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2013Optics and Photonics Global Salary Report
Sponsored by
SPIE Career Center
II SPIE 2013 Optics and Photonics Global Salary Report
Optics and Photonics Global Salary Report
The International Society for Optics and Photonics
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SPIE 2013 Optics and Photonics Global Salary Report 1
Key Findings • The median salary for survey respondents is $76,000.1 Salaries are widely distributed
around this midpoint, with differences primarily driven by country income level and employer type.
• The highest-paid discipline is aerospace, with a median income of $113,500.
• Survey respondents are highly satisfied with their jobs overall: 85% enjoy their work, while 90% respect the work of their peers.
• 39% of workers in higher-income Asian countries work 50 or more hours per week. 23% of Israeli and Romanian workers report working 55 or more hours per week, the largest percentages of any countries.
• 91% of workers in lower-income Asian countries expect a raise in 2014 versus 58% of lower-income Europeans.
• Median salaries are 36% higher overall for men than for women, with the largest gap occurring mid-career.
Survey Responses by Region
North America Europe AsiaLatin America and the Caribbean
MiddleEast
OceaniaAfrica
43.1%
3.1%
0.8%
32.1%
16.8%
1.6%
2.6%
n=6752
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BackgroundSPIE distributed the third annual Optics and Photonics Global Salary Survey in April 2013. It is the largest survey of its kind in the global optics and photonics community, providing data on the full breadth of employment and compensation patterns across regions, disciplines, and types of organizations.
SPIE sent survey invitations via email to its global database. Over 6,500 valid responses were gathered from 103 countries.2 92% of participants are located in North America, Europe, and Asia. Respondents from Latin America/Caribbean, the Middle East, Oceania, and Africa account for the balance of data.
For this year’s report, an examination of workload and future salary expectations has been added to the existing categories of geographic region, professional focus, gender, and employer type. Results for 2013 are generally consistent with previous years, with most regions and countries showing minimal change in median salaries. For complete survey methodology, please see page 15.
How Did You Find Your Current Position?
19%
17%
12%8%
7%
21%
3%
4%
4%
1%2%
2%
Networking or referral through personal contact
I was recruited
Online job advertisement
I contacted the employer directly (no job was advertised)
Printed job advertisement (newspaper or journal)
University career office
Professional association
Other
In-person job fair
Public/government placement agency
Alumni network
Private placement agency
SPIE 2013 Optics and Photonics Global Salary Report 3
Country OverviewThe countries represented in the survey represent a broad range of incomes, work habits, and levels of job satisfaction. Workers in Switzerland, the United States, and Australia enjoy the highest median salaries.
Median Salary Work 55 or more hours per week
"I enjoy my work"
Switzerland (n=65) $127,073 9% 88%
United States (n=2722) $110,000 14% 84%
Australia (n=95) $107,158 9% 93%
Canada (n=189) $93,083 8% 85%
Israel (n=69) $84,358 23% 94%
Germany (n=384) $82,407 8% 85%
Japan (n=196) $81,865 22% 80%
Netherlands (n=107) $78,483 8% 93%
Sweden (n=48) $78,451 8% 85%
Chile (n=37) $77,316 3% 84%
Singapore (n=48) $74,766 13% 73%
South Korea (n=115) $71,359 11% 82%
Belgium (n=53) $68,018 11% 83%
United Kingdom (n=291)
$67,485 13% 84%
Brazil (n=62) $60,207 5% 82%
France (n=182) $54,938 9% 87%
Italy (n=261) $47,090 7% 89%
Spain (n=177) $47,090 6% 88%
Taiwan (n=94) $46,767 16% 74%
Mexico (n=65) $40,389 9% 91%
Portugal (n=34) $35,861 12% 94%
Turkey (n=44) $33,521 2% 91%
Czech Republic (n=28) $30,346 14% 93%
Malaysia (n=30) $27,796 7% 73%
Poland (n=55) $27,032 16% 93%
People's Republic of China (n=423)
$16,163 13% 71%
Russian Federation (n=146)
$15,934 13% 89%
Romania (n=40) $14,927 23% 90%
India (n=172) $12,973 16% 90%
Ukraine (n=34) $8,125 12% 82%
Table includes all countries with a sample size of 30 or more.
