I just "found" some data on my companies salary distribution. We're a midsize aerospace company, primarily located in the L.A. area. The staff is about 2/3 to 3/4 advanced degrees in aerospace, EE physics, math etc.
I'm being deliberatly vague here, but it may shed some light on some questions you hear around here occasionally on "topping out" etc. The data is only for my grade which is about 1/2 to 2/3 of the way up the scale. I have about 11 years of experience post-college. It's a little unclear if time spent obtaining advanced degrees counts as "experience" on this chart.
The data starts at 12 years of experience. The median of the distribution increases pretty linearly at about 1%/year up to about 30 years of experience. This is the current distribution, not the expected salary curve for an individual career. Typical raise pools are around 4%.in my experience. The curve levels out around 35 years of experience. Again, this is just for one position level: advancement = more cash.
Median @ 12 years is between $105K/yr and $125K/yr +- 15% bound the distribution pretty well. The median levels out between $135K and $155K
Advanced degrees seem to matter - definitely more BS degrees below the curve then above
I'm being deliberatly vague here, but it may shed some light on some questions you hear around here occasionally on "topping out" etc. The data is only for my grade which is about 1/2 to 2/3 of the way up the scale. I have about 11 years of experience post-college. It's a little unclear if time spent obtaining advanced degrees counts as "experience" on this chart.
The data starts at 12 years of experience. The median of the distribution increases pretty linearly at about 1%/year up to about 30 years of experience. This is the current distribution, not the expected salary curve for an individual career. Typical raise pools are around 4%.in my experience. The curve levels out around 35 years of experience. Again, this is just for one position level: advancement = more cash.
Median @ 12 years is between $105K/yr and $125K/yr +- 15% bound the distribution pretty well. The median levels out between $135K and $155K
Advanced degrees seem to matter - definitely more BS degrees below the curve then above
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