University of Minnesota, Department of Animal Science, 1364 Eckles Ave, Saint Paul, MN 55108, United States.
Wright State University, Lake Campus, Celina, OH, United States.
J Equine Vet Sci. 2024 Sep;140:105142. doi: 10.1016/j.jevs.2024.105142. Epub 2024 Jun 28.
The equine industry contributes $74 billion and provides 1.3 million jobs annually to the United States economy. However, limited information is available on the current salaries and benefits of equine professionals. In 2022, an online survey was conducted to assess salaries, benefits, and education levels of equine professionals across several career types in the equine industry. The survey consisted of 38 questions with conditional branching and was distributed through social media and e-newsletters. Survey branching focused on grouping participants by career type into the following categories: farm management, government, industry, nonprofit, private practice, and university. The most prevalent career type represented was farm management (34%) followed by private practice (18%), academia (17%), industry (15%), nonprofit (12%), and government (4%). Associations between variables were examined with Chi-squared analysis. An association was observed between education level and salary (P = 0.001, X = 103.17) with salaries greater than $50,000 being more prevalent with advanced degrees. Similarly, job type and salary were associated (P = 0.001, X = 73.47), where salaries for academia and industry careers were often greater than $50,000 and nonprofit and farm management salaries were more often less or equal to $50,000. Compared to professionals in farm management or in private practice, those in academia and government received more benefits (P<0.05). Data collected from this survey creates a baseline for evaluating compensation across the equine industry and exposed opportunities for improvements in future surveys. Outside of industry salary comparisons, survey data can be used by educators to emphasize the benefit of further education to increase salary and benefits.
马业每年为美国经济贡献 740 亿美元，提供 130 万个工作岗位。然而，关于马业专业人士的当前薪资和福利的信息有限。2022 年，进行了一项在线调查，以评估马业中几种职业类型的马业专业人士的薪资、福利和教育水平。该调查由 38 个问题组成，具有条件分支，通过社交媒体和电子通讯进行分发。调查分支侧重于根据职业类型将参与者分为以下几类：农场管理、政府、行业、非营利组织、私人诊所和大学。代表最普遍的职业类型是农场管理（34%），其次是私人诊所（18%）、学术界（17%）、行业（15%）、非营利组织（12%）和政府（4%）。使用卡方分析检查变量之间的关联。观察到教育水平与薪资之间存在关联（P=0.001，X=103.17），拥有较高学历的人的薪资往往超过 50,000 美元。同样，工作类型和薪资也存在关联（P=0.001，X=73.47），学术界和行业职业的薪资往往超过 50,000 美元，非营利组织和农场管理的薪资往往低于或等于 50,000 美元。与农场管理或私人实践的专业人员相比，学术界和政府的专业人员获得的福利更多（P<0.05）。从这项调查中收集的数据为评估整个马业的薪酬提供了基准，并为未来的调查提供了改进的机会。除了行业薪资比较外，调查数据还可以由教育工作者用于强调进一步教育的好处，以提高薪资和福利。
