Stc india 2015_salary_survey_results

2015 Salary Survey

of Indian Technical Communicators

Date of publication: 11th December 2015

Data collected in: October and November 2015

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STC India 2015 Salary Survey

Data collection, analysis, and report by: Paresh Naik

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Contents

1. Overview .................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 1

1.1 About the survey ..................................................................................................................................................................................................... 1

1.2 About statistical measures used in this report ....................................................................................................................................................... 1

1.3 Key results.............................................................................................................................................................................................................. 1

2. Experience ................................................................................................................................................................................................................. 2

3. Location ..................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 4

4. Age .............................................................................................................................................................................................................................. 6

5. Comparison with 2013 STC India survey results ................................................................................................................................................... 8

6. Trend .......................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 9

7. Comparison with the salaries of Technical Communicators in the U.S. ........................................................................................................... 10

STC India 2015 Salary Survey 1

1. Overview

1.1 About the survey

STC India chapter conducted a survey of salaries of Technical Communicators working in India. This anonymous survey was open to all Technical Communicators working in India including those who are not the members of STC. The survey was conducted through a web based questionnaire open from 20th October to 6th November 2015.

A total of 151 respondents completed the survey.

1.2 About statistical measures used in this report

Base: The total responses in a given category.

Mean: The value computed by averaging the tabulated responses.

10%: Ten percent of the responses were below this value; ninety percent were above this value.

25%: Twenty-five percent of the responses were below this value; seventy-five percent were above this value.

50%: Fifty percent of the responses were below this value; fifty percent were above this value. This is also called the median.

75%: Seventy-five percent of the responses were below this value; twenty-five percent were above this value.

90%: Ninety percent of the responses were below this value; ten percent were above this value.

TrimMean: This value is the mean taken by excluding 10% of data points from the top and bottom tails of a data set. In other words, this is an average of values excluding the extreme cases.

Salary/year of experience: Most of the tables also indicate the measures for salary/year of experience. This parameter is included to compare influence of various factors on the salary on level grounds, i.e. to exclude the effect of experience. If all or most of the survey participants from a specific category have a higher number of years of experience, the average salary in that particular category may be reflected as very high. In such cases, the salary/year of experience parameter will give a more realistic comparison of salaries in related categories.

All the salary figures mentioned in this report are in Indian Rupees unless specifically mentioned otherwise.

1.3 Key results

The survey shows the median salary level of Indian Technical Communicators in 2015 has increased by 12.8% compared to the same in 2014. In the last 13 years, the average salary level in India has grown 3.8 times.

For the same experience level, National Capital Region is the highest paying area in India followed by Pune and Bangalore.

Comparison of median salaries in India and the U.S. shows that the Indian salary levels are about 23.8% of the U.S. salary levels.

2 STC India 2015 Salary Survey

2. Experience

Experience (Years)

Base Salary (Rs. per annum) Salary/year of experience (Rs. per annum)

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0 - 3 6 3,61,667 3,61,667 2,65,000 2,92,500 3,00,000 4,05,003 5,20,002 2,73,655 2,73,655 1,92,500 2,40,000 2,58,462 2,94,231 3,70,002

3 - 4 8 7,16,875 7,16,875 5,70,000 6,37,500 7,15,000 7,68,750 8,71,500 2,16,307 2,16,307 1,75,195 1,91,652 2,08,333 2,36,538 2,65,892

4 - 5 10 6,44,500 6,44,500 4,63,000 4,96,250 5,75,000 7,52,500 9,27,000 1,49,130 1,49,130 1,05,774 1,14,733 1,30,663 1,70,068 2,28,750

5 - 6 13 6,89,769 6,89,769 5,02,200 5,60,000 6,00,000 8,90,000 9,00,000 1,29,243 1,29,243 96,650 1,01,818 1,20,000 1,66,154 1,73,296

6 - 7 15 9,24,158 9,24,158 5,86,000 7,25,000 8,50,000 10,00,000 10,85,418 1,46,593 1,46,593 95,421 1,19,113 1,30,769 1,57,192 1,77,816

7 - 8 9 10,55,889 10,55,889 8,62,600 9,00,000 10,00,000 12,00,000 13,02,000 1,43,973 1,43,973 1,18,324 1,25,581 1,28,571 1,67,191 1,77,578

8 - 9 14 12,30,071 12,30,071 8,03,600 9,05,000 9,87,500 11,16,000 20,55,000 1,47,900 1,47,900 95,609 1,08,361 1,19,328 1,33,795 2,50,269

