2004 Six Sigma Salary Survey: U.S./Canada

iSixSigma’s 2004 Salary Survey for Six Sigma Professionals: U.S./Canada

This section of iSixSigma’s 2004 Salary Survey for Six Sigma Professionals
provides an overview of the average salaries in United States/Canada. 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.

Click here to go to iSixSigma’s 2004 global salary survey article.

Average Salary	BB	MBB	CH	DL
United States/Canada	$ 78,735	$ 102,943	$ 102,204	$ 115,818

By Education	BB	MBB	CH	DL
High School	$ 64,600	$ 72,500	$ 67,500	$ 68,200
Undergraduate Degree	73,708	97,859	116,000	103,833
Graduate Degree	84,199	106,262	99,318	124,722
Doctorate	101,929	114,333	152,500	133,056

By Experience	BB	MBB	CH	DL
Entry Level
3 to 5 Years	$ 71,089	$ 91,231	$ 83,214	$ 85,227
5 to 10 Years	78,359	96,164	93,438	100,000
10 to 15 Years	88,485	107,500	142,500	119,435
15 Years and More	92,532	112,260	111,667	133,750

By Industry	BB	MBB	CH	DL
Advertising/Marketing	$ 86,280	$101,429		$114,500
Aerospace/Defense	80,651	101,533	$ 93,409	114,342
Agriculture	84,375	95,000	91,250
Apparel	66,250
Automotive	75,246	96,274		97,500
Business/Consult. Services	86,558	101,286	120,000	137,955
Chemicals	84,309	107,308		117,500
Computer Hdw./Sftw./Srvs.	80,807	111,619	122,500	132,083
Construction	79,808			127,500
Diversified	73,167	106,875	92,500	135,000
Education/Research	80,833	100,357
Energy/Utilities	82,500	110,500
Engineering	70,967	93,000		97,500
Environment	74,167
Financial Services	82,361	106,136	99,167
Food/Beverages	78,333	117,500
Healthcare	70,333	93,611		97,500
Hospitality/Travel	72,500	100,000
Insurance	73,500	109,167
Machinery/Heavy Equip.	68,125
Manufacturing	66,366	92,500		75,500
Pharmaceuticals/Biotech.	90,833	107,500		130,000
Plastics/Rubber	80,500
Telecommunications	127,500
Transportation	70,833			80,833
Other	70,000

Blank spaces indicate no data available.

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