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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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