Robert Abbuehl

Some more on salaries 1970 IPRS SALARY SURVEY Note: This salary survey was conducted by the IPRS Salaries Committee for the use of both boards and staff to help determine proper salary scales. Robert Abbuehl served as chairman of this committee and coordinated much of the work.

The Survey had a return of 65 persons. In evaluation, the committee divided the group by years of experience
A. 11 years or more in field
B. 6-10 years in field
C. 5 or less years in the field
and with M.S. or B.S. degrees.

I. Salary Ranges (Director or Head of a combined Department or District) are

A. 11 years or more experience (17)
Range 10,200-22,400 ......... Average 16,300
Those with M.S. (7)
10,200-21,500 Av. 17,000
Those with B.S. (10)
12,000-22,400 Av. 15,800
Assessed Evaluation 53 mil.-634 mil.
Average 212 mil.

B. 6-10 years of experience (12)
Range 11,000-18,500 ........ .Average 13,700
Those with M.S. (7)
13,000-18,500 Av. 14,400
Those with B.S. (4)
11,000-15,000 Av. 13,200
Those without degree
11,000
Assessed Evaluation 60 mil.-290 mil.
Average 111 mil.

C. 5 years or less experience
Range 9,600-15,500 ..........Average 12,300
Those with M.S. (1)
15,000 Av. 15,000
Those with B.S.
9,600-15,500 Av. 11,400
Assessed Evaluation 30 miL-235 mil.
Average 105 mil.

II. Salary Range (Director or Superintendent— Single Department or Division Head)

A. 11 years experience or more (6)
Range 10,600-15,100 ........ .Average 13,100
Those with M.S. 10,600-14,000
Those with B.S. 12,500-15,100
Assessed Evaluation 85 miL-235 mil.
Average 167 mil.

B. 6-10 years experience
Range 10,600-16,000 ........ .Average 13,300
Those with M.S. 10,600-12,600 Av. 11,600
Those with B.S. 10,900-16,000 Av. 13,300
Assessed Evaluation 71 rn.il.-240 mil.
Average 191 mil.

C. 1-5 years experience
Range 9,000-12,000 ......... .Average 10,600
Those with M.S. 12,000 Av. 12,000
Those with B.S. 9,000-12,000 Av. 10,600
Assessed Evaluation 71 miL-235 mil.
Ave. 148 mil.

III. Supervisors (not listed by years of experience)
Range 7,400-12,000 .......... .Average 9,200
Those with M.S. 9,600-12,000 Av. 10,800
Those with B.S. 7,800-10,200 Av. 8,000
Those without degrees 7,400 Av. 4,400

IV. Other Information

A. Position Held
Of the persons participating in survey
35 were Heads of combined departments
20 were Heads of single department or divisions
10 were supervisors
Experience range 9.5 years
7 average years as top executive
4 average years at present position

B. Education
1 Ph.D.
1 Dir.
23 Masters
30 Bachelors
2 Some college
3 None
5 No answer
total: 65
Major areas
Recreation or Park & Recreation .............. 46
Related field .............. 4
Other .................... 5

C. Salary Systems
8 Systems similar to local school system
16 Systems similar to local city government
15 Guides from other park districts
22 (set by local board) used no guides

D. Fringe Benefits
1. Insurance Medical Health & Hospital
23 paid for individual employee
20 paid for employee's family
30 depts. offered Major medical coverage

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2. Insurance Life Term
38 have coverage
8 none
Amount varied from 2,000 to 20,000 Av. 7,500 coverage

3. Transportation
Car for professional use
26 furnished 5 none
10 furnished for both professional and personal use
29 received reimbursement for car rate per mile 8c-15c Av. 10c

4. Living Quarters
7 persons were furnished houses
3 rent park-owned homes
1 has housing allowance

5. Retirement
47 IMRF programs
2 other retirement programs

6. Leave
53 received sick leave length of time 1 day per month to 90 days per year

7. Vacation
48 receive paid vacation
3 do not
10 blank
28 determined by length of service
7 set by board or (city) policy

8. Professional membership paid by department
48 paid to State organization
46 paid to National organization

9. Service Club membership paid by department
7 paid
18 not paid but members

10. Conference Expense paid by
Natl. 46 full 8 partial 1 none
Dist. 38 full 5 partial 3 none
State 56 full 5 partial
Workshops 43 full 3 partial

11. Educational benefits
24 permitted to continue college work
13 paid by department

V. Miscellaneous

Do you have printed personnel policies ?
44 yes 11 no 5 no ans.

Do you have salary rate systems ?
29 yes 26 no 5 no ans.

Should Dir. be paid from salary scale?
12 yes 42 no 10 no ans.

Do you want a salary survey as a guide ?
57 yes 2 no 6 no ans.

Should we have an anual salary survey to update profession ?
57 yes 2 no 6 no ans.

Recommendations

Leader—Jr. College Assoc. Degree No exp. 6,800
Leader or Sup. BS Degree No exp. 8,200
Supervisor BS Degree 1 yr. exp. 9,000
Supt. or Div. Head BS Degree 10,000
Director BS Degree 11,500 (Combined Dept.)
Major Medical for family should be paid in full by the agency.
Term Life Insurance should be provided for full time staff.
Professional should be furnished a car with all expenses paid or be reimbursed for use of their own car at 12c per mile.
Retirement plan of mutual satisfaction to parties involved should be provided. It should be comparable to the IMRF program at a minimum.
Dues for membership in professional association should be paid by agency.
Conference reimbursement should be made for conference expenses for following.

	Natl.	Dist.	State	Workshops
Dir.	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Supt.	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Supv.		Yes	Yes	Yes
Leader			Yes	Yes

Vacation should be granted at a rate of
2 weeks per year for first three years of service.
3 weeks per year after three years of service.
4 weeks per year after eight years of service.

Sick leave should be granted at minimum rate of one day per month.
(Fringe benefits should not be considered part of salary)

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