Monday, November 20, 2017

2017 Wage Survey Results

2017 Wage Survey - image courtesy opedge.com
Thanks to everyone that completed the 2017 on-line wage survey! A record number of responses were received this year!


The response rate this year was 30% ( 1831 responses to 6128 survey requests ). Many more surveys were sent out this year as compared with 2016 (33% response rate, 1518 responses out of 4650 requests sent out). By comparison, the 2015 response rate was 30%, with 1293 survey responses received.

This year there was a huge jump in responses, thanks to members taking 10 minutes out of their day to share valuable information.

The 2017 wage survey and some highlights: ...


-- 2017 Member Wage Survey, Highlighted Roles --

---Role---------- Minimum -- Median -- Maximum --

Staff Writers (TV) - $1300 - $2250 - $4200

Timing Directors   - $1500 - $2250 - $3200

Production Board   - $1250 - $2117 - $2700

Revisionists       - $974  - $1600 - $2300

Character Layout   - $889  - $2100 - $2800

BG Layout/Design   - $1000 - $1955 - $2877

Art Directors      - $1500 - $2275 - $4200

Technical Directors - $977 - $1944 - $4300

Character TDs      - $880  - $2051 - $3092

Lighting Artists   - $1177 - $2222 - $3071

3D Compositors     - $1475 - $1943 - $2311

3D Animators       - $1066 - $2052 - $3500

3D Modelers        - $1320 - $1938 - $2666

Overall, reported wage medians tended to increase over last year's results, with a few exceptions.

The 2016 and 2017 wage surveys can be found here


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