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2013 Corrosion Career Survey Highlights TAbLE 5 AverAge AnnuAl sAlAries • UnitedStates—$103,148 • Canada—CAN$108,108 • Europe—€68,637 No.ofEmployees Average Salary by Company Size UnitedStates(U.S.$) Canada(CAN$) Europe 1-5 $112,378 $122,426 €55,400(A) 6-19 $102,955 $92,090 €74,500 PArticiPAnts with 20 yeArs or more corrosion exPerience 20-49 $92,433 $105,382 €46,916 • UnitedStates—42% Averageannualsalary—$103,491 50-99 $93,926 $88,428 €83,666 100-499 $97,284 $110,590 €50,750 • Canada—30% Averageannualsalary—CAN$121,855 500+ $106,015 $108,709 €72,745 • Europe—27% Averageannualsalary—€92,760 PArticiPAnts who hAve been A nAce member for 20 yeArs or more • UnitedStates—22% Averageannualsalary—$127,562 • Canada—15% Averageannualsalary—CAN$114,829 • Europe—6% Averageannualsalary—€125,500 PArticiPAnts who joined nAce within the lAst two yeArs • UnitedStates—19% Averageannualsalary—$86,809 • Canada—29% Averageannualsalary—$91,348 • Europe—25% Averageannualsalary—€63,785 PArticiPAnts holding At leAst one nAce certificAtion • UnitedStates—75% • Canada—71% • Europe—45% nAce certificAtions held by most PArticiPAnts united states: • CoatingInspectorLevel1—24% Averageannualsalary—$95,170 • CPTester—18% Averageannualsalary—$85,578 canada: • CoatingInspectorLevel1—25% Averageannualsalary—CAN$109,212 • CoatingInspectorLevel3—14% Averageannualsalary—CAN$126,268 europe: • CoatingInspectorLevel1—14% Averageannualsalary—€69,500 • CoatingInspectorLevel3—14% Averageannualsalary—€71,166 dominAnt industries united states: • Oilandgaspipelines/storagetanks—28% Averageannualsalary—$99,043 • Coatingsandlinings—15% Averageannualsalary—$98,490 • Naturalgasutility—13% Averageannualsalary—$84,792 canada: • Oilandgaspipelines/storagetanks—24% Averageannualsalary—CAN$118,642 • Coatingsandlinings—18% Averageannualsalary—CAN$113,537 • Oilandgasextraction—15% Averageannualsalary—CAN$120,413 europe: • Coatingsandlinings—18% Averageannualsalary—€77,166 • Oilandgasextraction—17% Averageannualsalary—€85,892 • Engineering/architecturalconsulting—14% Averageannualsalary—€54,041 160 MATERIALS PERFORMANCE July 2013 (A) Basedonfewerthanfveresponses. classifed their job function as technicians/ technologists (27%), QC/QA inspectors (25%), and engineers (19%), which are also comparable to previous years' survey results. The highest Canadian average annual salaries are CAN$174,500 for professors/teachers; CAN$139,605 for management; CAN$125,600 for consultants; and CAN$121,055 for maintenance. The jobs held by the largest percentages of European respondents are engineers (44%) and QC/QA inspectors (35%). The highest average annual salaries in Europe are reported for professors/teachers (€109,500), purchasing (€72,833), and QC/QA inspectors (€69,982). Principal job types and corresponding average annual salaries are listed in Table 4. More than half of survey participants work for companies with 500 or more employees—60% of U.S., 56% of Canadian, and 65% of European members—with 17% (United States), 15% (Canada), and 9% (Europe) of respondents working for companies with 100 to 499 employees; and 23% (United States), 29% (Canada), and 25% (Europe) working for companies with less than 100 employees. The highest average annual salaries by company size in North America are reported for companies with fve employees or less: $112,378 for the United States and CAN$122,426 for Canada. In Europe, the average annual salary is highest (€83,666) for a company size of 50 to 99 employees (Table 5). Responses were received from participants in all 50 U.S. states and Washington, DC; 10 Canadian provinces (no territories); and 13 European countries. However, the average annual salaries reported may not be typical because some of these geographic locations had few replies. Tables 6, 7, and 8 depict average salaries by state, province, and country respectively. Overall, the highest average annual salaries reported by geographic location are $143,315 in Alaska (United States), CAN$133,625 in Newfoundland and Labrador (Canada), and €88,250 in France (Europe). The largest percentages of respondents in the United States are located in Texas (24%), California (7%), and Louisiana (6%), which parallels the U.S. demographic results reported in the previous four surveys. Similarly, Canada's geographic percentages mirror survey results from the last four years as well, with the largest number of participants from Alberta (53%), Ontario (14%), and British Columbia (13%). Most European respondents are located in Italy (30%), The Netherlands (20%), and France (19%). Corrosion Professionals Face Challenges Survey results for the career priorities of U.S., Canadian, and European respondents are illustrated in Figure 8. In North America, many corrosion professionals report that the job aspects they would most like to change continue to be a larger budget for corrosion control and more advancement opportunities. Many European respondents also would like more advancement opportunities, but they ranked improved access to effective corrosion control technologies as important, too. For all surveys, better job security was selected by the least number of participants as something they would like to change. As one member says, "I think this is a great feld for younger people to start a career in. It is only going to keep expanding, with more opportunities." Similar to responses received from previous years' surveys on job aspects, comments from many respondents indicated they are happy with their work while others revealed a desire for better pay, larger staffs and budgets, and more manageable workloads as well as better communication between clients, coworkers, and managNACE International, Vol. 52, No. 7