On 10/13/07, William Chops Westfield wrote: > > On Oct 12, 2007, at 3:54 PM, Bob Axtell wrote: > > >>> In Singapore, engineer seems not to fair well in terms of pay. > >> > >> I think that's generally the case everywhere. > > It looks about right; engineers tend to be paid enough to lead > a comfortable existence, but not "well" compared to "professional" > and "management" jobs such as made up most of your list. Your > list leaves off the large number of people who exits well below > the bottom reported level, though: well above "average", just at > the low to middle end of "professionals." Well said. That is why I am still working as an engineer. Life is not bad for me and I do not need to worry too much about people management which tends to be more difficult in Asia than in US due to some subtle culture difference. It seems to me that there are less politics and stupid HR policies in US as far as I know. > The major successes come from entrepreneurs, profit sharing, and > "stars" like with actors and writers... Not so easy here in Singapore... > It'd be interesting to see the total number of dollars paid in > salaries on a per-profession basis. My general impression is > that there is more total money spent on engineers than on > other professions at about the same salary level... > I think this is true for Hi-Tech companies like CISCO/ Microsoft/Intel/Siemens/etc. For those labor-intensive industries, the wages paid for the production floor worker will be the biggest portion. Xiaofan -- http://www.piclist.com PIC/SX FAQ & list archive View/change your membership options at http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/piclist