Median salary, high workload, and job satisfaction by country
Israelis and Portuguese are tied at the top of the job satisfaction scale though Israel’s median salary is more than double Portugal’s. Israel also tops the list for heavy workload, with 23% of respondents reporting they work 55 hours or more per week. Romania matches Israel at 23% while Japan is close behind at 22%. Swiss, Australians, and Canadians enjoy a combination of top pay and moderate workload—these countries fi ll three of the four top median salary positions with fewer than 10% of respondents working more than 55 hours per week.
In comparison to broader populations within surveyed countries, the optics and photonics community fares quite well. For instance, the median earnings of Australian survey participants is $107,158 versus the workforce average of $74,512. Polish survey participants earn roughly double the national workforce average, $27,032 versus $13,811.3
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Job Satisfaction A signifi cant majority of the optics and photonics community is highly satisfied with core aspects of its working life. 85% say they enjoy their work, 86% find their work meaningful, and 90% respect the work of their peers. Majorities are also satisfied with their pay, their supervisors, and the positive recognition they receive, with 80% agreeing with the statement “I love my work and I feel fortunate to get paid for doing it.”
Just over a third of respondents (37%) consider themselves overworked. Men and women show similar levels of satisfaction across all questions, including fairness of pay, despite a 36% gap in salary.
The single clearly negative finding in the survey relates to opportunity for advancement, with only 35% agreeing that there are “good opportunities for promotion” within their organizations.
Job Satisfaction
0% 20% 40% 60% 80% 100%
I have good opportunities forpromotion within my organization
I work too many hours each week
I am paid fairly for the work I do
When I do good work, I receive properrecognition from supervisors and coworkers
My supervisor is highly competent
Health care and pension benefits are animportant part of my compensation
I have the autonomy and independenceI need to do my best work
I love my work and I feel fortunateto get paid for doing it
I enjoy my work
My work is meaningful
I respect the work of my peers
Strongly AgreeAgree
SPIE 2013 Optics and Photonics Global Salary Report 5
Workload Most optics and photonics workers work between 40 and 50 hours per week (62%), while just over a quarter reporting that they work 50 hours or more (26%). Higher workloads align with higher salaries except for those working 60 hours or more per week.
Hours Worked per Week
0 5% 10% 15% 20% 25% 30% 35% 40%
60 hours or more (n=481)
55-59 hours (n=362)
50-54 hours (n=946)
45-49 hours (n=1624)
40-44 hours (n=2561)
35-39 hours (n=609)
30-34 hours (n=120)
Median Salary by Hours Worked per Week
0 $20,000 $40,000 $60,000 $80,000 $100,000
60 hours or more
55-59 hours
50-54 hours
45-49 hours
40-44 hours
35-39 hours
30-34 hours
$89,199
$97,825
$85,000
$83,956
$71,000
$55,675
$29,989
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Percentage of Respondents Working 50 Hours or More per Week
Respondents from higher-income Asian countries spend the most time in their offi ces and labs, with 39% working 50 hours or more per week and only 7% working less than 40 hours per week. North Americans are next, with 28% working 50 or more hours and 6% working less than 40 hours.
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Median Salary by Region
Percentage of Respondents Expecting a Raise in 2014
Region North America and Oceania4 stand out as the regions with the highest salaries, with median earnings well above other areas. North American median incomes are 81% greater than higher-income European and 62% greater than higher-income Asian countries. A large portion of regional income gaps is explained by the level of economic development of countries within each area.5 Workers in lower-income Asian countries are most optimistic about future increases in pay, with 91% expecting raises in 2014.
