Comparative Analysis of Full-time Salaried Responses (125 total)

Table 1.                                   Gender Comparison 

Gender

2002 HNA (%)

2003 HNA (%)

2004 HNA (%)

 2002005 HNA (%)

2005 National (%)

Female

70

70

62

72

67

Male

28

30

38

25

33

 

Table 2.                                   Education Comparison  

Education

2002 HNA (%)

2003 HNA (%)

2004 HNA (%)

 2005 HNA (%)

2005 National (%)

Bachelors

61

44

60

64

55

Masters

25

22

26

24

30

Other

14

34

14

12

15

Table 3.                                   Employment Level Comparison 

Level

STC-HNA 2005 STC National 2005

    %

 Mean

 %

 Mean  

Entry

   7 $34,650  3 $40,730

Mid-level, non-supervisory

 36 $49,392 24 $54,190

Mid-level, supervisory

 10 $57,164 12 $71,090

Senior level, non-supervisory

 39 $65,675 45 $70,430

Senior level, supervisory

  5 $71,198 14 $84,610

Other

  3 no answer  1 $74,520

Note:  Our mean salaries fall below the national average for technical communicators as surveyed by STC (table 3 above),
but our median salary of $54,800 is almost 15% higher than in 2004, and is only slightly below the median for our region,
$55,000, according to the 2005 STC national survey (see their Median U.S. Salary by One-Digit ZIP Codes).
 

Table 4.                                Job Function Comparison 

Function

 HNA 2002 HNA 2003 HNA 2004 HNA 2005G
 

%

Mean

%

Mean

 %

 Mean

 %

 Mean

Editor

5

$34,200

8

$54,271

8

$48,270.00

 10 $50,891

Graphic Design

14

$44,583

11

$44,902

23

$46,750.76

 9 $52,610

Writer

59

$50, 698

38

$49,990

53

$51,376.69

 55 $57,562

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