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...
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2017 Wage Survey - image courtesy opedge.com |
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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