Wednesday, September 28, 2016

2016 WAGE SURVEY

It took a bit of time, but TAG has now compiled the data for wages in the last half of 2015 and first half of 2016.

The total return of survey forms was 33% (1,518 returned and tallied out of 4,650 sent out). The 2015 return rate was 30%, if you're wondering. The 2016 survey and some highlights: ...

------ 2016 Member Wage Survey ------

------ Minimum ------ Median ----- Maximum -----

Staff Writers (TV) -- $1,000 -- $2,200 -- $3,750

Timing Directors -- $1,500 -- $2,000 -- $2,865

Production Board -- $1,238.40 -- $2,047.20 -- $3,605

Revisionists -- $950 -- $1,570 -- $2,047.20

Character Layout -- $1,054.55 -- $1,900 -- $4,000

Backgrnd Layout/Design -- $1,000 -- $1,950 -- $2,400

Art Directors -- $1,243.75 -- $2,210.90 -- $3,570

Tech Directors -- $1,200 -- $1,780.08 -- $3,203.50

Character TDs -- $1,270 -- $1,961.53 -- $3,472

Lighters -- $1,040 -- $2,021.05 -- $,769.23

3D Compositors -- $1240 -- $1,884.60 -- $2,600

3D Animators -- $1,500 -- $2,060 -- $4,346

3D Modelers -- $1,100 -- $1,826.92 -- $2,500

This year's data shows a wage decline in 27% of the Guild's job categories, and a hike in 73% of them. Many of the declines were small; the drop for CG lighters, to cite one example, was a whopping 71 cents.

The 2015 and 2016 wage surveys can be found here. Feel free to burrow through the various numbers.

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