Topic ID #3086 - posted 1/5/2008 5:27 PM
scottyj432
State of the Union: 2007 CRM Field Tech Pay Rates
scottyj432
State of the Union: 2007 CRM Field Tech Pay Rates
The topic of field tech pay rates in CRM has been discussed on this site in numerous forum topics over the past few years. During 2007 alone there were several discussions on this site and it got me to wondering exactly what are the pay rates for fields techs working in CRM. I tried to find information on several federal sites such as the Census Bureau, the Bureau of Labor Statistics, the Department of Commerce and others, but could not find any reliable information of field tech pay rates in CRM. So, starting in the early summer of 2007 I began to compile information on all of the job postings that appeared here on this site as well as on R. Joe's site, plus a few others.
I have spent the past few evenings compiling all of that data into a format I now present here.
THE DATABASE
The database includes information regarding job postings for field techs in CRM only. I did not include information from any job posting from federal, state, county or academic entities. I also did not compile information on crew chief, supervisor or PI positions. This information presented here is strictly on field tech positions. The database is derived entirely from private CRM company job postings.
The database includes information on: field tech pay rates, whether the positions are temporary or permanent, the type of housing provided on projects and the type of per diem paid (but not the per diem rates as that varies from locality to locality). Whenever possible, I have also included information on the "pay rate ranges" that often appear in CRM job postings (such as $12.00-14.00/hour, "depending on experience").
All of the information presented here is derived from a total of 610 CRM job postings for the period from January 1 to December 31, 2007. Compiling the database required much cross-referencing of job postings between various websites to avoid duplication of information.
Because I did not start to compile the database until early summer 2007, I missed out on some postings from earlier in the year. While R. Joe's site archives the job postings, that is not true of all sites. What I did discover was that here on Jennifer's site, approximately 15% of all CRM field tech job postings are posted here and nowhere else. It is my best guess (conservative) that my database does not contain information from between 90 and 100 job postings that were posted earlier in the year (prior to mid-June 2007). Despite the lack of information from those postings, I feel reasonably confident that the information presented here is a somewhat realistic "snapshot" of what CRM companies were paying field techs here in the the USA during the year 2007.
THE 2007 JOB POSTINGS: N=610
The number of job postings with a specific number of positions listed= 33.5% of N.
These job postings represented a total of 822 field tech positions.
These job postings were for jobs ranging from 1 or 2 days to several months in duration.
The number of job postings with pay rate information= 73% of N.
Information regarding these pay rates will be presented below.
PER DIEM INFORMATION: N=610 JOB POSTINGS
No Receipts= 42.3%
Receipts only= 4.5%
Lump Sum (lodging plus meals)= 3.2%
Per Diem paid, but no information on type of Per Diem (Receipts/NoReceipts/Lump Sum)= 26.7%
No Per Diem (local or permanent positions)= 23.4%
HOUSING INFORMATION: N= 610 JOB POSTINGS
Motel, single room= 29.6% (N=181*)
*Of the 181 job postings specifying the field techs would reside in a single occupancy motel room, 15.7% (N=28) of those postings indicated the single occupancy motel room would also be provided on the days off. Three CRM companies accounted for over half of these postings and were for projects lasting 2 months or longer.
Motel, shared room= 0.8%
One job posting offered a shared motel room on the days off.
Apartment w/single bedroom per employee w/shared common areas= 0.8%
These included days off as well.
Camping= 1.8%
Field Techs were required to provide all of their own camping gear.
No housing provided (local or permanent)= 23.4%
Housing provided, but no information provided on type of housing arrangements= 43.6%
TYPE OF FIELD TECH JOB POSITIONS: N=610 JOB POSTINGS
Temporary= 80.1%
Temporary, Possible Permanent= 14.3%
Permanent= 5.6%
FIELD TECH PAY RATES IN CRM: 2007 (N= 610 JOB POSTINGS)
The information provided below represents all the pay rate information provided in the 610 job postings that constitute the basis of this database. As previously stated, 73% of the job postings provided information on field tech pay rates throughout the country.
The following information is provided on a state-by-state basis.
The "Pay Rate Range" referred to here is that which commonly occurs in job posting ads and which we have all seen numerous times: $12.00-14.00 per hour, depending on experience, for example.
