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AIGA/Aquent Salary Survey 2006
AIGA/Aquent Survey of Design Salaries 2006 is
mailed to all AIGA professional members.
Compensation is reported in terms of three statistics: the 25th percentile,
the median (or 50th percentile), and the 75th percentile. The 25th percentile
represents that value which is greater than 25 percent of all values; the median
that value greater than 50 percent of all values, and so on.
Salary/wages overview
| Position |
25th % |
median |
75th % |
number responding |
| Solo designer |
$35,000 |
$48,000 |
$69,400 |
517 |
Owner, partner, principal |
$50,000 |
$75,000 |
$110,000 |
704 |
| Creative / Design director |
$59,000 |
$76,000 |
$99,200 |
1158 |
| Art director |
$47,500 |
$59,600 |
$74,700 |
986 |
| Senior designer |
$42,000 |
$50,000 |
$61,000 |
1093 |
| Designer |
$32,000 |
$38,500 |
$45,000 |
1093 |
| Entry-level designer |
$29,000 |
$33,000 |
$36,000 |
221 |
| Print production artist |
$31,500 |
$40,000 |
$48,500 |
133 |
| Copywriter |
$49,000 |
$62,000 |
$75,000 |
70 |
| Web designer |
$40,000 |
$47,100 |
$55,000 |
129 |
| Web Developer front-end/interface systems |
$45,000 |
$57,000 |
$72,600 |
39 |
| Web Producer / senior producer / executive producer |
$45,000 |
$53,100 |
$67,000 |
22 |
| Content developer |
$64,000 |
$68,300 |
$80,000 |
13 |
| Marketing or new business mananger or director |
$44,000 |
$62,500 |
$90,000 |
55 |
About the full survey
The AIGA||Aquent Survey of Design Salaries is commissioned annually by AIGA, with the support of its partner, Aquent, AIGA's official sponsor for professional development, and in cooperation with Communication Arts magazine. The salary survey is part of a comprehensive program of AIGA activities developed to serve the professional designer with strategies for success as well as sources of inspiration. AIGA is the principal source of information on the design economy.
The AIGAA|Aquent Survey of Design Salaries 2006 draws from an extensive pool of designers and others allied with the profession nationwide, and includes responses from more than 3,600 design professionals. The surveys are widely recognized as the most comprehensive surveys of compensation conducted in these professional positions.
Salary figures are broken down by region, metro area, and type, size and client
base of organization. The survey also includes data about the use of retirement
plans, family and medical coverage, and other employment benefits, as well as
descriptions of the positions surveyed. To receive access to the full survey results online as well as a print copy of the survey,
join AIGA.
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