Each year since 1986, PCD&F conducts a survey of printed circuit board designers and engineers looking at trends in wages, experience, certifications, technology and other aspects. Links to the surveys are below:

• "Among PCB Designers, Raises are Up, Benefits are Down and Deadlines Don’t Budge" (September 2025)
• "Young Guns: The 2024 Designers Salary Survey" (August 2024)
• "Show Them the Money: The 2023 PCD&F PCB Designer Salary Survey" (September 2023)
• "The ECAD Industry is Firing on All Cylinders. No Wonder Wages are Rising." (September 2022)
• "In an Unpredictable World, PCB Design Engineering Stays Steady" (September 2021)
• "It Was Predicted for Years. Engineers Are Finally Taking Over PCB Design." (June 2020)
• "Going Green: PCB Designers Say Salaries on Rise" (February 2019)
• "Among Designers, Compensation, Job Satisfaction on the Rise" (August 2017)
• "The PCB Design Community: Seasoned, Stable, Prosperous" (August 2016)
• "PCB Design Industry Thrives While in Need of New Recruits" (September 2015)
• "Fresh Faces in the Design Community" (October 2014)
• "Better with Age" (August 2013)
• "Mixed Signals" (April 2012)
• "The Price is Right" (May 2011)
• "The Year of Staying Employed" (June 2010)
• "Designers Take on Technology Challenges in 2008" (December 2008)
• "The 2007 PCB Designer Salary Survey" (December 2007)
• The 2006 Designer and Design Engineer Salary Survey" (November 2006)
• "The 2005 Designer and Design Engineer Salary Survey" (November 2005)
• "The PCD&M Design Engineer Salary Survey" (November 2004)
• "A Year of Transition" (November 2003)
• "Satisfaction Guaranteed? Annual Salary Survey Results (November 2002)
• "2001 Salary Survey Results" (January 2002)
• "Salary Survey Results 2000" (November 2000)