Definitions

Compensation Measures

Base Salary (US$)

As of January 1, 2020, annual base salary (in U.S. dollars), including only the regular salary/wage paid for respondent's primary position.  Respondents were instructed to exclude earnings from other work, overtime pay, commissions, bonuses, incentive pay, profit sharing, retirement benefits received, and the monetary value of other benefits. If self-employed, respondents were instructed to provide the annual salary/draw they intend to pay themselves, not total enterprise revenues of lump sum profit distributions.

Other Compensation (US$)

In the 12 months prior to January 1, 2020, the approximate total value (in U.S. dollars) of all other cash compensation (besides salary) received.  Respondents were instructed that other cash compensation would include bonuses, commission, incentive pay, overtime, profit sharing, and deferred compensation.

Statistics

10th Percentile
10% of those selected earn less than this amount.

25th Percentile
25% of those selected earn less than this amount.

50th Percentile
50% of those selected earn less than this amount; 50% earn more.  Also known as the median.

75th Percentile
75% of those selected earn less than this amount.

90th Percentile
25% of those selected earn less than this amount.

# of responses
# of responses included in calculation

Survey Questions Behind the Selection Variables

CERTIFICATIONS HELD
Which licenses or credentials do you hold? (please select all that apply)

GENDER
What is your gender?

EDUCATION
What is your highest level of education?

# OF CERTIFICATIONS HELD
Which licenses or credentials do you hold? (please select all that apply)

SH&E INDUSTRY TENURE
How many years have you worked as a Safety, Health, & Environment (SH&E) professional?

NATURE OF ORGANIZATION
Which of these best describes the nature of your organization?

# OF EMPLOYEES IN ORGANIZATION
How many employees are in your organization?

JOB TITLE
Which of the following best characterizes your job title?

# OF SH&E STAFF SUPERVISED
How many of the people you directly supervise are in each of these categories? (please fill in a number for each below; the total should equal the number of individuals you directly supervise)

PRIMARY INDUSTRY
What is you organization’s primary industry?

GEOGRAPHIC LOCATION
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