| Report: EMS Salaries on Rise |
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| Tuesday, 29 January 2008 11:00 | |||
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BANNOCKBURN, IL – Hourly wages in the U.S. and Canadian PCB industries are on the rise, having increased 3.3% year-over-year in 2006, while salary budgets rose an estimated 3% from 2006 to 2007. That’s according to IPC’s biennial look at wages and salaries for EMS companies. The trade group published its findings this week. According to the study, on average, U.S. and Canadian EMS organizational salary budgets for salaried positions increased 3.1% in 2007. Salary budgets for management positions increased 3.9%, while hourly positions increased 3.3%. Benefit costs in 2006 were, on average, 16.8% of total wages, down from 21.6% in 2004. The EMS industry salary and wage report presents aggregate data on 30 positions and their related job descriptions.
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