Logistics Management
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Salary:
Management, scientific, and technical consulting services is one of the highest paying industries. Nonsupervisory wage and salary workers in the industry averaged $899 a week in 2006, compared with $579 for workers throughout private industry. Median hourly earnings in the largest occupations in management, scientific, and technical consulting appear in table 4.
The data in the table do not reflect earnings for self-employed workers, who often have high earnings.
Both managerial workers and high-level professionals can make considerably more than the industry average. According to a 2006 survey conducted by Abbot, Langer, and Associates, the median annual total cash compensation for research associates was $38,600; for junior consultants, $46,010; for consultants, $58,240; for senior consultants, $80,500; for principal consultants, $82,618; for vice presidents, $140,005; and for senior or executive vice presidents, $155,000.
Benefits and union membership. Besides earning a straight salary, many workers receive additional compensation, such as profit sharing, stock ownership, or performance-based bonuses. In some firms, bonuses can constitute one-third, or more, of annual pay.
Only about 2 percent of workers in management, scientific, and technical consulting services belong to unions or are covered by union contracts, compared with 12 percent of workers in all industries combined.
| Table 4. Median hourly earnings of the largest occupations in management, scientific, and technical consulting services, May 2006 | ||
| Occupation | Management, scientific, and technical consulting services | All Indusries |
| General and operations managers | $58.97 | $40.97 |
| Management analysts | $36.93 | $32.72 |
| Business operations specialists, all other | $26.42 | $26.76 |
| Sales representatives, services, all other | $25.86 | $23.12 |
| Employment, recruitment, and placement specialists | $25.51 | $20.40 |
| Executive secretaries, and administrative assistants | $19.41 | $17.90 |
| Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks | $15.67 | $14.69 |
| Customer service representatives | $14.91 | $13.62 |
| Secretaries, except legal, medical, and executive | $13.07 | $13.20 |
| Office clerks, general | $11.14 | $11.40 |
Job Growth:
Management, scientific, and technical consulting services is projected to be one of the fastest growing industries over the next decade. However, because of the number of people looking to work in this industry, competition for jobs is expected to be keen.
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