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The Laboratory Safety Institute did a salary survey for CHO a few years ago. The CHO's said they spent anywhere from 5% to 100% of their time. On average they spent 25% of their time on their CHO duties. They were paid $10K to $15K for their work as CHO. That's an annualized $40 to $60K per year. ... Jim In a message dated 3/2/2006 12:00:20 A.M. Eastern Standard Time, LISTSERV**At_Symbol_Here**LIST.UVM.EDU writes: Date: Wed, 1 Mar 2006 16:13:59 -0500 From: Russ PhiferSubject: Re: Salary Question Neal - This comes up at every CHO workshop. It is RARE that anyone gets extra salary for CHO responsibilities because it is usually considered part of other duties. We occasionally see someone who's sole job is CHO, but that is also rare. The few instances where there is extra pay for CHO duties, it appears to be about a 10% bump. Russ Phifer -----Original Message----- From: DCHAS-L Discussion List [mailto:DCHAS-L**At_Symbol_Here**LIST.UVM.EDU] On Behalf Of NEAL LANGERMAN Sent: Wednesday, March 01, 2006 12:45 PM To: DCHAS-L**At_Symbol_Here**LIST.UVM.EDU Subject: Salary Question Can any of you out there offer a salary increment for ancillary duty as a CHO? The situation is a chemistry faculty member who is assigned CHO duties. He wants to know what a typical salary increment is. Thanks ------------------------------------------------------------ NEAL LANGERMAN, Ph.D. ADVANCED CHEMICAL SAFETY, Inc. 7563 Convoy Ct, San Diego CA 92111 (858) 874 5577 (858) 874 8239 (FAX) www.chemical-safety.com _http://www.chemical-safety.com/_ (http://www.chemical-safety.com/) James A. Kaufman, Ph.D. Laboratory Safety Institute (LSI) President/CEO jimkaufman**At_Symbol_Here**labsafety.org A Nonprofit International Organization for Safety in Science and Science Education 192 Worcester Road, Natick, MA 01760-2252 508-647-1900 Fax: 508-647-0062 Cell: 508-574-6264 Res: 781-237-1335 info**At_Symbol_Here**labsafety.org _www.labsafety.org_ (http://www.labsafety.org/) Making Health, Safety, and the Environment an Integral and Important Part of Education, Work, and Life