Complete 2013 Wage Survey

At last!

The median wage rates for a majority of categories are up. (Some, of course, are down. But how could it be otherwise?)

Below, some selected categories:

Median Animation Wages -- 2013 -- (2012)

Directors (features; D-T-V) -- $3,350 -- ($3,552.50)

Directors (TV, etc.) -- $2,593.75 00 ($2,500)

Timing Directors -- $1,987.50 -- (1,884.09)

Story Artists (features, D-T-V) -- $2,200 -- ($1,987)

Production Board -- $1,962 -- ($2,000)

Character Layout -- $1,800 -- ($1,762.33)

Previs Artists -- $1,960 -- ($1,754)

Art Directors -- $2,472.73 -- ($2,400)

Prop Designers -- $1,769.68 -- ($1,725)

Tech Directors -- $1,800 -- ($1,563.65)

Riggers -- $1,868.50 -- ($1,328.68)

Surfacers/Cloth & Hair -- $2,150 -- ($2,160.70)

Staff Writers (TV) -- $2,100 -- ($2,202.50) ...

Most categories had a 20% (or more) response rate. Writers had an overall 9% response, and producers, a 12% rate.

The three highest categories were Story Art (response: 36%), Design/Color (response: 35%), and Layout/Background (response: 34%). These were out of a total of 3,585.

This year and last, the return of surveys has gone up. (24% to over 26%.) For the complete survey, go here. Overall, there wasn't a lot of movement in the wage totals. Some of the biggest swings occurred in job classifications with the lowest response rates.