This year's salary survey shows wages on the rise, and mixed feelings towards work and engineering as a career.

Good news: MACHINE DESIGN reader salaries are up. The 2005 Salary Survey of over 900 readers found an average salary of $70,600, up from $68,000 last year. For most respondents, the change in salary was a 1 to 5% increase. And about 59% of them receive a bonus, overtime, or special incentive compensation equal to 1 to 5% of their base pay. Most say their bonus is based on company profit sharing and personal performance.

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