0 $20,000 $40,000 $60,000 $80,000 $100,000 $120,000
Europe, lower income (n=73)
Asia, lower income (n=650)
Africa (n=51)
Latin America and the Caribbean (n=209)
Middle East (n=176)
Europe, higher income (n=2093)
Asia, higher income (n=483)
Oceania (n=106)
North America (n=2911) $108,000
$104,037
$66,810
$59,816
$44,923
$48,556
$22,058
$16,163
$8,361
40% 60% 80% 100%
Europe, lower income
Europe, higher income
Asia, higher income
Africa
North America
Latin America and the Caribbean
Middle East
Oceania
Asia, lower income
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Employer Type Median salaries in academia are well below those in industry, government, and other sectors.6 This relationship holds across all geographic regions, with the largest gap in the Middle East, where academic salaries are 150% below those at non-academic organizations. Differences are smallest in higher-income Asian countries and Oceania.
Median Salary by Employer Type
0 $20,000 $40,000 $60,000 $80,000 $100,000 $120,000
University/college (n=2203)
Other research institute (n=130)
Government laboratory or research institute (n=1100)
Private laboratory or research institute (n=165)
Not-for-profit organization (n=152)
Civilian government (n=110)
Military/defense (n=233)
Company/corporation (n=2621)
Self-employed/consultant (n=37)
$52,147
$54,938
$58,862
$65,000
$86,985
$95,898
$97,000
$99,245
$120,000
Non-academic Academic Premium forNon-academic
Middle East $72,153 $28,914 150%
Africa $33,088 $15,761 110%
Latin America and the Caribbean
$60,713 $36,934 64%
Europe, lower income
$9,496 $6,769 40%
North America $113,789 $82,000 39%
Asia, lower income $17,017 $12,931 32%
Europe, higher income
$65,636 $52,629 25%
Asia, higher income $71,359 $60,621 18%
Oceania $116,521 $101,279 15%
Median salary and premium by region for academic and non-academic employers
Hours Worked per Week by Academic Versus
Non-academic Organizations
0 20% 40%
50 or more hours
Less than 40 hours
Non-academic
Academic
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Discipline Aerospace and semiconductor disciplines enjoy the highest median earnings, at $113,500 and $104,018, respectively. Civil/environmental falls at the opposite end of the spectrum, with a median salary of $44,510.
Median Salary by Primary Discipline
$0 $20,000 $40,000 $60,000 $80,000 $100,000 $120,000
Civil/environmental (n=73)
Physics (n=555)
Computer science/software/information technology (n=408)
Photonics (n=461)
Electrical/electronics (n=412)
Nanotechnology (n=205)
Remote sensing (n=308)
Lasers (n=352)
Mechanical (n=108)
Interdisciplinary engineering or research (n=221)
Astronomy/astrophysics (n=442)
Biomedical/medical/biology/biophysics/biotechnology (n=575)
Optical design (n=156)
Chemical (n=133)
Other (n=333)
Optical systems (n=558)
Materials (n=238)
Manufacturing (n=258)
Systems engineering or research (n=138)
Illumination (n=45)
Semiconductor (n=456)
Aerospace (n=316)
$44,510
$58,862
$58,862
$58,862
$58,8627
$60,000
$65,201
$70,660
$71,816
$71,942
$74,856
$75,867
$76,096
$76,687
$77,396
$83,462
$84,250
$85,011
$96,313
$96,795
$104,018
$113,500
The two most important factors driving salary gaps across disciplines are academic versus non-academic employment and country income level. The highest-paying disciplines are most prevalent in non-academic organizations, with the top three disciplines represented by 750 non-academic respondents versus 67 working at academic institutions.
Within non-academic organizations, the range of median salaries is $61,431–$115,783. For academic organizations, the range is $32,326–$78,241. The relationship between higher-pay and non-academic employment holds across all disciplines.
Country income level has a similar impact on median salaries of optics and photonics disciplines. In the highest paid category, aerospace, 291 out of 316 workers are located in higher-income countries.
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Within higher-income countries, the range of median salaries across disciplines is $65,201–$118,458. Within lower-income countries, the range is $10,983–$44,923. The wage gap between higher- and lower-income countries is consistent across all disciplines.
