February, ’20] 
BUSINESS PROCEEDINGS 
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a questionnaire was sent, in August, to all members of the Association. The purpose 
of this was to disclose accurately the condition of salaries throughout the profession 
and to solicit the judgment of members as to the amount of increases that should 
take place. 
The questionnaires were returned by 260 men engaged in the profession of ento¬ 
mology. Geographically the replies represent forty states, the District of Columbia, 
the Dominion of Canada, Mexico, the Canal Zone and the Territory of Hawaii. 
All replies were divided into three classes, as follows: 
Class I. Men who are at the head of a department or important division of 
work. This includes department heads in colleges and experiment stations, state 
entomologists, chief state inspectors, and men in charge of divisions in the Bureau 
of Entomology and in the Dominion Service. 
Class II. Men not officially the head of a department but responsible for an 
important and well-defined section of work. This includes associates in our larger 
departments. Under this is included, also, men employed by the Federal Bureau 
and in charge of sub-stations. 
Class III. Men who are doing the work of assistants. 
It is appreciated that the above divisions cannot be considered as definite lines of 
demarcation. Many assistants carry a large measure of responsibility. In each of 
the three classes the actual amount of responsibility and general nature of the work 
vary with different individuals. 
Assuming the above classification and omitting a few replies from men who have 
lately changed their position or who could not be classified for other reasons, there 
are found to be sixty-seven replies in Class I, sixty-six in Class II and one hundred 
and fifteen in Class III. 
Class I 
Of the 67 men in this class 34 are doing teaching as a part or all of their work; 
35 have experiment station duties; 32 are in state departments in whole or in part; 
22 are in federal employ. 
The average total compensation in this class, including house rent or other addi¬ 
tional compensation prevailing in a few instances, is S3,014.91. 
The average annual vacation enjoyed by men in Class I is 27.6 days; 63 per cent 
of these men are allowed time in which to attend professional meetings, expenses 
being paid in varying degree or not at all; 29 per cent are permitted time in which 
to do graduate work. Four men receive full pay while doing such work. The rest 
receive half pay or none at all. 
The average years of service spent by the men in this class in official entomological 
work is 18.6. The average years spent in their present position is 11.9. The average 
years of college preparation before taking professional position is 5.7 years. 
Class II 
In Class II, 66 replies are tabulated; 11 of these men are doing teaching; 17 are 
doing experiment station work; 10 are in state departments or are doing inspection 
service; 44 are in the federal service 
The average total salary received by men in Class II, including outside compensa¬ 
tion, is $2,069.73. 
The average annual vacation allowed is 23.3 days. Of these men 22.7 per cent 
have opportunity to attend annual meetings, but only a part of these can draw their 
traveling expense on such attendance. In this group 10.6 per cent are allowed time 
for graduate work and of these one draws full pay while doing such work. 
The average number of years that these men have been engaged in professional 
