ARE YOUR PEERS MAKING MORE THAN YOU? HERE IS YOUR TOOL FOR SOLVING THE COMPENSATION PUZZLE.

By Jim Calder and Noelle Skodzinski

ou may be sitting at your desk wondering if the stressful job that is giving you gray hair and ulcers is worth it. Or, you may be perfectly content in your current position, but just a little bit curious as to whether your salary is competitive. You also may be wondering whether you are paying your staff enough to keep them from exploring other opportunities.

THE SURVEY
METHODOLOGY

Research for Book Business’ 2007 “Book Industry Salary Guide” was conducted by an independent research organization, Readex Research.

The sample for this research project consisted of 5,404 valid e-mail addresses from recipients of Book Business’ e-mail newsletter, Book Business Extra.

A second sample was selected by Book Business from a pool of publishing industry professionals. Sources for this list included the Book Industry Study Group Inc., the Association of Educational Publishers and the Evangelical Christian Publishers Association. These combined second sample resources represented an estimated total of more than 5,000 unique individuals.

Data were collected via electronic mail from May 3 to May 14. The survey was closed for tabulation with 675 usable responses.

The margin of error for percentages based on 675 usable responses is ± 3.7 percent at the 95-percent confidence level. That is, 95 percent of the time Readex can be confident that percentages in the actual population would not vary by more than 3.7 percent in either direction. The margin of error for percentages based on smaller sample sizes (for some questions) will be larger. BB

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