accurate salary survey?
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- mcLeod
where can i find an accurate salary survey broken down by regions (in the US) for creative jobs?
- k0na_an0k0
man pix, i hope the first one is way off cause i'm getting paid over 30k less than what i should be.
try asking for THAT come next raise.
- imprint0
www.bls.gov
bureau of labor statistics
- auricom0
as nice as they are to have, they only upset me even more. my boss laughed at the AIGA survey when we showed him what we should be at for the Mid_Atlantic Region.
freelance anyone?
- werker0
These surveys are no longer relevant when the position requires you know print production, network systems, database building, video post-production, flash action scripting, project management, content management programming, 3d applications, environmental design and branding. I saw one that wanted all of that (a art museum) and paid $16US last week.
And we keep giving in and going freelance so that these firms end up being nothing but sales and administrators that outsource for all creative which brings it all down. It is the Ad firm paradigm, the bastard child of the design industry that is winning out.
The AIGA doesnt seem to give a sh*t about whats happening, I suppose they think that putting these obviously bogus results on their site that it will somehow fix things.
What's worse is that the work I see lately is so bad. Because we are all fighting for clients everyone cuts corners.
- werker0
thats $16,000 US per year
- Bio0
the aiga is nothing but a name nowadays. they hold no authority and even the name draws a yawn from today's designers.
being a member does what exactly? i was a member for a few years and other than the occasional "meetings" which were so stuffy that it felt like "the man" was running it all. that was 4 years ago.
maybe things are different now, but i doubt it. not to hate or anything... just my useless thoughts on something that could be good but falls short.
- Bio0
can of worms anyone.
=)
- werker0
I cancelled my membership after Beirut decided that there is no good internet sites anywhere in the world. Not one.
I have no patience for an organization that is being used to attract clients to Pentagram. In fact, the year that happaned many people were turned off to the AIGA.
I think it works on a local level as I have seen vast differences between chapters. They are pretty self-sufficent and good for networking.
- BonSeff0
applauds bio
aiga's conferrences are always affordable too