r/ChemicalEngineering • u/coguar99 • Dec 20 '23

Salary Update on ChemE Salary Report 2024

Hey everyone, first - thank you to everyone here who has already participated. As of this morning, I have 1,230 responses and my goal is at least 1,500 - so almost there. If you've already completed the data collection form, no need to do it again (the system will flag the entry as a duplicate anyway).

If you've not seen this or are unaware AND you're a chemical engineer, I need your help. I've been updating a salary report, specifically for USA-based Chemical Engineers, for the past 8 years. It started out humbly but has gotten better and better with more and more participants each year. I've had countless people tell me that they've used the data to get themselves more industry competitive offers or in salary negotiation situations. Last year and this year, I've spent the month of December collecting salary data from US-based ChemEs, then I compile and analyze the data and send out the report to anyone who sends me their data. I'm a real person, my LinkedIn URL is below. The form is located on my website and I list a number of commitments there (I won't sell your data, etc). What's in this for me is that hopefully you will remember me when you're a fancy manager or executive somewhere and partner with me to fill a few chemical engineering jobs. That's how I make my money. Anyway - if you've got questions, don't hesitate to message me.

TL;DR: Complete the chemical engineering salary survey to help yourself and your fellow colleagues. Data collection will close on December 31st.

Link to the salary survey: https://www.sunrecruiting.com/salary-survey/ Link to my LinkedIn account: https://www.linkedin.com/in/adamrkrueger/

Update 12/21: Blew past 1,500 - now at almost 1,700! Thank you ChemE Subreddit!

363 Upvotes

99% Upvoted

73 comments sorted by

View all comments

3

u/unluckyowl4 Dec 21 '23

Have any large companies HR departments sent you nasty letters or threats because they don’t want their engineers knowing this?

I think what you do is a huge service to the entire industry. Thanks for doing this every year.

5

u/coguar99 Dec 21 '23

No, actually the opposite - I've had several HR departments and hiring managers reach out to me in order to better benchmark salaries for their current engineers. I've also been able to use the report in my conversations with companies to say things like, "look, you might want to consider raising the pay of everyone you currently have because if you don't, your likelihood of people leaving for comp reasons is fairly high."

1

u/[deleted] Dec 22 '23

Was actually considering asking for this reason. I’m an in-house recruiter for a mid-size manufacturing plant and would love this for benchmarking purposes.

1

u/coguar99 Dec 22 '23

Please send me a note on LinkedIn and reference this conversation. Thanks!