Pay Raises for PE
Pay Raises for PE
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thread731-160778: How big a raise after I pass my PE??
Any one have new data on the amount of a pay raise for obtaining a PE?
Thanks,
bumpjones
Any one have new data on the amount of a pay raise for obtaining a PE?
Thanks,
bumpjones





RE: Pay Raises for PE
RE: Pay Raises for PE
BTW, just for the record, my employers have always paid my semi-annual license fee so I guess you could call that an additional 'perk' since the license belongs to ME and is NOT the property of my employer, unlike the two patents I had to assign to them, albeit in leu of a modest 'payment' to keep it legal.
John R. Baker, P.E.
Product 'Evangelist'
Product Engineering Software
Siemens PLM Software Inc.
Industry Sector
Cypress, CA
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RE: Pay Raises for PE
That "keep it legal" comment got me thinking. My first patent I was working for a production company and they paid me $150 "transfer fee". The next one, I was consulting for the same company and they required me to put a line item on my next invoice for one hour and label it "transfer fee". The last patent application that I assigned to them they never asked for any documentation of explicit payment of a transfer fee. I wonder if the transfer was tainted since they didn't "pay me" for transferring it? The latest one is the only one of the three that was awarded in the end and the only one that has a potential market. Now you have me thinking evil thoughts.
David Simpson, PE
MuleShoe Engineering
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RE: Pay Raises for PE
Now a friend of mine, who worked for Dow Chemical (in the next big city over), when he retired after 30 years, for his 23 patents he had gotten 23 silver dollars encased in Lucite as sort of 'trophies', and that's all he got, period. Dow had literally complied with their patent agreement, which also stated that he would get 'ONE DOLLAR PAID IN HAND', the minimum legal amount when transferring a 'real asset' (like when you sell someone a car, even if it's a relative, you have to produce an invoice for at least one dollar). I guess if he (I suspect he's dead by now so it would be his heirs) if they had those chunks of Lucite I guess the coins in them could be worth something today, perhaps even more than the $100 that I got for my patents
John R. Baker, P.E.
Product 'Evangelist'
Product Engineering Software
Siemens PLM Software Inc.
Industry Sector
Cypress, CA
Siemens PLM:
UG/NX Museum:
To an Engineer, the glass is twice as big as it needs to be.
RE: Pay Raises for PE
RE: Pay Raises for PE
That's been my experience. I got my PE in 1984, at which time my employer, a consulting firm, paid a $250 one-time bonus and gave you a promotion. After that, as other folks got their PEs in places I worked, the best I've actually seen was the three items I mentioned first plus a really nice frame for the license.
Best to you,
Goober Dave
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RE: Pay Raises for PE
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RE: Pay Raises for PE
A very enlightening conversation and he even bought lunch. No raise. No bonus. No party. Just a Dutch-uncle talk to make sure that I didn't do anything for the company that would bankrupt my family. I appreciated that a lot more than a fancy frame for my license.
David Simpson, PE
MuleShoe Engineering
"Belief" is the acceptance of an hypotheses in the absence of data.
"Prejudice" is having an opinion not supported by the preponderance of the data.
"Knowledge" is only found through the accumulation and analysis of data.
The plural of anecdote is not "data"