About Mike
Mike Buetow is president of the Printed Circuit Engineering Association (pcea.net). He previously was editor-in-chief of Circuits Assembly magazine, the leading publication for electronics manufacturing, and PCD&F, the leading publication for printed circuit design and fabrication. He spent 21 years as vice president and editorial director of UP Media Group, for which he oversaw all editorial and production aspects. He has more than 30 years' experience in the electronics industry, including six years at IPC, an electronics trade association, at which he was a technical projects manager and communications director. He has also held editorial positions at SMT Magazine, community newspapers and in book publishing. He is a graduate of the University of Illinois.
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This information is interesting, but generally useless. Why would an American designer care about salaries in, say, Africa? Some of the most valuable information in the early days of the Salary Survey has been missing in action for several years; namely the salary breakdowns by state. Please publish that.
I disagree on multiple levels. But to your point, salaries by state would not be of any more use than what is provided here: clearly salaries in metro regions would be higher than in outlying areas, and experience remains a major factor.