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I'm looking for suggestions to find salary ranges for office positions.  I find it especially difficult in the construction industries to get find applicable roles to compare salaries.

For example, a Contract Administrator - that could me so many things, in addition to the other variables like location and company size - so how do I find if we're paying competitively for this role?

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Deanna Burroughs CPA
Director of Finance
Battaglia Electric, Inc.
New Castle DE
(302) 325-6100
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​We participate in annual salary surveys but they are skewed toward operations positions - superintendents, project managers, estimators, etc.
It would be useful to know wage rates for the positions of receptionist, secretary, payroll clerk, accounts payable clerk, accounts receivable clerk, and accountant.

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Paul Oliver
W S Bellows Construction
Houston TX
(713) 812-2630
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Original Message:
Sent: 04-12-2018 08:54
From: Deanna Burroughs
Subject: Salary ranges

I'm looking for suggestions to find salary ranges for office positions.  I find it especially difficult in the construction industries to get find applicable roles to compare salaries.

For example, a Contract Administrator - that could me so many things, in addition to the other variables like location and company size - so how do I find if we're paying competitively for this role?

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Deanna Burroughs CPA
Director of Finance
Battaglia Electric, Inc.
New Castle DE
(302) 325-6100
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​I used PAS, Inc. for salary ranges when I was a controller for a road builder a few years back. It cost money - however, it is worth it. Plus, Jeff Robinson from PAS, Inc. is a CFMA member.

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Cynthia Walters
Project Cost Accountant
CTI and Associates, Inc.
Northville MI
(313) 418-4423
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Original Message:
Sent: 04-12-2018 14:38
From: Paul Oliver
Subject: Salary ranges

​We participate in annual salary surveys but they are skewed toward operations positions - superintendents, project managers, estimators, etc.
It would be useful to know wage rates for the positions of receptionist, secretary, payroll clerk, accounts payable clerk, accounts receivable clerk, and accountant.

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Paul Oliver
W S Bellows Construction
Houston TX
(713) 812-2630

Original Message:
Sent: 04-12-2018 08:54
From: Deanna Burroughs
Subject: Salary ranges

I'm looking for suggestions to find salary ranges for office positions.  I find it especially difficult in the construction industries to get find applicable roles to compare salaries.

For example, a Contract Administrator - that could me so many things, in addition to the other variables like location and company size - so how do I find if we're paying competitively for this role?

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Deanna Burroughs CPA
Director of Finance
Battaglia Electric, Inc.
New Castle DE
(302) 325-6100
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Ranstad Professionals produces and annual finance & accounting salary guide. It's broken down by state, metro area, and company size. You will find salary ranges from AP Clerk up to executive levels.

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John Whittington
Environmental Air Systems, Inc.
Greensboro NC
(336) 273-1975
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Original Message:
Sent: 04-12-2018 08:54
From: Deanna Burroughs
Subject: Salary ranges

I'm looking for suggestions to find salary ranges for office positions.  I find it especially difficult in the construction industries to get find applicable roles to compare salaries.

For example, a Contract Administrator - that could me so many things, in addition to the other variables like location and company size - so how do I find if we're paying competitively for this role?

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Deanna Burroughs CPA
Director of Finance
Battaglia Electric, Inc.
New Castle DE
(302) 325-6100
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Good morning,

I'm trying to find salary information for all positions, including executive level, relevant to our company size and geographic area. I've tried salary.com, payscale.com, glassdoor.com and roberthalf.com. I also find it difficult to determine construction industry specific job roles as they relate to general contractors and specialty contractors.

Roberthalf.com has a salary calculator to determine finance, accounting and administrative salary ranges. The calculator asks for job information including geographic information to arrive at a salary range not including benefits or bonuses. I hope this helps.

Thanks,




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Kimberly Ortegon, MBA
Chief Financial Officer
PBS Contractors &
Wall Systems Contractors
Naples FL
(239) 643-1921
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Original Message:
Sent: 04-13-2018 07:05
From: John Whittington
Subject: Salary ranges

Ranstad Professionals produces and annual finance & accounting salary guide. It's broken down by state, metro area, and company size. You will find salary ranges from AP Clerk up to executive levels.

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John Whittington
Environmental Air Systems, Inc.
Greensboro NC
(336) 273-1975

Original Message:
Sent: 04-12-2018 08:54
From: Deanna Burroughs
Subject: Salary ranges

I'm looking for suggestions to find salary ranges for office positions.  I find it especially difficult in the construction industries to get find applicable roles to compare salaries.

For example, a Contract Administrator - that could me so many things, in addition to the other variables like location and company size - so how do I find if we're paying competitively for this role?

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Deanna Burroughs CPA
Director of Finance
Battaglia Electric, Inc.
New Castle DE
(302) 325-6100
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Original Message------

I'm looking for suggestions to find salary ranges for office positions.  I find it especially difficult in the construction industries to get find applicable roles to compare salaries.

For example, a Contract Administrator - that could me so many things, in addition to the other variables like location and company size - so how do I find if we're paying competitively for this role?

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Deanna Burroughs CPA
Director of Finance
Battaglia Electric, Inc.
New Castle DE
(302) 325-6100
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I have found that ABC and AGC are pretty good sources and more specific to each region.  The more people that participate in the annual surveys, the higher the quality of data.

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Mike Stansbury
Controller
NorthPoint Construction Management
Hudson NH
(603) 716-6664
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Original Message:
Sent: 04-12-2018 08:54
From: Deanna Burroughs
Subject: Salary ranges

I'm looking for suggestions to find salary ranges for office positions.  I find it especially difficult in the construction industries to get find applicable roles to compare salaries.

For example, a Contract Administrator - that could me so many things, in addition to the other variables like location and company size - so how do I find if we're paying competitively for this role?

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Deanna Burroughs CPA
Director of Finance
Battaglia Electric, Inc.
New Castle DE
(302) 325-6100
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Deanna,

Have you done any searches within glassdoor.com.  This isn't a perfect tool but you can search search salaries > position by location > industry.  This will give you the salary range and average salary based on your criteria.  Of course this is reliant on community reporting.

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Paul Dowdakin CPA
Controller
Bigane Paving Co.
Chicago IL
(312) 738-0600
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Original Message:
Sent: 04-12-2018 08:54
From: Deanna Burroughs
Subject: Salary ranges

I'm looking for suggestions to find salary ranges for office positions.  I find it especially difficult in the construction industries to get find applicable roles to compare salaries.

For example, a Contract Administrator - that could me so many things, in addition to the other variables like location and company size - so how do I find if we're paying competitively for this role?

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Deanna Burroughs CPA
Director of Finance
Battaglia Electric, Inc.
New Castle DE
(302) 325-6100
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I too have used PAS's Executive and Support Staff salary survey data.  I have found it to be very helpful and construction industry specific.

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Douglas Godwin CPA, CCIFP
Vice President & Chief Financial Officer
S. T. Wooten Corporation
Wilson NC
(252) 291-5165
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Original Message:
Sent: 04-12-2018 08:54
From: Deanna Burroughs
Subject: Salary ranges

I'm looking for suggestions to find salary ranges for office positions.  I find it especially difficult in the construction industries to get find applicable roles to compare salaries.

For example, a Contract Administrator - that could me so many things, in addition to the other variables like location and company size - so how do I find if we're paying competitively for this role?

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Deanna Burroughs CPA
Director of Finance
Battaglia Electric, Inc.
New Castle DE
(302) 325-6100
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