b'NEW NORM ALCutting Tool Engineerings 2020 Benefits and SalarySurvey shows that the incomes of many metalworking professionals are stagnant or down slightly.By Alan Richter have access to companywide salary information. This year, in addition to the usual method, CTE utilized a T he pandemic and social unrest seem to grabpaid data collection option whereby SurveyMonkey all the headlines, but manufacturing is an es- conducted surveys using its own survey panels that sential industry that continues to generatetargeted the manufacturing industry. To ensure that wealth for a sizable portion of the population and isthe difference in respondents by company types did worthy of news coverage. However, compared withnot significantly impact salary results, CTE weighted Cutting Tool Engineerings biennial Benefits and Sal- 2020s sample to match the company type propor-ary Survey from 2018, which showed an uptick in paytions from 2018s survey. When comparing average and benefits for all metalworking professionals on av- salaries across the unweighted and weighted sam-erage over the previous two years, 2020s survey paintsples, no meaningful differences were found.a less rosy picture. The national average presentation below breaks Across the board for all positions, salaries are ei- out companywide results from 103 subscribers, 236 ther down a bit or, at least for programmers, aboutresults collected by the survey service and the com-the same as two years earlier based on the nationalbined results. However, to provide a more apples-average. Similar to the previous 10 surveys, corpo- to-apples comparison for salaries by region, com-rate managers make the most money. Nonetheless,pany size and company type, as well as benefits pro-their earnings saw a decline compared with 2018. vided, the graphs on pages 38 to 45 contain only Regular CTE readers may notice that the presen- the results gathered from subscribers. (See Page tation of the national average of salaries by position46 for a better understanding of how subscriber re-is different from previous surveys. CTE normally cre- sults compare with results from the survey service ates a web-based survey instrument using Survey- for those 19 graphs.)Monkey and then emails the link to subscribers whoFor nonweighted results, average salary was $115,000National Average Salaries by Position$95,000 CTE Subscriber Survey Service Combined$75,000$55,0002 6 30 7 3 7 2 5 0 7 1 2 0 9 6 9 3 6 8 5 6 9 3 7 3 9 0 4 5 6 4 3 6 9 10 0 7 6 1 7 0 1 7 5 6 5 7 2 4 7 0 3 6 1 0 0 1 9 0 1 1 1 1 3 4 9 56 0 9 1 3 9 9 9 9 9 8 8 7 7 9 0 7 4 2 9 4 9 1 5 0 9 7 8 7 3 , , ,, , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , 1 5 72 9 9 1 3 5 9 2 4 5 9 0 6 1 2 5 1 2 7 4 5 9 1 3 7 4 7 5 5 8 1 0 04 3 3 5 4 4 5 5 5 5 4 5 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 8 7 7 9 8 8 1 1 1$ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $$35,000MM CNC P TD TME DE PE SS ES PM CM36 AUGUST 20202020Survey.indd 36 7/22/20 10:20 AM'