{"id":3763,"date":"2018-04-16T14:14:58","date_gmt":"2018-04-16T14:14:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.comparably.com\/blog\/?p=3763"},"modified":"2018-04-16T14:17:40","modified_gmt":"2018-04-16T14:17:40","slug":"engineers-are-apparently-the-biggest-savers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.comparably.com\/blog\/engineers-are-apparently-the-biggest-savers\/","title":{"rendered":"Engineers Are Apparently the Biggest Savers"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>People in engineering jobs save more money than their peers in other departments at tech companies, according to the latest reading of an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.comparably.com\/culture\/tech\/all-departments\/80-what-of-your-paycheck-are-you-able-to-save-a-month\">ongoing query<\/a> by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.comparably.com\/\">Comparably<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Twenty-nine percent of engineers say they save at least 20% of their income a month and 26% say they save at least 10%. The average for all respondents regardless of department was 25% in each bucket.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Overall results across departments<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-3774 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.comparably.com\/00000000\/b\/2018\/04\/once.png\" alt=\"once\" width=\"996\" height=\"277\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.comparably.com\/00000000\/b\/2018\/04\/once-300x83.png 300w, https:\/\/cdn.comparably.com\/00000000\/b\/2018\/04\/once-768x214.png 768w, https:\/\/cdn.comparably.com\/00000000\/b\/2018\/04\/once.png 996w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 1362px) 62vw, 840px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Engineers<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-3771 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.comparably.com\/00000000\/b\/2018\/04\/fource.png\" alt=\"fource\" width=\"502\" height=\"276\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.comparably.com\/00000000\/b\/2018\/04\/fource-300x165.png 300w, https:\/\/cdn.comparably.com\/00000000\/b\/2018\/04\/fource.png 502w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 502px) 85vw, 502px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Workers in administrative roles saved the least, with 39% saying they save &#8220;nothing,&#8221; and 11% saying &#8220;I spend more than I make.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Admin<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-3775 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.comparably.com\/00000000\/b\/2018\/04\/ADMIN.png\" alt=\"ADMIN\" width=\"484\" height=\"270\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.comparably.com\/00000000\/b\/2018\/04\/ADMIN-300x167.png 300w, https:\/\/cdn.comparably.com\/00000000\/b\/2018\/04\/ADMIN.png 484w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 484px) 85vw, 484px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><b>From a regional standpoint<\/b><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Workers in San Francisco appeared to be the biggest savers, with 39% of respondents in that city saying they save 20% or more of their paycheck a month. Another 26% say they save 10%. Seattle also had high percentages of people who save good chunks of their paycheck per month.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">San Francisco<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-3765 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.comparably.com\/00000000\/b\/2018\/04\/san-francisco.png\" alt=\"san francisco\" width=\"489\" height=\"275\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.comparably.com\/00000000\/b\/2018\/04\/san-francisco-300x169.png 300w, https:\/\/cdn.comparably.com\/00000000\/b\/2018\/04\/san-francisco.png 489w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 489px) 85vw, 489px\" \/><br \/>\nSeattle<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-3768 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.comparably.com\/00000000\/b\/2018\/04\/seattle.png\" alt=\"seattle\" width=\"480\" height=\"272\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.comparably.com\/00000000\/b\/2018\/04\/seattle-300x170.png 300w, https:\/\/cdn.comparably.com\/00000000\/b\/2018\/04\/seattle.png 480w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 480px) 85vw, 480px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Houston, on the other hand, had the smallest percentages of people who saved the most each month. Eighteen percent of respondents say they save 20% of their paychecks and 25% say they save 10%.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Houston<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-3767 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.comparably.com\/00000000\/b\/2018\/04\/HOUSTON.png\" alt=\"HOUSTON\" width=\"509\" height=\"274\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.comparably.com\/00000000\/b\/2018\/04\/HOUSTON-300x161.png 300w, https:\/\/cdn.comparably.com\/00000000\/b\/2018\/04\/HOUSTON.png 509w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 509px) 85vw, 509px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The latest reading is as of April 16.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>People in engineering jobs save more money than their peers in other departments at tech companies, according to the latest reading of an ongoing query by Comparably. Twenty-nine percent of engineers say they save at least 20% of their income a month and 26% say they save at least 10%. 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