9 - 10 21 13,18,130 12,94,828 8,00,000 9,60,000 13,20,000 16,40,711 17,50,000 1,42,105 1,39,827 88,889 1,06,667 1,45,321 1,73,158 1,94,444

10 -11 16 16,53,500 16,53,500 11,65,000 13,55,750 15,50,000 18,00,000 23,12,500 1,56,616 1,56,616 1,10,952 1,27,167 1,51,269 1,74,098 2,15,095

11-13 9 17,46,111 17,46,111 10,25,400 12,00,000 14,37,000 18,20,000 28,60,000 1,44,769 1,44,769 84,967 1,00,000 1,19,750 1,51,667 2,38,333

13-15 7 18,69,575 18,69,575 10,48,800 14,24,000 18,00,000 19,44,514 27,13,417 1,36,167 1,36,167 75,043 1,05,718 1,28,571 1,38,894 1,97,837

15 and above 23 23,91,883 23,24,443 13,40,000 16,50,000 21,30,000 29,36,650 35,80,000 1,39,698 1,33,586 81,333 95,649 1,20,588 1,56,672 2,05,932

* The ranges exclude the upper most limits. If you are looking for a boundary case, you should read the range where the case is lower limit of the range. For example, if you

are looking for the salary level of a Technical Communicator with exactly 2 years of experience, you should refer to the 2-3 range and not the 1-2 range.

Experience


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3. Location

Location Base Salary (Rs. per annum) Salary/year of experience (Rs. per annum)

Average TrimMean 10% 25% 50% 75% 90% Average TrimMean 10% 25% 50% 75% 90%

Bangalore 59 14,21,034 13,77,109 5,49,000 8,00,000 12,00,000 19,00,000 24,52,000 1,55,988 1,50,775 93,891 1,14,039 1,36,727 1,80,000 2,30,000

Chennai 4 9,30,750 9,30,750 6,90,000 8,25,000 9,37,500 10,43,250 11,66,100 1,10,334 1,10,334 95,631 1,05,363 1,13,305 1,18,277 1,22,659

Hyderabad 16 11,67,273 11,67,273 6,75,000 9,18,500 10,90,000 13,40,000 16,00,000 1,37,913 1,37,913 1,00,778 1,12,182 1,27,444 1,48,886 1,70,402

Mumbai 6 15,46,667 15,46,667 6,90,000 10,00,000 15,00,000 19,25,000 24,50,000 1,08,338 1,08,338 83,333 88,944 1,06,663 1,25,816 1,35,017

NCR* 11 18,08,482 18,08,482 7,50,000 8,25,000 16,00,000 20,35,000 29,73,300 1,65,784 1,65,784 1,06,667 1,25,385 1,57,377 1,89,976 2,15,556

Pune 49 12,72,709 12,07,395 4,67,200 7,80,000 10,50,000 16,00,000 21,11,222 1,63,181 1,58,359 99,104 1,16,667 1,48,148 1,82,301 2,46,061

Other locations 6 6,79,833 6,79,833 5,30,000 5,64,750 5,89,500 8,10,000 9,20,000 1,24,587 1,24,587 81,056 98,333 1,00,909 1,05,455 1,91,795

*NCR: National capital region, includes Delhi, Faridabad, Gurgaon, and Noida

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4. Age

Age (Years) Base

Salary (Rs. per annum) Salary/year of experience (Rs. per annum)

Average TrimMean 10% 25% 50% 75% 90% Average TrimMean 10% 25% 50% 75% 90%

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25-26 5 5,70,000 5,70,000 5,00,000 5,00,000 6,00,000 6,00,000 6,30,000 1,71,498 1,71,498 1,01,451 1,10,769 1,57,895 2,16,667 2,52,821

27-28 11 7,18,636 7,18,636 5,50,000 5,75,000 7,00,000 8,62,500 9,00,000 1,55,581 1,55,581 1,06,415 1,18,966 1,64,384 1,80,193 2,00,000

29-30 18 7,96,445 7,96,445 4,94,000 6,10,000 8,15,000 9,07,500 10,30,000 1,50,543 1,50,543 1,05,167 1,16,888 1,24,143 1,52,801 1,90,807

31-33 24 10,95,792 10,25,409 4,43,500 8,25,000 9,80,000 12,68,750 16,01,500 1,68,037 1,59,677 1,07,825 1,27,976 1,49,257 1,74,868 2,37,231

