today we will take a look at the income of a
PLC programmer in the top four countries of USA Canada UK and Germany. so, in this video we are
aiming clearly to answer the question how much does a PLC programmer make? as it turns out this
was not as easy a task as initially anticipated as a position or title of a person who performs
PLC programming duties varies from countries to countries therefore in order to find some
commonality across borders, i landed on the title automation engineer which represented a person
performing PLC programming and HMI design duties. so if you are curious how much a PLC
programmer makes or if you're already working in the field as a PLC programmer and are wondering
where you rank compared to others in your country be sure keep watching this video. this is not a cut and dry answer, as i allude
to previously many factors will impact what you will make performing the duties of a PLC
programmer that include but are not limited to, your educational background, the country,
state, city in which you reside, the number of years you have been working in the field,
and of course the company you are working for. the info we provide for this video will give a
range of salary one can expect to making their respective countries and the average salary and
median for that country.
If you are a student tradesman or just someone contemplating pursuing a
carrier the full of automation and PLC programming i would encourage you to check out “how to
choose a PLC brand for learning PLC”. this video highlights some important knowledge you will need
to know to choose the right PLC brand for working in your region. like i said the common position
i was able to find across four countries was the job title “automation engineer” which indicate
duties that would include both PLC programming and HMI design.
The data was gathered from
payescale.com, which turned out to be excellent resource for salary searches. all country data for
the job title automation engineer indicated that the position would typically be held by someone
who had less than 20 years experience i know i know it's a little broad after which individual
would typically move on to more senior positions. an automation engineer in the United
States make on average 78,721 USD per year with a median salary of 79,000
USD with an overall salary range of 58,000 USD on the low end to 111,000 USD on the
high end proof that being an automation engineer or PLC programmer in the united
states can be very lucrative. let's go to the country from sea to sea Canada,
Canada is the second largest country in the world in area after Russia occupy roughly
the northern two-fifths of the continent of north America Canada’s economy grew 5.4 percent
in the in the third quarter on the analyzed basis beating analysts expectations for the gain of
3 percent.