Non-academic
Employers
Academic
Employers
Higher-income
Countries
Lower-income
Countries
Aerospace $115,783 $78,241 $118,458 $24,245
Systems engineering or research $108,000 $50,000 $107,689 $44,923
Semiconductor $107,847 $54,480 $108,000 $24,936
Materials $101,879 $49,000 $91,563 $17,390
Illumination $97,500 $54,938 $97,500 $30,710
Biomedical/medical/biology/
biophysics/biotechnology
$94,000 $55,982 $81,099 $16,163
Optical systems $90,000 $38,792 $93,250 $16,679
Chemical $87,975 $58,862 $80,000 $16,163
Manufacturing $87,000 $38,070 $90,000 $16,163
Computer science/software/
information technology
$84,851 $50,096 $81,099 $18,964
Mechanical $83,611 $62,470 $78,000 $16,163
Lasers $82,932 $37,961 $85,000 $14,161
Optical design $82,000 $40,932 $83,256 $19,396
Other $82,000 $66,372 $82,000 $18,588
Interdisciplinary engineering or
research
$81,288 $49,651 $78,000 $22,426
Electrical/electronics $81,140 $39,029 $80,000 $14,644
Astronomy/astrophysics $76,677 $71,657 $77,175 $19,396
Remote sensing $75,867 $49,080 $78,483 $12,931
Photonics $71,942 $46,767 $71,942 $14,596
Nanotechnology $68,483 $49,080 $67,350 $10,983
Physics $67,485 $55,000 $71,106 $13,813
Civil/environmental $61,431 $32,326 $65,201 $12,814
Median salary by discipline for academic/non-academic employers and country income level
Publishing vs. Product Development for Academics and Non-Academics
0 20% 40% 60% 80% 100%
Non-Academic
Academic
Creating new products or improvingexisting products is important to me
Strongly AgreeAgree
0 20% 40% 60% 80% 100%
Non-Academic
Academic
Publishing research is important to me
When it comes to career output, both academics and non-academics are highly interested in product development. Academic workers place much higher emphasis on publishing than their industry, government, and non-profi t counterparts.
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Gender Men earn 36% more than women, with respective median salaries of $79,755 and $58,431. Men also outnumber women in this survey, composing 83% of the sample. The largest wage differences are associated with Middle Eastern countries, employment at “other research institute,” and employment duration of 16–20 years.
Men Women Premiumfor Men
Middle East $50,141 $20,929 140%
Asia, higher income $66,899 $40,954 63%
Europe, higher income $64,973 $46,012 41%
North America $112,000 $85,000 32%
Latin America and the Caribbean $45,335 $36,751 23%
Europe, lower income $9,123 $7,500 22%
Africa $22,453 $19,853 13%
Asia, lower income $16,163 $14,337 13%
Oceania $106,117 $97,794 9%
Median salary by gender and region
Men Women Premiumfor Men
Other research institute $65,402 $36,542 79%
Company/corporation $102,000 $72,044 42%
Not-for-profi t organization $92,000 $67,485 36%
Government laboratory or research institute
$60,672 $52,322 16%
University/college $53,000 $46,012 15%
Private laboratory or research institute
$65,402 $60,000 9%
Military/defense $97,225 $94,656 3%
Civilian government $93,041 $104,000 -11%
Categories with sample sizes below 10 have been omitted.
Median salary by gender and employer type
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The wage difference between men and women peaks in mid-career, with a 43% advantage for men who have worked 16-20 years. Though clearly not the only factor infl uencing this difference, male survey respondents report working longer hours than women. The wage gaps outlined here are consistent with Nature’s finding that “Large salary disparities persist between male and female researchers.”8
Men Women Premiumfor Men
Less than 5 years $45,535 $42,000 8%
5-10 years $56,654 $52,322 8%
11-15 years $75,867 $65,000 17%
16-20 years $97,000 $67,742 43%
21-25 years $100,000 $76,379 31%
26-30 years $110,000 $91,563 20%
More than 30 years $120,000 $96,754 24%
Median salary by gender and years employed
Hours Worked per Week by Gender
0 20% 40%
50 or more hours
Less than 40 hours
Male
Female
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Median Salary by Job Level
Other Factors Other factors that influence salary include job level, job role, years employed, and size of organization. Top organizational leaders enjoy the highest salaries, while technicians, instructors, and librarians anchor the bottom of the range. Seniority also tracks well with salary levels, although the relationship between organization size and income is uneven. Median salaries are highest at the largest organizations, those with more than 5,000 employees.
