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2017 Wage Survey – image courtesy opedge.com

Thanks to everyone that completed the 2017 on-line wage survey! A record number of responses were received this year!

The response rate this year was 30% ( 1831 responses to 6128 survey requests ). Many more surveys were sent out this year as compared with 2016 (33% response rate, 1518 responses out of 4650 requests sent out). By comparison, the 2015 response rate was 30%, with 1293 survey responses received.

This year there was a huge jump in responses, thanks to members taking 10 minutes out of their day to share valuable information.

The 2017 wage survey and some highlights: …

— 2017 Member Wage Survey, Highlighted Roles —



—Role———- Minimum — Median — Maximum —


Staff Writers (TV) – $1300 – $2250 – $4200


Timing Directors   – $1500 – $2250 – $3200


Production Board   – $1250 – $2117 – $2700


Revisionists       – $974  – $1600 – $2300


Character Layout   – $889  – $2100 – $2800


BG Layout/Design   – $1000 – $1955 – $2877


Art Directors      – $1500 – $2275 – $4200


Technical Directors – $977 – $1944 – $4300


Character TDs      – $880  – $2051 – $3092


Lighting Artists   – $1177 – $2222 – $3071


3D Compositors     – $1475 – $1943 – $2311


3D Animators       – $1066 – $2052 – $3500


3D Modelers        – $1320 – $1938 – $2666



Overall, reported wage medians tended to increase over last year’s results, with a few exceptions.

The 2016 and 2017 wage surveys can be found here



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