The pay rate ranges and hourly pay rates are based on a combination of the 73% of the 610 job postings with pay information and the 822 field tech positions that were specified in those job postings (33.5% of 610) by CRM companies in 2007.
The state-by-state pay rate information is presented in this format (from left to right in the table below):
State
Lowest Entry Level Pay Rate Range Per Hour
Average Entry Level Pay Rate Range Per Hour
Highest Pay Rate Range Per Hour
Average Highest Pay Rate Range Per Hour
Average Hourly Pay Rate Per Hour For All Field Tech Job Postings In That State
In the first state listing which is Alabama (AL), the information presented is:
AL (11.00) 11.80-(13.00) 12.80: 11.91
Interpreted as:
State: Alabama
Lowest Entry Level Pay Rate Range: $11.00/hr
Average Entry Level Pay Rate Range: $11.80/hr
Highest Pay Rate Range: $13.00/hr
Average Highest Pay Rate Range: $12.80/hr
Average Hourly Pay Rate For All Field Tech Job Postings in Alabama: $11.91/hr
Other Notations:
NA= Fewer than three job postings included information on pay rates (either pay range or hourly rates) and /or none of the job postings contained pay rate information
*= There were only between 3 and 5 job postings that incuded any pay rate information, therefore the sample is small and the information presented here may not be a representative sample.
In the absence of these two notations, the information presented for each state represents between 6 and 25 job postings per state for field techs pay rates during the year 2007.
THE NATIONAL AVERAGE HOURLY RATE ADVERTISED FOR FIELD TECHS IN 2007= $12.37
State: (Lowest Entry Wage)Ave. Entry-(Highest DOE Wage)Ave. High DOE: Average Hourly Rate
AL (11.00)11.80-(13.00)12.80: 11.91
AK (11.00)13.00*-(18.00)17.00*: 14.19*
AZ (10.00)11.75-(15.00)14.00:13.17
AR (11.00)11.50-(14.00)12.50: 11.89
CA (13.00)14.00-(20.00)17.33: 14.44
CO (12.00)12.60-(16.00)15.00: 13.72
CN NA-NA: NA
DE NA-NA: 13.61
FL (10.00)10.50-(14.00)14.00: 11.57
GA (12.50)12.50-(14.50)14.50: 12.19
HI NA-NA: NA
ID (11.00)12.50*-(17.00)15.50*: 13.39*
IL NA-NA: 13.09
IN (11.00)11.20-(15.00)12.80: 11.62
IA NA-NA: 10.50*
KS NA-NA: NA
KY (10.50)10.92-(15.00)12.75: 11.89
LA NA-NA: 12.22*
ME NA-NA: NA
MD(incl D.C.) (11.00)11.75-(15.00)14.00: 12.82
MA NA-NA: 10.00*
MI NA-NA: 12.00*
MN (13.00)13.00*-(18.00)17.33*: 14.27*
MS (11.00)11.00-(12.00)12.00: 11.48
MO NA-NA: 12.40
MT (12.00)12.98-(15.00)14.33: 13.23
NE NA-NA: NA
NV (11.00)12.40-(20.00)15.80: 14.18
NH NA-NA: NA
NJ (10.00)11.36-(15.00)13.86: 11.88
NM (10.00)11.10-(21.00)14.85: 13.25
NY (10.00)10.95-(14.00)12.84: 11.45
NC (11.00)11.00*-(17.00)15.14*: 12.75*
ND NA-NA: 12.83
OH (10.00)10.84-(14.00)12.84: 11.32
OK NA-NA: 11.14*
OR NA-NA: 13.47
PA (10.50)10.93-(13.00)12.43: 11.62
RI NA-NA: NA
SC NA-NA: 12.80*
SD NA-NA: 13.29
TN NA-NA: 13.27
TX (10.00)10.68-(16.00)13.02: 12.40
UT (10.50)12.02-(15.00)14.08: 13.72
VT NA-NA: 10.52
VA (10.00)11.42-(15.00)13.04: 12.10
WA NA-NA: 15.46*
WV (11.00)11.25-(14.00)12.50: 12.09
WI NA-NA: 12.75*
WY (11.00)12.20-(15.00)14.40: 12.80
I had a bit of a problem getting the table to format correctly so sorry about that.....
Well, that's the information I found from the 610 job postings for 2007. Read it. Digest it. Whatever.
