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-- Kirk Watkins BDIS - Instrument Sales phone: 314-821-4878 fax: 314-984-8170
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Son of Tabulation of Salary Data
Joe Dynlacht (Joe.Dynlacht@CCLINK.NET.uokhsc.edu) Thu, 25 May 95 14:20:24 CST
Disclaimer: This is a long-winded e-mail message, since the data cannot easily be arranged in a table. Attempt to decipher its contents only if you are among the subset of subscribers interested in what your fellow Flow Cytometry Core directors are paying out or what your fellow operators/managers are earning!
Welcome to the Son (or Daughter) of Tabulation of Salary Data! (To all Directors or other persons holding the purse strings: Put on your battle armor---Someone may be hitting you up for a raise!)
To refresh everyone's memory, a couple of months ago I posted a message in which I asked core lab directors to contribute info regarding operator salary structures. I asked for confidential details pertaining to the experience of the operator (in years), geographical location of the labs, and type of institution. While the survey was predominantly geared toward labs in the USA, Canadian labs were also asked to contribute info.
Over the last few weeks, I received a total of about 30 replies. Even though there were a lot of replies,the data were particularly difficult to tabulate since there were a sparse number of responses in some of the categories (see below) and for different levels of experience. Keep in mind that if you or someone else had decided on different cut-offs (for different levels of experience, for instance), then mean values would, of course, shift. Also, note that I have defined the "West" to be any lab west of the Rockies. This means that Cheyenne, Wyoming would still be considered "Midwest." Also, please keep in mind that in certain circumstances, I must be vague with some of the data. The flow cytometry community still has that small-town feeling in that many people know many other people quite well, and I want to maintain confidentiality (nuff said). Having said all this, let's take a peek at the results:
East (13 replies)-Salary ranged from $20K for an individual with virtually no experience to the mid-$60K range for individuals with up to 15 years experience. Among these, 8 replies were from universities. At universities, the range was $20K-56K for 0-10 years of experience. For 3-7 years experience, the calculated mean was $37K. For 10-15 years of experience, the mean was $50K. For clinical labs (including medical and hospital people), both associated or not associated with the federal government, the range for the 4 responses received was $24.5K (2 yrs) to $65K (15 yrs).
Midwest (11 replies)-The range of all the replies was $19K to $40K. However, some individuals with 1-2 years of experience were making the mean or more (see below) while others with the same level of experience were at the lowest end of the range. After 2 years of experience, university and clinical data ranges did not differ. From the eight replies from universities, I came up with the following mean values: 1-3 yrs=$25.5K 4-7 yrs=$31K (2 responses) 8-12 yrs=$40K
West (3 replies)-Though there were only 3 responses (all from universities), they were very consistent. All had 10-13 years of experience and the range was $50-52K. Too bad there wasn't more participation from this region.
Canada (3 replies)-While it would have been nice to break things down by provinces, it was impossible to do so while maintaining confidentiality. The data was very consistent, nonetheless, with a mean salary of $52K (CAN) for 6-10 years of experience (range maximum was about $41.5K in US dollars given the current conversion). Responses were from universities or governmental agencies. Again, it's too bad there wasn't a greater response.
Let me also add that many individuals are paid on the same scale as all other research techs/assistants in their respective systems. However, many reported that some individuals get greater salary than what their rating usually pays, either because they are in a special category (usually created by the director approaching the personnel department to set this up, I imagine) or they receive hazard pay (for working with HIV, etc.).
I want to thank all of those individuals who participated in, or made suggestions about this survey, and indeed hope that it proves useful.
Joe Dynlacht Director, Flow Cytometry and Cell Sorting Core Facility University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center joe-dynlacht@uokhsc.edu
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