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Friendly Version  PGMS News PGMS
Issues Salary Survey Results MARCH
17, 2003 (BALTIMORE,
MD) - An annual salary survey for grounds personnel has been completed
by the Professional Grounds Management Society (PGMS). The study,
based on 2002 historical data, suggests the continued elevation
of the grounds management profession as evidenced by increased reported
salaries even as the American economy hits some rough times. Members
of the Society have been sent a detailed statistical compilation
report. The
well-presented 2-page report provides PGMS members with such data
as the high, low, and average dollar (salary) per hour paid to superintendents/managers,
supervisors/chiefs, foremen, equipment operators, mechanics, and
permanent, temporary and part-time laborers. In
each of these categories, the report provides the average dollar
level at which new hires are being made as well as the number of
reports received and the range reported for the "per hour"
figures. It also gives information relative to the number in each
category receiving a bonus, life insurance, health insurance and/or
a retirement plan. For
instance, the PGMS Salary Survey reports the average salary for
superintendents/managers in 2002 was $27.87 with reported salaries
ranging between $22.76 and $32.35. The average hire rate was $21.95. These
figures all represented increases from the data reported in 2001,
in which the average salary reported for superintendents/managers
was $21.34 and the average hire rate was $17.21. In
addition to providing the average salary figures, the PGMS report
also breaks down its management respondents by position title, age,
years in the profession, years in present position, highest education
level, education background, type of grounds managed, total acres
managed, annual base salary and benefit programs. The
report reflects, for instance, that the average management respondent
had 21.69 years in the profession and has been in his or her present
position for 11.2 years. Over 78 percent of the respondents had
a horticulture or agriculture education background and an increasing
number (16.4 percent) reported post-graduate education. They oversee
an average staff of 15.06. ###
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