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2021 APEGS Salary Survey Summary Results

The Association of Professional Engineers and Geoscientists of information for engineers and geoscientists is to help ensure that
Saskatchewan (APEGS) contacted 6,389 Professional Engineers, the province retains proficient and competent services in
Professional Geoscientists, Engineers-in-Training, Geoscientists- engineering and geoscience. Making this information available
in-Training and Licensees living in Saskatchewan. A total of 1,295 provides guidance to both employers and employees to assess
members completed the survey representing a 20.3 per cent current compensation for professionals at various levels of
response rate. Surveys were completed in March and April 2021, education, experience and responsibility. The salary survey also
and salaries reported were as of December 31, 2020. Insightrix has the additional benefit of providing students, career
counsellors and other interested persons with information on
Research Inc. compiled and tabulated all results. The detailed
employment in the engineering and geoscience professions in
report, which includes analysis by gender, can be found on the
Saskatchewan.
APEGS website under the Public menu.
The work of engineering and geoscience professionals
contributes to the public well-being and economic stability of
Saskatchewan. The goal of providing current market salary

u Annual Salary by Final Year of Graduation (B.Sc.)

COUNT COLUMN N % MEAN PERCENTILE 05 PERCENTILE 25 MEDIAN PERCENTILE 75 PERCENTILE 95

1985 13 1.1% $126,435 $16,000 $84,000 $110,000 $149,915 $350,000

1986†
1987†
1988 11 0.9% $151,265 $110,000 $135,000 $146,500 $174,270 $199,000
1989†
1990 10 0.8% $136,741 $74,000 $94,485 $151,000 $175,000 $192,590
1991 10 0.8% $155,439 $113,000 $135,000 $140,235 $193,000 $210,000
1992†
1993†
1994 18 1.5% $146,957 $15,800 $100,000 $142,000 $180,000 $303,000
1995 12 1.0% $123,029 $45,000 $96,757 $106,500 $151,750 $225,000
1996 13 1.1% $170,554 $98,022 $155,000 $176,769 $195,000 $220,000
1997 18 1.5% $132,586 $76,000 $105,000 $122,411 $155,000 $208,000
1998 11 0.9% $135,826 $20,000 $103,000 $132,000 $180,000 $270,000
1999 23 1.9% $158,010 $85,000 $122,000 $142,800 $208,000 $250,000
2000 20 1.6% $133,091 $63,740 $100,500 $123,500 $170,746 $214,165
2001 26 2.1% $134,567 $70,000 $109,000 $133,500 $164,718 $211,650
2002 38 3.1% $132,649 $22,000 $110,000 $131,366 $155,000 $219,000
2003 35 2.8% $129,565 $55,000 $100,000 $130,000 $155,000 $200,000
2004 35 2.8% $126,804 $57,600 $92,000 $130,000 $157,000 $206,000
2005 48 3.9% $118,004 $60,000 $97,000 $114,827 $146,500 $160,000
2006 28 2.3% $113,799 $33,000 $100,625 $116,000 $134,468 $157,123
2007 61 5.0% $115,859 $68,500 $97,578 $116,000 $135,000 $164,800
2008 51 4.1% $113,502 $51,648 $94,000 $115,000 $134,280 $160,000

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 COUNT COLUMN N % MEAN PERCENTILE 05 PERCENTILE 25 MEDIAN PERCENTILE 75 PERCENTILE 95
2009 46 3.7% $108,751 $72,000 $95,000 $109,313 $125,000 $150,000
2010 51 4.1% $107,277 $62,000 $79,000 $103,189 $130,000 $175,000
2011 60 4.9% $101,855 $65,100 $88,558 $100,000 $114,625 $145,000
2012 59 4.8% $92,470 $51,801 $77,000 $92,000 $103,000 $140,000
2013 67 5.4% $93,215 $54,365 $82,000 $94,490 $107,000 $130,000
2014 57 4.6% $86,514 $58,000 $75,000 $85,000 $96,500 $124,000
2015 87 7.1% $81,146 $60,000 $70,000 $80,000 $90,000 $109,000
2016 52 4.2% $77,457 $58,000 $68,221 $75,000 $87,625 $100,000
2017 52 4.2% $72,824 $48,000 $64,250 $71,722 $84,550 $100,000
2018 55 4.5% $72,381 $55,000 $63,509 $70,000 $78,300 $96,000
2019 55 4.5% $69,808 $55,000 $63,000 $68,000 $74,500 $92,000
2020 41 3.3% $67,250 $57,000 $60,320 $66,365 $74,000 $80,600

