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N A C E I N T E R N A T I O N A L' S A N N U A L C O R R O S I O N C A R E E R S U R V E Y R E S U L T S F O R 2 0 1 3 Average Corrosion Salaries Reach New Highs in North America and Europe Kathy Riggs LaRsen, associate editoR To compile information from NACE International members on their annual compensation, job duties, work experience, edu- T his year's annual corro- est increase reported for the United sion career survey results States since MP's corrosion career show a rise in average survey in 2005. The average annual annual salaries for corro- Canadian taxable income this year sion professionals in the is CAN$108,108 (equivalent to U.S. cation level, company size, and United States, Canada, and European $104,200), a slight increase (0.69%) number of years in the profession, Union (EU) countries, with new highs over last year's average annual sal- Materials Performance conducted reached for all three groups surveyed. ary of CAN$107,364 and less than its 15th annual corrosion career Including salary and bonuses, the the ~2.3% increase experienced by survey in April 2013. The survey average annual U.S. compensation is Canadians in 2012. The average an- questionnaire was e-mailed to $103,148, an increase of ~4.6% over nual EU salary increased this year to NACE members in the United the 2012 average annual salary of €68,637 (equivalent to U.S. $88,336), States, Canada, and Europe (the $98,384. This is the frst year that the which is up by ~3.7% from last year's 17 European Union countries that average annual salaries in the United reported average annual salary of use the Euro as their currency— States hit the six-fgure mark. The €66,098 and a reverse of the 1.8% sal- Austria, Belgium, Cyprus, Esto- U.S. salary increase this year is larger ary decrease experienced in Europe nia, Finland, France, Germany, than last year's (~2.6%) and the high- from 2011 to 2012. Greece, Ireland, Italy, Luxembourg, Malta, The Netherlands, TAbLE 1 History of Average Annual Corrosion Salaries Portugal, Slovakia, Slovenia, and Year United States (U.S.$)(A) Canada (CAN$)(B) Europe(C) Spain). A completed survey was 2013 $103,148 $108,108 €68,637 2012 $98,384 $107,364 €66,098 2011 $95,802 $104,917 €67,281 contacted in the United States, 2010 $95,036 $103,317 N/A 14% in Canada, and 15% in the 2009 $90,902 $96,757 N/A 2008 $88,354 $94,357 N/A 2007 $87,792 $92,594 N/A all who shared the information 2005 $84,421 $76,580 N/A that helped create this report for 2004 $73,181 $77,773 N/A 2003 $74,696 $76,245 N/A submitted by ~14% of members selected European countries. To NACE members and others who work in corrosion control, the MP staff extends its appreciation and Source: NACE International Annual Career Surveys (A) Salary plus bonus. (B) Taxable income in Canadian dollars. (C) thanks. 154 MATERIALS PERFORMANCE July 2013 Salary plus bonus. N/A: Information not available. Canadian salaries were added to the survey in 2002. European salaries were added in 2011. NACE International, Vol. 52, No. 7