It is now past noon here and time for me to crack open an icy cold adult beverage.
Scott
The topic of field tech pay rates in CRM has been discussed on this site in numerous forum topics over the past few years. During 2007 alone there were several discussions on this site and it got me to wondering exactly what are the pay rates for fields techs working in CRM. I tried to find information on several federal sites such as the Census Bureau, the Bureau of Labor Statistics, the Department of Commerce and others, but could not find any reliable information of field tech pay rates in CRM. So, starting in the early summer of 2007 I began to compile information on all of the job postings that appeared here on this site as well as on R. Joe's site, plus a few others.
I have spent the past few evenings compiling all of that data into a format I now present here.
THE DATABASE
The database includes information regarding job postings for field techs in CRM only. I did not include information from any job posting from federal, state, county or academic entities. I also did not compile information on crew chief, supervisor or PI positions. This information presented here is strictly on field tech positions. The database is derived entirely from private CRM company job postings.
The database includes information on: field tech pay rates, whether the positions are temporary or permanent, the type of housing provided on projects and the type of per diem paid (but not the per diem rates as that varies from locality to locality). Whenever possible, I have also included information on the "pay rate ranges" that often appear in CRM job postings (such as $12.00-14.00/hour, "depending on experience").
All of the information presented here is derived from a total of 610 CRM job postings for the period from January 1 to December 31, 2007. Compiling the database required much cross-referencing of job postings between various websites to avoid duplication of information.
Because I did not start to compile the database until early summer 2007, I missed out on some postings from earlier in the year. While R. Joe's site archives the job postings, that is not true of all sites. What I did discover was that here on Jennifer's site, approximately 15% of all CRM field tech job postings are posted here and nowhere else. It is my best guess (conservative) that my database does not contain information from between 90 and 100 job postings that were posted earlier in the year (prior to mid-June 2007). Despite the lack of information from those postings, I feel reasonably confident that the information presented here is a somewhat realistic "snapshot" of what CRM companies were paying field techs here in the the USA during the year 2007.
THE 2007 JOB POSTINGS: N=610
The number of job postings with a specific number of positions listed= 33.5% of N.
These job postings represented a total of 822 field tech positions.
These job postings were for jobs ranging from 1 or 2 days to several months in duration.
The number of job postings with pay rate information= 73% of N.
Information regarding these pay rates will be presented below.
PER DIEM INFORMATION: N=610 JOB POSTINGS
No Receipts= 42.3%
Receipts only= 4.5%
Lump Sum (lodging plus meals)= 3.2%
Per Diem paid, but no information on type of Per Diem (Receipts/NoReceipts/Lump Sum)= 26.7%
No Per Diem (local or permanent positions)= 23.4%
HOUSING INFORMATION: N= 610 JOB POSTINGS
Motel, single room= 29.6% (N=181*)
*Of the 181 job postings specifying the field techs would reside in a single occupancy motel room, 15.7% (N=28) of those postings indicated the single occupancy motel room would also be provided on the days off. Three CRM companies accounted for over half of these postings and were for projects lasting 2 months or longer.
Motel, shared room= 0.8%
One job posting offered a shared motel room on the days off.
Apartment w/single bedroom per employee w/shared common areas= 0.8%
These included days off as well.
Camping= 1.8%
Field Techs were required to provide all of their own camping gear.
No housing provided (local or permanent)= 23.4%
Housing provided, but no information provided on type of housing arrangements= 43.6%
TYPE OF FIELD TECH JOB POSITIONS: N=610 JOB POSTINGS
Temporary= 80.1%
Temporary, Possible Permanent= 14.3%
Permanent= 5.6%
FIELD TECH PAY RATES IN CRM: 2007 (N= 610 JOB POSTINGS)
The information provided below represents all the pay rate information provided in the 610 job postings that constitute the basis of this database. As previously stated, 73% of the job postings provided information on field tech pay rates throughout the country.
The following information is provided on a state-by-state basis.
The "Pay Rate Range" referred to here is that which commonly occurs in job posting ads and which we have all seen numerous times: $12.00-14.00 per hour, depending on experience, for example.
The pay rate ranges and hourly pay rates are based on a combination of the 73% of the 610 job postings with pay information and the 822 field tech positions that were specified in those job postings (33.5% of 610) by CRM companies in 2007.
