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 This year's "EE Times Salary Survey," answered by almost 1,600 respondents, reveals that the median salary for EEs in the United States has increased slightly, to $108,800, from last year's $104,300. That compares with European respondents' median of just over $61,000, and that of Japanese engineers, coming in at $65,400. American engineers, with annual compensation nearly 40 percent higher than their closest competitors, have reason to be satisfied with their current lot monetarily, but they have reservations about foreign competition. In the first installment of "The State of the Engineer," back in August, we explored these very immigration issues affecting foreign engineers in the United States.
Here, Part II discusses how salary disparities, competition and globalization weigh on the engineer's mind. It also includes an "online exclusive" that explores further, more intricate aspects of the immigration issue. To become part of the dialogue surrounding "The State of the Engineer" and the "Salary Survey," go to our "Crosstalk" section and voice your opinion or comment on the views expressed by your peers.
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 They're not rock stars, but EEs earn satisfactionThe "2007 EE Times Annual Salary & Opinion Survey" findings reveal median earnings of $108,800 for U.S. engineers, who, for the most part, are content with both their career and employer. Leading worries? The impact of offshore outsourcing, including unease about H-1B visa employment and foreign competition (see below).
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 Redefining science as a 'public trust'To the extent that engineers are seen as technicians, they should be worried. In a Q&A, contributor David Benjamin asked Richard Borchelt of Johns Hopkins University to characterize the level of job satisfaction among electronics engineers relative to the satisfaction among engineers in other disciplines, as well as among professionals outside the field. The answers are illuminating.
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 What would I be, if not an engineer?Paul Vincent, mixed-signal ASIC team manager, says he was always destined to be an engineer. In this contributed essay, he claims that "in a way, choosing to be an engineer has enabled me to be much, much more."
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 ONLINE EXCLUSIVEImmigration: The reactionary side of engineering EEs are not necessarily easily disposed toward immigrants, even those in their own field who have knowledge and advanced skills that might contribute to U.S. economic growth. What do they really think? Either the number of foreign engineers should be restricted, their time in America be restricted, or both.
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