 4.8 4.6 Part- time Full- time Percen...
Salary Survey – 2004
Full Survey
( For industrial classifications and all tables related QUALITY PROGRESS I DECEMBER 2004 I 25 $ $$$$ $$$$ $$ $$$ $$$ U. S. Salary Changes by Industry 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 Average Average Average Average Average Average salary Difference* salary ...
Salary Survey – 2004
Regular Employee - Section 13. Salary by Geographic Location
1 74,000 74,000 Inspector 20,000 40,000 10,104 3 30,833 32,500 Manager 32,000 125,000 23,696 21 76,322 73,000 Master Black Belt 88,000 98,750 7,601 2 93,375 93,375 Process/ manufacturing/ project engineer 75,000 120,000 23,317 3 93,967 86,900 Quality eng...
Salary Survey – 2004
Regular Employee - Section 18. Size Of Next Raise and Additional Annual Payments
R E G U L A R E M P L O Y E E R E S U L T S Section 18. Size of Next Raise and Additional Annual Payments TABLE B Difference Between Anticipated Additional Annual Payments In 2004 and Actual Additional Annual Payments in 2003 United States Canada ( Canad...
Salary Survey – 2004
Self-consultant - Section 1. Base Earnings
TABLE A Standard Minimum Maximum deviation Count Mean Median Part- time Number of years' experience in the quality field Less than 1 year $ 0 $ 18,000 $ 6,591 9 $ 8,678 $ 10,000 1 to 3 years 0 189,000 68,127 9 36,678 1,200 3.1 to 6 years 0 40,000 13,062 ...
Salary Survey – 2004
Regular Employee - Section 10. Salary by Number Of Employees Overseen
Section 10. Salary by Number of Employees Overseen FIGURE A Salary by Number of Employees Overseen for U. S. Respondents Average salary 1 to 2 3 to 5 69,656 65,841 74,099 82,047 87,330 83,315 93,075 6 to 10 11 to 15 16 to 30 31 to 50 More than 50 Number ...
Salary Survey – 2004
Regular Employee - Section 8. Salary by Number Of Years' Quality Experience and Highest Level Of Education
Salary by Years of Experience in the Quality Field and Highest Level Of Education for U. S. Respondents* Tables A and B break down the respondents' salaries by job title, how many years of experience they have in the quality field and their highest degre...
