The young get richer—amazingly and maybe logically. Following three straight years of declines in average age and two years of decreased average salaries, the more than 500 respondents to Control's annual salary survey reported their 2019 average pay actually increased by 2.2% from $91,460 last year to $93,517 this year, even though their average age continued to fall from 47.1 years to 45.6 years during the same period.At first glance, this result can seem counter-intuitive because the younger, less-experienced personnel now entering the process industries typically earn far less than their older, more-experienced counterparts. These veterans are, of course, retiring…
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Control systems: PLCs, PCs and PACs
Our latest issue: July 2019
