2004 Six Sigma Salary Survey: Worldwide

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This section of iSixSigma's 2004 Salary Survey for Six Sigma Professionals
provides an overview of the average salaries worldwide. Salaries for Black Belts (BB),
Master Black Belts (MBB), Champions (CH) and Deployment Leaders (DL) are
broken down by levels of education and experience, as well as by 26 industry
categories. The data for this report was compiled from information volunteered to
the iSixSigma Job Shop by more than 4,000 individuals in 68 different countries
and employed in a wide variety of industries.

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Average Salaries	BB	MBB	CH	DL
Worldwide	$ 70,310	$ 93,209	$ 93,317	$105,852

By Education	BB	MBB	CH	DL
High School	$ 59,167	$ 74,324	$ 64,167	$ 79,733
Undergraduate Degree	66,598	87,412	114,375	95,422
Graduate Degree	75,762	96,795	84,676	114,437
Doctorate	89,640	109,925	126,250	131,136

By Experience	BB	MBB	CH	DL
Entry Level	$ 58,931			$ 65,833
3 to 5 Years	64,337	$ 79,145	$ 75,278	85,333
5 to 10 Years	71,009	87,906	94,300	91,975
10 to 15 Years	77,899	96,771	107,346	110,344
15 Years and More	86,552	108,508	96,583	126,847

By Industry	BB	MBB	CH	DL
Advertising/Marketing	$ 75,643	$101,184		$ 97,500
Aerospace/Defense	75,867	100,142	$100,833	105,022
Agriculture	74,038	89,500
Apparel	57,389	93,700
Automotive	63,878	85,233	117,500	90,370
Business/Consult. Services	79,595	96,471	112,083	135,286
Chemicals	76,103	94,244	129,167	111,591
Computer Hdw./Sftw./Srvs.	69,428	98,083	110,167	119,583
Construction	77,857			129,500
Diversified	66,326	102,000	91,833	105,833
Education/Research	70,000	91,944
Energy/Utilities	67,315	93,214		63,750
Engineering	63,036	79,792		87,733
Environment	74,500
Financial Services	75,340	92,955	99,167	124,318
Food/Beverages	69,000	88,750
Healthcare	71,711	93,611
Hospitality/Travel	65,500
Insurance	78,583	109,167
Machinery/Heavy Equip.	62,731
Manufacturing	60,425	81,429	53,750	73,333
Pharmaceuticals/Biotech.	84,643	90,500
Plastics/Rubber	70,500
Telecommunications	72,875
Transportation	65,000	80,833
Other	66,429	115,357

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Real Time Salary Survey No need to wait until next year for an updated salary survey. Anytime you want, you can go online to the iSixSigma Job Shop. There you can compare your salary to other Six Sigma quality professionals and filter by role, education, experience, location and industry. All information is privacy protected. Who uses the Job Shop? This year’s iSixSigma salary survey was compiled from information volunteered by thousands of Job Shop users in 68 different countries and a wide variety of industries. Sign up for a free iSixSigma Job Shop account today.

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