Salary Surveys always create considerable interest. Although a less formal study was conducted several years ago via the Microscopy Society listserver, the authors are not aware of a complete study since the one conducted by the MSA nearly 20 years ago. The current study followed a format frequently used by Microscopy/Microscopy Education (MME), typically delivered at microscopy-related scientific meetings to gather trends on new and existing instrumentation. It was mailed the middle of 2004 to nearly 15,000 US readers of Microscopy Today. Returns were collected and processed by an independent contractor.