*Not available due to reporting rules (insufficient data)

u Annual Salary by Designation

COUNT COLUMN N % MEAN PERCENTILE 05 PERCENTILE 25 MEDIAN PERCENTILE 75 PERCENTILE 95
P.Eng. 792 63.6% $123,348 $74,000 $95,000 $114,000 $143,000 792
P.Geo. 45 3.6% $122,198 $78,000 $95,000 $117,620 $143,000 45
P.Eng. and P.Geo 8 0.6% $119,655 $84,240 $105,500 $115,000 $138,250 8
Engineering License 10 0.8% $117,331 $78,267 $97,043 $123,500 $138,000 10
Engineer-in-Training 364 29.2% $74,064 $52,000 $64,292 $70,050 $81,975 364
Geoscientist-in-Training 26 2.1% $84,227 $48,000 $74,000 $84,000 $96,000 26
Geo Licensee†

*Not available due to reporting rules (insufficient data)

u Annual Salary by Discipline

COUNT COLUMN N % MEAN PERCENTILE 05 PERCENTILE 25 MEDIAN PERCENTILE 75 PERCENTILE 95
Agriculture/Forestry 32 2.6% $85,709 $52,000 $66,250 $73,000 $99,125 $150,000
Biological/Biomedical†
Chem./Cer./Metallurgical 56 4.5% $112,299 $60,000 $75,150 $95,000 $137,000 $220,000
Civil 248 19.9% $105,830 $60,000 $75,000 $94,800 $130,000 $185,000
Electrica/Eng. Physics 166 13.3% $119,928 $65,000 $91,000 $111,970 $141,900 $193,000
Environmental 97 7.8% $93,646 $57,000 $70,255 $89,884 $105,000 $160,000
Geo., Mining, Petro. Eng. 108 8.7% $122,810 $67,000 $90,000 $115,000 $143,882 $202,000
Mechanical/Industrial 331 26.6% $108,936 $58,781 $75,000 $102,000 $132,000 $190,260
Software Engineering 35 2.8% $98,930 $57,100 $80,600 $97,578 $110,500 $170,000
Other 115 9.2% $96,240 $50,000 $70,000 $88,000 $112,200 $176,500

*Not available due to reporting rules (insufficient data)

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u Annual Salary by Function
COUNT COLUMN N % MEAN PERCENTILE 05 PERCENTILE 25 MEDIAN PERCENTILE 75 PERCENTILE 95
Corporate Mgmt. 148 8.8% $158,954 $88,000 $127,958 $150,000 $180,000 $247,500
Project/Ops. Mgmt. 608 36.2% $112,844 $66,000 $86,425 $105,000 $135,000 $185,200
Project Admin. 33 2.0% $87,558 $54,000 $66,000 $80,000 $110,400 $134,000
Design 386 23.0% $89,803 $56,000 $66,839 $85,000 $104,000 $144,500
Research/Planning 99 5.9% $102,604 $48,000 $70,000 $97,000 $123,600 $190,000
Inspection/Quality Control 41 2.4% $92,610 $52,000 $62,000 $73,250 $100,000 $142,060
Operating/Maintenance 153 9.1% $108,821 $64,400 $85,000 $103,000 $128,679 $178,000
Teaching 30 1.8% $124,560 $80,616 $93,363 $101,000 $168,000 $191,000
Marketing/Sales 30 1.8% $83,990 $40,000 $65,100 $85,620 $98,480 $134,600
Approvals/Enforcement 55 3.3% $89,698 $56,550 $77,000 $88,800 $100,000 $120,000
Exploration 37 2.2% $105,770 $48,000 $81,373 $102,000 $115,748 $240,000
Other 60 3.6% $81,094 $10,850 $60,625 $71,750 $106,250 $149,405

