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AIGA/Aquent Salary Survey 2009

AIGA/Aquent Survey of Design Salaries 2009 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 $40,000 $55,000 $75,400 1759
Owner, partner, principal $60,000 $90,000 $128,000 1011
Creative / Design director $70,000 $90,000 $120,000 1391
Art director $54,500 $68,000 $81,000 1583
Senior designer $50,000 $60,000 $72,000 2161
Designer $38,000 $45,000 $53,000 2767
Entry-level designer $30,000 $35,000 $40,000 1010
Print production artist $34,000 $42,000 $51,600 481
Web designer $43,000 $54,000 $65,000 658
Copywriter $45,000 $55,000 $70,000 454
Print Production Manager $45,000 $55,000 $70,000 455
Marketing or new business mananger or director $55,000 $71,000 $90,000 387
Web Developer front-end/interface systems $50,000 $60,000 $72,000 384
Web Producer / senior producer / executive producer $50,000 $65,000 $79,000 233
Web/Senior/Executive Producer $55,000 $70,000 $90,000 183
Content developer $64,000 $68,300 $80,000 134

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 AIGAAA|Aquent Survey of Design Salaries 2009 draws from the largest pool to date of designers and others allied with the profession nationwide, and includes responses from more than 9,000 design professionals. The AIGGA|Aquent survey is widely recognized as the most comprehensive annual survey of compensation data for the communication design profession in the United States. Visit www.designsalaries.org to use the interactive Salary Calculator.

In addition to the compensation data, this year’s survey includes essays written by design professionals offering advice on staying competitive in a turbulent economy.

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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