AMWA Salary Survey 2004

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AMWA Salary Survey 2004

• Analysis of Data
• Tinker Gray
• Cindy Hamilton

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Overview

• Methods
• Results
• Demographics
• Income for employees
• Regression analysis
• Pharmaceutical company
• Income for freelances
• Discussion and summary

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Methods

• Data collection
• Between April 19 and May 7, 2004
• Through independent survey Web site
• Notification
• Mailed to all AMWA members in April 2004
• E-mailed to 4,450 members ( 10 returned
  undeliverable)

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Definition Employed by a company, individual, or
institution

• You are employed
• part-time or full-time
• by a company, institution, or individual
• either hourly, salaried, or by contract.
• The employer pays social security taxes and
  deducts state and federal taxes from your pay.

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Definition Freelance Work

• You do work for hire by a company or individual.
• You pay all of your own social security taxes,
  and state and federal taxes are not deducted from
  the pay you receive from your client.

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Definition Employment

• Full-time employment
• You work 32 hours or more per week
• Part-time employment
• You work less than 32 hours a week

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Definition Income

• Total income For employees working for a
  company, institution, or individual, report your
  total income before deducting taxes.
• Gross income For freelance work, report the
  total amount of money collected from clients.
• Net income For freelance work, the amount of
  income before deducting taxes and retirement
  contributions and after subtracting deductible
  expenses such as insurance, subcontracting, and
  equipment.

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Methods (contd)

• Questions pertained to salary and work status for
  2003.
• All questions were required to be answered.
• However, a few people stopped responding in the
  middle of the survey.
• Therefore, the total number of responses varied
  slightly for each question.

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Overview

• Methods
• Results
• Demographics
• Income for employees
• Regression analysis
• Pharmaceutical company
• Income for freelances
• Discussion and summary

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Results Number of Responses By Type of Question

• Employment 1,811
• Demographics 1,774
• Description of work 1,751
• Salary information 1,735

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Demographics

• Men
• Number 298 (17)
• Mean age 46.9 10.3 years
• Women
• Number 1,476 (83)
• Mean age 44.4 10.0 years

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Predominant Chapters
All chapters represented
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Region of Primary Work

• NY, PA, NJ, DE, Eastern Canada 33
• Pacific NW, CA, HI 13
• Southeast US, MD, DC 11.2
• Midwest 11.1
• MA, CT, RI, VT, NH, ME 9.1

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Highest Educational Level
Associates Degree or Below
2
Advanced Degree
30
Bachelors Degree
33
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Masters Degree
15
Field of Highest Degree
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Years in Biomedical Communication

• Mean number of years SD
• All 10.6 8.2
• Men 10.9 8.4
• Women 10.5 8.2

gt25
21 - 25
lt5
5
8
16 - 20
28
11
16
11 - 15
32
5 - 10
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Predominant Source of Income

• Employed by company or individual 1,215 (67)
• Freelance work 596 (33)

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Overview

• Methods
• Results
• Demographics
• Income for employees
• Regression analysis
• Pharmaceutical company
• Income for freelances
• Discussion and summary

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Work SituationEmployed by Company or
Organization

• Number of respondents 1,324
• Full-time 1,192 (90), including 104 respondents
  who do part-time freelance work
• Part-time 132 (10), including 79 respondents
  who do part-time freelance work

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Educational Level
Employed full-time by company or organization
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Mean Income By Educational Level and Sex
Employed full-time by company or organization
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Primary Employer
University or Medical School
Other
CRO
Research or Education
Pharmaceutical Company
Health Care Org
Communication or Advertising Co
Association or Professional Society
Journal or Publisher
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Income by Primary Employer
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Income by Employer (contd)
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Income by Region
Employed full-time by company or organization
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Income by Region (contd)
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Income by Job Category
Employed full-time by company or organization
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Income by Job Category (contd)
N/A No two answers the same Employed
full-time by company or organization
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Income by Employment Level
Employed full-time by company or organization
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Income by Employment Level (contd)
N/A No two answers the same Employed full-time
by company or organization
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Mean Income by Company Size
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Mean Income and AMWA Certification
Certification versus no certification, P 0.0036
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Income in Relation to Inflation

• Mean income
• 2002 Survey
• 2004 Survey reported by full-time employees at
  companies or organizations
• Inflation over 2 years
• Increase in income

• 67,351
• 74,016
• 4.1
• 9.9 (5.8 more than inflation)

www.Inflationdata.com Inflation calculator
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Overview

• Methods
• Results
• Demographics
• Income for employees
• Regression analysis
• Pharmaceutical company
• Income for freelances
• Discussion and summary

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Analysis of Factors Affecting Income

• Regression analysis with interaction was
  performed for respondents who worked full-time at
  companies or organizations.
• Regression analysis shows factors that are
  predictive of income level.