The state-by-state pay rate information is presented in this format (from left to right in the table below):
State
Lowest Entry Level Pay Rate Range Per Hour
Average Entry Level Pay Rate Range Per Hour
Highest Pay Rate Range Per Hour
Average Highest Pay Rate Range Per Hour
Average Hourly Pay Rate Per Hour For All Field Tech Job Postings In That State
In the first state listing which is Alabama (AL), the information presented is:
AL (11.00) 11.80-(13.00) 12.80: 11.91
Interpreted as:
State: Alabama
Lowest Entry Level Pay Rate Range: $11.00/hr
Average Entry Level Pay Rate Range: $11.80/hr
Highest Pay Rate Range: $13.00/hr
Average Highest Pay Rate Range: $12.80/hr
Average Hourly Pay Rate For All Field Tech Job Postings in Alabama: $11.91/hr
Other Notations:
NA= Fewer than three job postings included information on pay rates (either pay range or hourly rates) and /or none of the job postings contained pay rate information
*= There were only between 3 and 5 job postings that incuded any pay rate information, therefore the sample is small and the information presented here may not be a representative sample.
In the absence of these two notations, the information presented for each state represents between 6 and 25 job postings per state for field techs pay rates during the year 2007.
THE NATIONAL AVERAGE HOURLY RATE ADVERTISED FOR FIELD TECHS IN 2007= $12.37
State: (Lowest Entry Wage)Ave. Entry-(Highest DOE Wage)Ave. High DOE: Average Hourly Rate
AL (11.00)11.80-(13.00)12.80: 11.91
AK (11.00)13.00*-(18.00)17.00*: 14.19*
AZ (10.00)11.75-(15.00)14.00:13.17
AR (11.00)11.50-(14.00)12.50: 11.89
CA (13.00)14.00-(20.00)17.33: 14.44
CO (12.00)12.60-(16.00)15.00: 13.72
CN NA-NA: NA
DE NA-NA: 13.61
FL (10.00)10.50-(14.00)14.00: 11.57
GA (12.50)12.50-(14.50)14.50: 12.19
HI NA-NA: NA
ID (11.00)12.50*-(17.00)15.50*: 13.39*
IL NA-NA: 13.09
IN (11.00)11.20-(15.00)12.80: 11.62
IA NA-NA: 10.50*
KS NA-NA: NA
KY (10.50)10.92-(15.00)12.75: 11.89
LA NA-NA: 12.22*
ME NA-NA: NA
MD(incl D.C.) (11.00)11.75-(15.00)14.00: 12.82
MA NA-NA: 10.00*
MI NA-NA: 12.00*
MN (13.00)13.00*-(18.00)17.33*: 14.27*
MS (11.00)11.00-(12.00)12.00: 11.48
MO NA-NA: 12.40
MT (12.00)12.98-(15.00)14.33: 13.23
NE NA-NA: NA
NV (11.00)12.40-(20.00)15.80: 14.18
NH NA-NA: NA
NJ (10.00)11.36-(15.00)13.86: 11.88
NM (10.00)11.10-(21.00)14.85: 13.25
NY (10.00)10.95-(14.00)12.84: 11.45
NC (11.00)11.00*-(17.00)15.14*: 12.75*
ND NA-NA: 12.83
OH (10.00)10.84-(14.00)12.84: 11.32
OK NA-NA: 11.14*
OR NA-NA: 13.47
PA (10.50)10.93-(13.00)12.43: 11.62
RI NA-NA: NA
SC NA-NA: 12.80*
SD NA-NA: 13.29
TN NA-NA: 13.27
TX (10.00)10.68-(16.00)13.02: 12.40
UT (10.50)12.02-(15.00)14.08: 13.72
VT NA-NA: 10.52
VA (10.00)11.42-(15.00)13.04: 12.10
WA NA-NA: 15.46*
WV (11.00)11.25-(14.00)12.50: 12.09
WI NA-NA: 12.75*
WY (11.00)12.20-(15.00)14.40: 12.80
I had a bit of a problem getting the table to format correctly so sorry about that.....
Well, that's the information I found from the 610 job postings for 2007. Read it. Digest it. Whatever.
It is now past noon here and time for me to crack open an icy cold adult beverage.
Scott
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