Abstract：
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, X2 = 103.17) with salaries greater than $50,000 being more prevalent with advanced degrees. Similarly, job type and salary were associated (P = 0.001, X2 = 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.
摘要：
马业每年为美国经济贡献740亿美元，提供130万个就业机会。然而,关于马科专业人员目前的工资和福利的信息有限。2022年，进行了一项在线调查，以评估工资，好处,以及马业几种职业类型的马业专业人士的教育水平。该调查包括38个有条件分支的问题，并通过社交媒体和电子通讯分发。调查分支侧重于按职业类型将参与者分为以下类别：农场管理，政府,工业,非营利组织，私人执业,和大学。最普遍的职业类型是农场管理(34%)，其次是私人执业(18%)，学术界（17%），工业（15%），非营利组织（12%），政府（4%）。用卡方分析检查变量之间的关联。观察到教育水平与薪水之间存在关联（P=0.001，X2=103.17），薪水高于50,000美元的高级学位更为普遍。同样，工作类型和工资相关(P=0.001，X2=73.47)，学术界和工业界的薪水通常大于50,000美元，而非营利组织和农场管理的薪水通常小于或等于50,000美元。与农场管理或私人执业的专业人士相比，学术界和政府部门的人获得了更多的好处(P<0.05)。从本次调查中收集的数据为评估整个马业的薪酬创造了基线，并为未来的调查提供了改进的机会。在行业薪酬比较之外，教育工作者可以利用调查数据来强调继续教育的好处，以增加工资和福利。
