11:20 AM -- Job satisfaction is important to telecom professionals. We know this because more than 2,500 of you took our salary survey last year and told us so. We also learned that job satisfaction is defined by more than just your paycheck -- although that plays a big role.

This will be the third year we've done the salary survey, and we're eager to find out what's changed in the industry and how factors like the economy and the build-out of Long Term Evolution (LTE) are affecting the job market.

The survey takes only about five minutes to complete, but the data provides an eye-opening look at the telecom industry. Your individual answers will be kept in confidence and used only in tabulation with others.

Click here to begin.

The salary report will be made available to all registered users of Light Reading in the coming months.

Thank you in advance for your participation. We look forward to sharing the report with you!

And, in the meantime, check out our past reports:

• Light Reading's 2011/2012 Salary Survey
• Light Reading's 2010/2011 Salary Survey
• Light Reading's 2012 Social Media Report
• Light Reading's 2011 Social Networking Survey
• Light Reading's 2012 Mobile Life Survey

— Sarah Reedy, Senior Reporter, Light Reading Mobile