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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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