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US Government Contractors Salary Survey: Aerospace, Defense, and Information Technology

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The US Government Contractors Salary Survey: Aerospace, Defense, and Information Technology reports compensation data for 91 benchmark jobs, with an emphasis on security, intelligence, hardware, and software jobs existing in organizations contracting with the US government.

Incumbent-based — Annual; published in late. Effective data date April 30 of the given survey year. Free to participate; participants receive complimentary executive summary and discount on full report. Excel-only submission.

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Survey cycle

Annual

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  1. 1Participation opens
    October

    When employers can submit data

  2. 2Effective date
    March 31

    Data is reported “as of” this date

  3. 3Results published
    July

    When subscribers receive the dataset

Data collection runs October through March; effective date is March 31; published in July of the same survey year.