Now is a good time to be an engineer working in systems and control. These disciplines enjoyed a median income increase of more than double that of U.S. IEEE members in other fields.

WASHINGTON, Oct. 12, 2016 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Now is a good time to be an engineer working in systems and control. These disciplines enjoyed a median income increase of more than double that of U.S. IEEE members in other fields.

According to the 2016 IEEE-USA Salary & Benefits Survey, systems and control engineers reported an 8.72 percent hike in median income for the 2015 tax year.* Similar income for all electrotechnology and information technology professionals who took the survey increased by 3.85 percent.

Systems and control includes the subspecialties of robotics and automation; control systems; industrial electronics; systems, man and cybernetics; information theory; and engineering in medicine and biology.

Other job specialties reporting a more than 5 percent salary gain include electromagnetics and radiation (5.79); industrial applications (5.5) and computers (5.03).

For all survey respondents, income went from $130,000 in 2014 to $135,000 last year. Results are based on survey responses from 9,637 people. The following are median incomes by job specialty:

Specialty
2015 Tax Year
2014 Tax Year
% Change
Communications Technology
$152,500
$150,000
+ 1.67
Circuits & Devices
$144,007
$143,008
+ 0.70
Signals & Applications
$142,792
$141,062
+ 1.23
Computers
$138,941
$132,279
+ 5.03
Electromagnetics & Radiation
$137,912
$130,368
+ 5.79
Engineering & Human Environment
$132,667
$140,000
- 5.24
Systems & Control
$130,000
$119,572
+ 8.72
Industrial Applications
$126,600
$120,000
+ 5.50
Energy & Power Engineering
$121,000
$116,175
+ 4.15
Median incomes since 2009 are as follows:

Tax Year
Median Income
% Increase
2009
$113,500

2010
$118,000
3.96
2011
$119,950
1.65
2012
$124,000
3.37
2013
$124,700
0.56
2014
$130,000
4.25
2015
$135,000
3.85
For more information on the 2016 IEEE-USA Salary & Benefits Survey and to purchase a copy, go to http://shop.ieeeusa.org/usashop/product/careers/442657.

* Median pre-tax income from primary sources -- salary, commissions, bonuses and net self-employment -- for U.S. IEEE members working full-time in their primary area of technical competence (job specialty).

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The IEEE-USA Salary & Benefits Survey, 2016 Edition is the 29th compensation survey IEEE-USA has conducted since 1972.

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