0 $50,000 $100,000 $150,000 $200,000
Instructor or Adjunct Professor (n=98)
Technician/Operator/Lab Tech (n=258)
Postdoc (n=626)
Assistant or Associate Professor (n=889)
Other (n=259)
Academic Dean, Provost (n=25)
Staff (n=1123)
Full Professor (n=558)
Supervisor/Manager (n=738)
Lead/Senior Level (n=1619)
Director (n=371)
C-level (n=76)
Vice President (n=111)
$39,086
$40,536
$43,950
$48,926
$59,000
$62,786
$69,018
$86,592
$98,469
$100,000
$135,758
$157,500
$165,000
Median Salary by Job Role
0 $30,000 $60,000 $90,000 $120,000 $150,000
Librarian (n=19)
Writer/Editor (n=13)
Basic Research/Science (n=1026)
Administrative (n=93)
University/College Professor/Educator (n=1327)
Technical/Lab (n=208)
Other (n=121)
Applied Research (n=1174)
Purchasing (n=26)
Production/Manufacturing (n=117)
Sales (n=195)
Recruiting/HR/Training (n=15)
Engineering/Design (n=1225)
Application/Product Development (n=308)
Marketing (n=97)
Consultant (n=65)
Project/Program Management (n=340)
Doctor/Clinician (n=35)
Business Development (n=91)
Executive/Leadership (n=254)
$34,136
$39,241
$50,942
$57,809
$58,862
$61,199
$65,402
$70,634
$82,725
$84,356
$89,563
$91,563
$91,563
$95,258
$100,000
$100,000
$100,598
$110,114
$119,538
$150,000
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Median Salary by Years Employed
Median Salary by Size of Organization
0 $20,000 $40,000 $60,000 $80,000 $100,000 $120,000
More than 30 years (n=929)
26-30 years (n=695)
21-25 years (n=752)
16-20 years (n=811)
11-15 years (n=1046)
5-10 years (n=1344)
Less than 5 years (n=1131)
$116,416
$106,000
$98,000
$92,217
$72,926
$55,837
$45,000
0 $20,000 $40,000 $60,000 $80,000 $100,000
More than 5000 employees (n=1951)
2501-5000 employees (n=890)
1001-2500 employees (n=918)
251-1000 employees (n=1214)
101-250 employees (n=598)
51-100 employees (n=383)
11-50 employees (n=577)
Less than 10 employees (n=220)
$95,000
$82,411
$65,402
$60,170
$60,421
$68,000
$75,000
$77,285
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Notes:
1. U.S. dollars are used throughout. Local currencies were converted using May 2013 market exchange rates. Salary figures include total yearly compensation, both base pay and bonuses.
2. United States (2722), People’s Republic of China (423), Germany (384), United Kingdom (291), Italy (261), Japan (196), Canada (189), France (182), Spain (177), India (172), Russian Federation (146), South Korea (115), Netherlands (107), Australia (95), Taiwan (94), Israel (69), Mexico (65), Switzerland (65), Brazil (62), Poland (55), Belgium (53), Singapore and Sweden (48), Turkey (44), Romania (40), Chile (37), Portugal and Ukraine (34), Malaysia (30), Austria, Czech Republic, Finland, and Ireland (28), Denmark (26), Norway (24), Colombia and Greece (21), Egypt (19), Argentina (16), Lithuania, Saudi Arabia, and South Africa (16), Bulgaria (13) and Estonia (13), Pakistan (11), Slovakia, Slovenia, and Thailand (10), Algeria, Latvia, New Zealand, and Serbia (9), Armenia, Belarus, and Nigeria (8), Hungary (7), Indonesia and Iran (6), Vietnam (5), Croatia, Iraq, and United Arab Emirates (4), Georgia, Jordan, Kenya, and Qatar (3), Ecuador, Ethiopia, Liberia, Liechtenstein, Moldova, Morocco, Nepal, Oman, Palestine State, Philippines, Sudan, Tunisia, Venezuela, Yemen, and Zimbabwe (2), Afghanistan, Bahrain, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Cameroon, Chad, Costa Rica, Cuba, Cyprus, Iceland, Kazakhstan, Libya, Luxembourg, Malta, Papua New Guinea, Sri Lanka, Trinidad and Tobago, Uganda, Uruguay, Uzbekistan, and Vanuatu (1).
