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Suppliers' salaries similar to packagers'

Supplier representatives reveal salaries, benefits in exclusive Packworld.com survey.

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Ever wonder about the salaries and benefits enjoyed by people working for packaging suppliers? One-third of them earn at least $80ꯠ a year (see Chart 1). That’s according to 92 respondents to Packaging World’s salary survey conducted earlier this year on the Packworld.com Web site. Overall, salaries of supplier respondents were similar to those reported by packagers in the same survey (see packworld.com/go/c050).

To earn those incomes, 61% of supplier respondents said they worked 40 to 49 hours a week. Another 23% reported 50 to 59 hours, and 11% said they devoted at least 60 hours a week to their job. Only 5% said they worked less than 40 hours a week. Again, these numbers were comparable to those reported by packagers.

Comparing benefits

One area where survey respondents differed was in the area of benefits, where packager respondents reported a wider package of benefits more frequently than their supplier counterparts. Among the benefits mentioned more often by packagers were the following:

• Family leave (40% of packager respondents compared to 21% of supplier employees);

• Pension plans (45% packagers, 30% suppliers);

• Stock options (27% packagers, 15% suppliers);

• Life insurance (85% packagers, 74% suppliers);

• Bonus (67% packagers, 57% suppliers);

• Education reimbursement (65% packagers, 56% suppliers);

• Training for promotion (17% packagers, 10% suppliers), and

• Availability of child care (7% packagers, 1% suppliers).

Two benefits cited more frequently by supplier respondents were the use of a company car (by 19% of supplier respondents compared to 8% of packagers), and telecommuting or working from home (by 18% of suppliers; 9% packagers). Those two “advantages” make sense in that they make it more practical for supplier representatives to make sales or service calls on current or prospective customers.

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