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The Value of
SALARY SURVEY
Professional Services 2018
For good reason, the Value of Professional Services We are therefore pleased with the level of per-
is among APEGA’s most sought-after publications. A mit holder participation this year, which is up five
compilation and analysis of data collected during our per cent from 2017. Individual data points have
annual salary survey, it offers APEGA members and increased, too.
permit holders unbiased salary and benefits comparisons We know from experience how popular and
across a wide range of industries in Alberta. useful the Value of Professional Services is, and we
Welcome to our summary version of this invaluable appreciate the effort permit holders make each
resource. APEGA encourages you to use it, along spring to complete the survey. Without your help,
with any other available information, to ensure fair this service would not be possible.
compensation.
Early in April we contacted permit holders to Please feel free to contact APEGA with your com-
encourage participation. We engaged the services of Aon ments:
to administer and conduct the salary and benefits survey, Mohamed El Daly
and also to compile the resulting data for publication. Director of Outreach & Product Services
The more employers participate and the more em- 1-800-661-7020
ployment positions are represented, the better the data. salarysurvey@apega.ca.
INDUSTRY CATEGORIES
This report covers nine industry categories: • Manufacturing (durables)
• Engineering and/or Geoscience Consulting • Manufacturing (non-durables)
Services
• Not-For-Profit Service, Control, and Utilities
• Engineering, Procurement, and Construction
• For-Profit Service, Control, and Utilities
• Resource Exploitation (except oil and gas)
• Information and Other Advanced Technologies
• Resource Exploitation (oil and gas only)
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SALARY SURVEY
Survey Participants
Employers
Total Personnel Represented
4.8% 4.7% 7.8%
increase increase increase
Engineering & Geoscience Personnel Represented, Percentage of Total
40 | PEG FALL 2018
JOB CLASSIFICATION FLOWCHART
This flowchart offers an overview BY LEVEL OF RESPONSIBILITY
of responsibility levels. To
determine your responsibility F+ Senior+ Management F+ Senior+ Specialist
level more accurately, please see Engineer/Geoscientist Engineer/Geoscientist
the responsibility level tool posted Authority over companies, often Internationally recognized authority in a
responsible for policy framework, field of major importance and generally
on apega.ca. approval of projects having wide exercises authority over a group of
public impact costing a significant highly qualified professionals engaged in
amount of money. complex applications.
HOW TO USE RESULTS F Senior Management F Senior Specialist
Engineer/Geoscientist Engineer/Geoscientist
Step 1: Determine your responsibility Recognized authority in a field of major
Authority over several interrelated
level (A- to F+) professional groups in different importance and generally exercises
fields, each field under a authority over a group of highly
Step 2: Determine 2018 cash management eng./geo. qualified professionals engaged in
compensation salary results based complex applications.
on your responsibility level
Step 3: Review predicted salary E Management E Advanced Specialist
increases reported by permit holders Engineer/Geoscientist Engineer/Geoscientist
Authority over supervisory In addition to second level specialization,
Step 4: Review perquisites or eng./geo. or a large group may have authority over a group of
additional cash compensation and containing professionals highly qualified professionals.
and other staff.
benefit plans (full report only)
D Supervisory
D Specialist
Engineer/Geoscientist
NOTES ABOUT SURVEY Engineer/Geoscientist
First level of full specialization in
First level of direct supervision
METHODS over other eng./geo.
complex applications
(e.g., research, design, sales).
APEGA engaged Aon to administer
and conduct the 2018 Value of
Professional Services salary
survey. C Project Engineer/
Geoscientist
Invitations to participate in the
Independently produces
survey were distributed to APEGA responsible and varied
permit holders in April. Permit assignments. Minimal supervision.
May give guidance, but not direct
holders that participated in 2017 supervision to other eng./geo.
received a 2018 questionnaire
with some fields prepopulated,
simplifying the process.
B Assistant Project
Engineer/Geoscientist
Results were gathered and Assignments of limited scope and
compiled by Aon in June and July. complexity. Work supervised in
detail. May give guidance to M.I.T.,
A survey was completed by technicians, technologists, etc.
each participating permit holder’s
human resources or other
applicable department. A Member-in-Training
All data sources are
On-the-job training assignments.
anonymous.
A- Co-op/Intern
Student
On-the-job training assignments.
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SALARY SURVEY Predictions Salary Predictions for Following Year* Due to rounding, totals do not necessarily equal 100%. Salary Increase Amounts Staffing Level Predictions for Next 12 Months Due to rounding, totals do not necessarily equal 100%. *Respondents as Percentage of Employer Participants 42 | PEG FALL 2018
SALARY SURVEY
GENDER PROGRESS
Females in geoscience represent more than
DID YOUR COMPANY PARTICIPATE?
33 per cent of the total geoscience sample. We encourage all Permit Holders to participate in the
Results show that salaries for female salary survey. It’s free, and the more Permit Holders
geoscientists are nearly equal to those of their surveyed, the more robust and representative the
male counterparts (99 per cent). results.
Engineering base salary results show a Please contact us at salarysurvey@apega.ca to
difference of 2.4 per cent between male and ensure that we send your company the 2019 survey
female average base salaries in 2018. participation package next April.
ALBERTA RECOVERY BEGINS In Calculating Years of Experience Since Graduation, it is
After the recent provincial recession, the assumed that individuals enter the workforce immediately
economy has improved and stabilized in Alberta. upon graduation from achieving their last degree. This
Jobs are up, the deficit is down, and Alberta’s may not necessarily be the case for all individuals, but it is
economy is growing faster than anywhere in considered the norm from a surveying perspective.
Canada, says the Province of Alberta’s 2018 Typically, progression to the next responsibility level is
Fiscal Plan. Recovery is expected to remain also dependent on an individual’s years of experience in the
moderate. The outlook presents several factors workforce. As more in-depth knowledge and specializations
that continue to support economic growth in the are gained over time, an individual’s overall level of
province, such as continued capital spending on contribution and responsibility within a company progresses
infrastructure by the public sector. as well.
The highest average base salary is not necessarily solely
attributed to the individuals with the most years of experience.
Alberta’s seasonally adjusted
Generally, it is more directly related to the individual’s level
unemployment rate is down from last year.
of expertise and specialization, performance, and overall
contribution within a company.
Increases are represented in a number of reporting
7.8% 6.7% levels, but they were minor. Generally speaking, salaries
remained stable in 2018.
See graphs on following pages.
July 2017 July 2018
WANT MORE?
This is a summary version only of • Additional Paid and Unpaid Days • Engineering Disciplines
the Value of Professional Services. • Flexible Work Arrangements • Years of Experience
Please obtain your own full version • APEGA License
for more detailed standard survey • Overtime Policies
• Company Size
results, plus information on: • Turnover • Co-op Student Salaries
• Benefits and Additional Cash
Compensation plans • Contract Employee Pay Rates
The full version of the Value
• Vacation Entitlement • Gender
of Professional Services can be
• Personal Sick Days • Location preordered at apega.ca.
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SALARY SURVEY
Insufficient data to
report for 40+ to 45
for 2018
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SALARY SURVEY
Insufficient data to report for 45+ to 50,
50+ to 55, and Over 55+
FALL 2018 PEG | 51SALARY SURVEY *long-term incentives 52 | PEG FALL 2018
SALARY SURVEY
*long-term incentives
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SALARY SURVEY
Insufficient data to report for < $5 Million, $6 Million
to $10 Million, $26 Million to $50 Million, > $1 Billion
to $2 Billion, > $2 Billion to $5 Billion, > $5 Billion to
$10 Billion, and > $10 Billion.
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