So, wondering how your salary stacks up against your digital agency colleague? Or your boss? Here are all the gory details. And if you're looking for more dosh, move to Melbourne.
AIMIA's Second Digital Industry Salary Survey surveyed 74 digital agencies across the country. It found salaries rose 7% over the past 12 months and is expected to increase a further 5% in the next 12 months. Eighty percent of staff in the agencies were on a permanent basis while 11% were part-time and 9% were freelance.
The industry churn rate is at a decent 13% while the average tenure was two years.
Now that all those important figures are out of the way, here's the juicy stuff. Or the really depressing stuff if you happen to work in an editorial newsroom...
Your cherished boss or beloved chief executive made an average of $270,000 a year while the managing director pocketed $205,896. The general manager claimed a cool $162,561 and the head of digital or director of digital earned an average of $144,245.
The account services positions ranged from $47,348 for junior burgers to $154,917 for group account directors.
Producers made between $49,475 (content producer) and $195,170 (production director).
The executive creative director in your office made something around the $191,253 mark at the highest end while the lowest paid creative was a junior designer at $47,443.
And you know those creative technologists, the guys no one's really sure what it is they do? They made an average of $115,000. Strategy directors took home $198,566 while data analysts made $84,286. Even the community manager, who we're sure are more than just grads playing at Facebook all day, pocketed $63,789.
If you think your pay packet is a little thin, our advice is to move to Melbourne. In most positions, Victorians were paid better than their NSW counterparts. For example, a producer in NSW averaged $76,000 but collected $95,000 in Victoria while a creative director in Victoria averaged $210,000 to their NSW rival's $183,000.
Now if you'll excuse us, we're all going to drown our sorrows now at the pub for the rest of the day. Oh wait, it's not the 1980s so journos can't really do that any more.
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