[sarcasm]

Your own chart disproves your argument. Hint - take a course in reading. (laughing)

[Rome2000]

Indeed, some 46 percent of our U.S. EE sample collected bonuses last year, averaging about $6,000. By comparison, in 2000, 62 percent of our sample got bonuses. That's a drop of 16 percentage points in just three years, illustrating that bonuses hinge on the company's performance and are not to be depended on

A lot of the major A/E consortiums (AECOM, Tetra Tech, etc) have stopped paying bonuses, regardless of how well they are doing.

After 20 years in the engineering field, I have gone over to the General Contracting side, where bonuses and substantial salary increases are not dirty words.

The engineering field, at least as related to the MEP engineers designing buildings, has been prostituted to the degree that I wouldn't recommend it to college bound students.

They are better off getting a degree in Construction Management.