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April 18-23, 1998, Los Angeles, CA USA

Salary Survey Results

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Primary and Secondary Jobs

Question: Please select a total of two choices - one in each column - for primary and secondary job.

Results: Interaction design led the way, with usability testing a common secondary job.

Total:
Prim. + Sec.
Primary Job Secondary Job
Interaction Design 202 23.3% 116 25.2% 86 21.2%
Usability Testing 121 14.0% 37 8.0% 84 20.7%
Academic Research 77 8.9% 52 11.3% 25 6.2%
Software Engineering 76 8.8% 43 9.3% 33 8.1%
Teaching 66 7.6% 24 5.2% 42 10.3%
Non-Academic Research 59 6.8% 44 9.5% 15 3.7%
Manager 59 6.8% 38 8.2% 21 5.2%
Visual Design 50 5.8% 19 4.1% 31 7.6%
Information Architecture 45 5.2% 21 4.6% 24 5.9%
Web Page Design 33 3.8% 12 2.6% 21 5.2%
Student 24 2.8% 16 3.5% 8 2.0%
UI Designer 6 0.7% 5 1.1% 1 0.2%
Writer 5 0.6% 4 0.9% 1 0.2%
Consulting 4 0.5% 3 0.7% 1 0.2%
General UI 3 0.3% 1 0.2% 2 0.5%
Other 37 4.3% 26 5.6% 11 2.7%
  867 100.0% 461 100.0% 406 100.0%


September 22, 1998
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