3. Average country population data are annual wages per full-time and full-year equivalent employee in the total economy, 2011 USD exchange rates and constant prices, from http://stats.oecd.org/Index.aspx?DatasetCode=AV_AN_WAGE. Retrieved 24 July 2013.
4. Australia, New Zealand, Papua New Guinea, and Vanuatu.
5. Europe and Asia are composed of countries spanning a wide range of income levels, even when subdivided into higher- and lower-income groups. For example, the European higher-income category includes Russia and Norway, at $12,700 and $98,860 per capita Gross National Income (GNI), respectively.
Higher- and lower-income subcategories are based on the World Bank’s threshold for high-income countries, $12,615 per capita GNI. This threshold is used throughout this report when referring to “higher-income” and “lower-income” countries. In 2011 and 2012 the Optics and Photonics Global Salary Report used a higher per capita GNI threshold based on different methodology, so year-over-year comparisons should be avoided for high/low income groups.
For data on per capita GNI, see http://data.worldbank.org/indicator/NY.GNP.PCAP.CD/countries. For World Bank country income categories, see http://data.worldbank.org/about/country-classifi cations
6. The category “non-academic employers” is composed of company/corporation, military/defense, not-for-profit organization, private laboratory or research institute, self-employed/consultant, government lab or research institute, and civilian government. “Academic employers” is composed of university/college and other research institute.
7. The four-way tie in median salary between Computer science/software/information technology, Electrical/electronics, Photonics, and Physics is not an error. To double-check the accuracy of these medians, each Primary Discipline subset of salary values was extracted, sorted, and manually checked to ensure that the values are correct. There are 47 respondents in the sample who reported a salary of €45,000, which has a US dollar equivalent of $58,862. The abundance of this data point, combined with its position in the middle of the overall distribution, helps to account for the coincidence.
8. Gene Russo, “Turbulent Times,” Nature, August 2012, pp. 685-688.
Methodology and Footnotes In April 2013, SPIE sent email survey invitations to its global customer database. Response was voluntary and open. An iPad raffle and early access to this report were offered as incentives to encourage participation. Surveys were completed online using Vovici’s enterprise survey tool. Results were filtered to yield 6,752 valid responses. Any response lacking salary data was removed, as were duplicates and responses from students, the part-time employed, and unemployed. Microsoft Excel and SPSS were utilized to create summary statistics and related disaggregations.
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SPIE annually organizes and sponsors approximately 25 major technical forums, exhibitions, and education programs in North America, Europe, Asia, and the South Pacifi c.
SPIE provided $3.2 million in support of education and outreach programs in 2012.
SPIE publishes the SPIE Digital Library, containing more than 375,000 research papers from the Proceedings of SPIE and the Society’s 9 scholarly journals with around 18,000 new papers added each year, and more than 170 eBooks from the SPIE Press catalog. The SPIE Press publishes print monographs, tutorial texts, Field Guides, and reference books. SPIE also publishes a wide variety of open access content.
Membership includes Fellows and Senior Member programs. The Society has named more than 900 SPIE members as Fellows since 1955, and implemented its Senior Member program in 2008.
The SPIE awards program serves to recognize outstanding contributions from individuals throughout the scientifi c community regardless of membership status.
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