34-37 46 15,89,109 15,02,120 7,46,500 10,80,000 14,68,500 18,80,000 24,12,500 1,57,566 1,53,009 96,422 1,13,061 1,38,061 1,81,607 2,52,033

38 and above 46 16,75,574 16,36,200 7,75,000 9,85,000 14,65,000 20,00,000 30,86,650 1,38,341 1,34,748 78,710 95,585 1,23,665 1,59,190 2,19,167

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5. Comparison with 2014 STC India survey results

Grouping Base Mean Median

2014 2015 2014 2015 % Rise 2014 2015 % Rise

Total 151 11,45,013 13,36,791 16.7 9,75,000 11,00,000 12.8

Experience

3 - 4 12 8 5,93,083 7,16,875 20.9 5,39,000 7,15,000 32.7

4 - 5 8 10 6,85,625 6,44,500 -6.0 6,80,000 5,75,000 -15.4

5 - 6 8 13 7,96,250 6,89,769 -13.4 8,10,000 6,00,000 -25.9

6 - 7 15 15 9,04,400 9,24,158 2.2 8,50,000 8,50,000 0.0

7 - 8 14 9 9,20,789 10,55,889 14.7 10,50,000 10,00,000 -4.8

8 - 9 10 14 12,32,650 12,30,071 -0.2 12,00,000 9,87,500 -17.7

9 - 10 16 21 15,67,500 13,18,130 -15.9 14,65,000 13,20,000 -9.9

10 -11 10 16 19,75,385 16,53,500 -16.3 19,00,000 15,50,000 -18.4

11-13 9 9 15,59,889 17,46,111 11.9 13,50,000 14,37,000 6.4

13-15 12 7 22,15,417 18,69,575 -15.6 20,50,000 18,00,000 -12.2

15 and above 6 23 25,20,626 23,91,883 -5.1 25,98,000 21,30,000 -18.0

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Bangalore 53 59 12,14,062 14,21,034 17.0 11,00,000 12,00,000 9.1

Chennai 8 4 8,92,125 9,30,750 4.3 9,17,500 9,37,500 2.2

Hyderabad 10 16 10,98,200 11,67,273 6.3 11,68,000 10,90,000 -6.7

Mumbai 6 6 11,55,633 15,46,667 33.8 8,66,400 15,00,000 73.1

NCR 9 11 20,31,667 18,08,482 -11.0 21,50,000 16,00,000 -25.6

Pune 59 49 9,62,862 12,72,709 32.2 7,50,000 10,50,000 40.0

Other 2 6 NA 6,79,833 NA 5,89,500

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22-24 7 0 3,11,286 NA 2,78,000 NA

25-26 11 5 5,10,982 5,70,000 11.5 4,70,000 6,00,000 27.7

27-28 12 11 5,48,500 7,18,636 31.0 6,00,000 7,00,000 16.7

29-30 19 18 8,09,266 7,96,445 -1.6 8,00,000 8,15,000 1.9

31-33 42 24 11,60,357 10,95,792 -5.6 9,50,000 9,80,000 3.2

34-37 32 46 15,73,964 15,89,109 1.0 13,00,000 14,68,500 13.0

38 and above 24 46 16,44,052 16,75,574 1.9 17,25,000 14,65,000 -15.1


6. Trend

Year Median Salary in INR

Median Salary in USD ($1=Rs.66.7)

2002 2,85,000 $4,273

2003 3,10,000 $4,648

2004

2005 3,65,627 $5,482

2006

2007 6,05,000 $9,070

2008 6,00,000 $8,996

2009 6,00,000 $8,996

2010 7,80,000 $11,694

2011 7,90,000 $11,844

2012 9,50,000 $14,243

2013 11,35,000 $17,016

2014 9,75,000 $14,618

2015 11,00,000 $16,492

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7. Comparison with the salaries of Technical Communicators in the U.S.

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Year Median

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Median salaries in US as reported by

US Dept. of Labor (USD)

2000 47,790

2001 49,370

2002 4,273 50,580

2003 4,648 51,590

2004 53,490

2005 5,482 55,160

2006 58,050

2007 9,070 60,390

2008 8,996 61,620

2009 8,996 62,730

2010 11,694 63,280

2011 11,844 64,610

2012 14,243 65,500

2013 17,016 67,900

2014 14,618 69,030

2015 16,492

While comparing salaries in different geographies, you may want to consider other related factors such as cost of living, purchasing power parity, and so on.

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