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Factors Considered in Analysis

• Educational level (less than bachelors,
  bachelors, masters, or any advanced degree)
• Sex
• Years in biomedical communication
• Age

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Regression Analysis (contd)

• Like employers on basis of average income
• Group 1 Pharmaceutical company or communications
  or advertising firm
• Group 2 All other employers (university or
  medical school, association or professional
  society, journal or publisher, health care
  organization, and research organization)
• AMWA certification (of any kind)

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Results of 0 Regression Analysisin 1058 subjects

• High correlation between age and years
  experience, so years experience was used for
  analysis.
• AMWA certification was not significant in model.
• Men earn more than women, even when they have
  similar experience and education.
• R2 0.5123, so model explains 51 of variance in
  income.

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Regression Analysis (contd)
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Overview

• Methods
• Results
• Demographics
• Income for employees
• Regression analysis
• Pharmaceutical company
• Income for freelances
• Discussion and summary

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Pharmaceutical CompanyMean Income by Experience
and Education
Less than 5 responses
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Pharmaceutical CompanyMean Income by Employment
Level
43
Pharmaceutical CompanyMean Income by Region
66 women 8 men
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Closing the Income GapBetween Men and Women
Difference
Survey Year
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Overview

• Methods
• Results
• Demographics
• Income for employees
• Regression analysis
• Pharmaceutical company
• Income for freelances
• Discussion and summary

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Work Situation Freelance

• Freelance work 818 respondents
• Full-time 376 / 818 (46)
• Part-time 442 / 818 (54)
• Years experience 12.4 8.5 years (range 1 to
  46 years)
• Employ others 19 / 694 (3)
• Subcontract jobs 134 / 694 (19)

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Mean Freelance Income By Educational Level and
Sex
Full-time freelance
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Net Freelance Income by Job Category
Full-time freelance
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Mean Freelance IncomeIn 2004 Versus 2002 Survey
Full-time freelance Gross versus net not
specified in 2002
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How Freelances Bill Their Clients
704 responses
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How Freelances Bill for Revisions

• Usual method
• By the hour 379 (55)
• By the job 148 (21)
• By the page 10 (1)
• Not applicable 158 (23)
• Number of revisions included in fee
• Zero 10 (1)
• One 182 (26)
• Two 144 (21)
• Three or more 44 (7)
• Not applicable 315 (45)

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Freelance Hourly Rates
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Mean Freelance Hourly Rates In 2004 Versus 2002
Survey
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Freelance Rates by the Page
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Overview

• Methods
• Results
• Demographics
• Income for employees
• Regression analysis
• Pharmaceutical company
• Income for freelances
• Discussion and summary

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Satisfaction With Work
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Satisfaction With Pay
Correlation between satisfaction with work and
with pay (R2 0.4254 P lt 0.0001)
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Survey Limitations

• Response rate (45) was lower than ideal.
• Some employers, especially at pharmaceutical
  companies, instructed their employees NOT to
  answer the survey, which also occurred with the
  last survey. This might have suppressed average
  income in this survey.

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How can we improve the response rate?

• Improve publicity and provide advance notice (eg,
  mailing to entire AMWA membership)
• Extend interval for survey participation
• Work with AMWA employers at pharmaceutical
  companies to improve participation
• Suggest alternate access to survey for members
  who cannot access the Web site from work

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Summary

• Since 1993, mean income for respondents employed
  by companies and organizations has increased 19
  above the level of inflation.
• Change in freelance income is unknown because the
  2001 survey did not distinguish between net and
  gross income.
• Men generally earn more than women even when
  factors such as educational level and years of
  experience are considered.

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Acknowledgments

• AMWA members who participated in the survey
• Kanitha Andersen, MS for providing the
  statistical analysis of that data