u Annual Salary by Industry

COUNT COLUMN N % MEAN PERCENTILE 05 PERCENTILE 25 MEDIAN PERCENTILE 75 PERCENTILE 95
Consulting Service 253 20.3% $102,259 $58,000 $72,900 $94,000 $125,000 $180,000
Resource Ind. Oil & Gas 70 5.6% $113,900 $60,000 $85,000 $107,000 $135,200 $185,400
Resource Industry 192 15.4% $124,411 $70,000 $96,000 $119,450 $147,857 $197,000
Procurement/Construc. 112 9.0% $99,818 $60,000 $72,000 $89,500 $116,004 $180,000
Mfg. Durables 150 12.0% $90,543 $55,000 $66,000 $78,000 $100,000 $150,000
Mfg. Non-Durables 58 4.7% $126,059 $72,000 $92,000 $109,635 $151,000 $220,000
Service For Profit 27 2.2% $90,817 $42,000 $70,000 $92,000 $103,000 $159,564
Service Not For Profit 114 9.2% $97,518 $63,000 $78,267 $94,001 $114,500 $140,688
Utilities 167 13.4% $122,992 $70,000 $86,840 $115,729 $143,000 $208,000
Educational Services 38 3.1% $127,808 $49,950 $96,000 $107,724 $180,000 $199,690
Agriculture/Forestry 23 1.8% $89,601 $52,000 $65,000 $73,000 $107,000 $193,000
Other 41 3.3% $88,787 $50,000 $70,000 $90,000 $105,000 $144,000

u Annual Salary by Degree

COUNT COLUMN N % MEAN PERCENTILE 05 PERCENTILE 25 MEDIAN PERCENTILE 75 PERCENTILE 95
Public Sector 395 100.0% $109,040 $66,000 $80,511 $100,000 $128,000 $185,000
Private Sector 840 100.0% $107,712 $58,000 $75,000 $97,730 $131,150 $190,391

u Total Salary (full-time positions)

COUNT COLUMN N % MEAN PERCENTILE 05 PERCENTILE 25 MEDIAN PERCENTILE 75 PERCENTILE 95
Base Salary 1,245 96.3% $108,008 $60,000 $77,000 $98,022 $130,000 $187,000
Salary incl. bonus $131,743 $62,500 $82,000 $111,692 $159,200 $270,000

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u Salary Changes (full-time positions)
MEDIAN SALARY % INCREASE MEAN SALARY % INCREASE

1995 $56,400 3.52% $59,142 4.30%

1997 $60,000 6.38% $62,266 5.28%
1999 $62,500 4.17% $65,401 5.03%
2001 $66,000 5.60% $68,877 5.31%
2003 $68,800 4.24% $71,210 3.39%
2005 $71,008 3.21% $73,607 3.37%
2007 $74,000 4.21% $77,374 5.12%
2008 $76,352 3.18% $83,025 7.30%
2009 $80,000 4.78% $86,908 4.68%
2010 $82,950 3.69% $91,548 5.34%
2011 $84,224 1.54% $91,154 -0.43%
2012 $89,472 6.23% $96,219 5.56%
2013 $90,000 0.59% $98,030 1.88%
2014 $94,500 5.00% $102,475 4.53%
2015 $97,000 2.65% $105,111 2.57%
2016 $96,000 -1.03% $104,628 -0.46%
2017 $97,000 1.04% $107,130 2.39%
2018 $96,485 -0.53% $104,743 -2.23%
2019 $97,500 1.05% $107,287 2.43
2020 $99,265 1.81% $107,298 0.
2020 $98,022 -1.25% $108,000 0.65%

u Regression Analysis
A lasso regression model was used to establish a framework for predicting salaries for engineers and geoscientists working in different industries.
This process was used to:
• Identify how closely factors are associated with salaries
• Identify Boolean components (such as receipt of professional designation) influencing salary
• Create a linear formula that effectively predicts salaries while minimizing model overfitting
The model explains about 57 per cent (57.2%) of variance in salary. A formula was produced which members of APEGS can easily use to
estimate their salary.

FACTOR COEFFICIENT

(Constant) $38,669.09
Duties (A) $81.88
Formula for expected salary (SE) without
Education (B) $8.57
bonus:
Experience (C) $289.46 To calculate the approximate projected salary, input the points
for each variable in the following formula:
Recommendations (D) $109.94
Supervision Received (E) $90.93
SE = 38,669 + 82*A + 9*B + 289*C + 110*D +
91*E + 120*F + 935*G
Leadership (F) $119.62
Add 12,605 if you have acquired professional status within your
Supervision Scope (G) $934.95
field (P.Eng. or P.Geo.)
Professional Designation(s) $12,604.65

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