IDA's salary statistics are valid and reliable

IDA’s analysis department has compared the statistics from IDA and DI. The conclusion is that the salary levels for engineers are practically identical in the statistics from DI and IDA respectively.

If your employer calls IDA’s salary statistics into question, claiming that they rather indicate the trade union’s wishful thinking, you may assure them that IDA’s salary statistics are very reliable.

The salary levels in IDA’s salary statistics are largely comparable to those of DI’s statistics.

Memorandum

Salary statistics from IDA and DI

IDA has compared the salary statistics from IDA and DI. The conclusion is that again in 2024 there are no major systematic deviations and that IDA members can safely use the statistics in negotiations. (Published May, 2025)

Memorandum

Salary statistics from IDA and DI

IDA has compared the salary statistics from IDA and DI. The conclusion is that again in 2024 there are no major systematic deviations and that IDA members can safely use the statistics in negotiations. (Published May, 2025)

IDA’s analysis department explains in a memo that when the different salary definitions and the various populations have been accounted for, the salary levels for the two groups of engineers are practically identical in the statistics from DI and IDA respectively.

Thus we at IDA believe that IDA’s salary statistics are a very reliable tool for our members to use when negotiating salaries with their employers.

Memorandum

Salary development: Differences between IDA and DI's calculations

For the individual, calculating salary development from one year to the next will typically be relatively simple. But when it needs to cover a larger group, there are a number of issues that need to be considered. The memo is published July 2024

Memorandum

Salary development: Differences between IDA and DI's calculations

For the individual, calculating salary development from one year to the next will typically be relatively simple. But when it needs to cover a larger group, there are a number of issues that need to be considered. The memo is published July 2024

Use IDA's salary tools to check your salary

IDA's Salary Statistics is just one of the many tools you, as a member of IDA, have access to in order to calculate your salary. 

All IDA's salary tools are based on IDA's Salary Statistics and are updated once a year in December. 

As a member of IDA, you can check these tools and get help finding the right salary: 

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Get help with salary negotiations and get the salary you're worth! As an IDA member, you have free access to our salary tools, salary negotiation courses and personalised salary advice.