AIGA|Aquent Salary Survey
Each year, AIGA and Aquent join forces to conduct an extensive compensation survey for the communication design profession—the largest of its kind.
AIGA|Aquent Survey of Design Salaries 2012
The 2012 survey includes resources from more than 8,000 design professionals nationwide and features an interactive overview of compensation, insights from respondents and a comparison calculator.
See the results online at designsalaries.aiga.org, and log in as an AIGA member to use the interactive salary calculator.
AIGA|Aquent Survey of Design Salaries 2011
In 2011, AIGA and Aquent expanded the list of positions and descriptions to include a broader cross section of the design industry. Responses were collected from more than 7,000 design professionals and a new interactive format was launched online to help hiring managers, designers and students evaluate compensation trends across the profession and throughout the country. A 2011–2012 median salary comparison tool is available at designsalaries.aiga.org.
AIGA|Aquent Survey of Design Salaries
2010
The 2010 survey draws from the largest pool to date of designers
and others allied with the profession nationwide, and includes
responses from more than 7,500 design professionals.
View the full 2010 survey (PDF)
AIGA|Aquent Survey of Design Salaries 2009
In addition to compensation data, the 2009 report
included essays written by design professionals offering advice on
staying competitive in a turbulent economy.
View the full 2009 survey (PDF)
AIGA|Aquent Survey of Design Salaries 2008
Supplementing
data on compensation, the 2008 report included observations from
established designers on factors beyond compensation that make a
career satisfying.
View the full 2008 survey (PDF)
About the survey
The AIGA|Aquent Survey of Design Salaries is commissioned annually by AIGA, with the support of Aquent,
AIGA’s Official Sponsor for Professional Development, and in
cooperation with Communication Arts magazine. As the principal source of
information on the design economy, AIGA produces this salary survey as
part of a comprehensive program of activities developed to
serve the professional designer with strategies for success.
AIGA Survey Partner
Aquent is the only global staffing company dedicated to creative, marketing and digital roles exclusively for Fortune 1000 companies. The world’s most renowned global brands come to Aquent for high-caliber freelance talent. Its new division, Vitamin T, provides small, mid-sized and ad agency clients with faster, easier access to in-demand interactive talent. Aquent and Vitamin T have built an impressive global network of marketing and creative services professionals, including print and interactive designers, UX designers and developers, copywriters, brand managers, market researchers, and more. For more information, go to www.aquent.com.