ACDs in Toronto: what’s your salary? Want to get a sense of the current avg. $

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120k is on the low end. I had that for a year with my first ACD title. Now at 145. (With a new job)

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Fuck Im underpaid.

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Thanks for this! There’s unfortunately only about 3 Toronto acd salaries on this from what I saw. So was hoping to get a wider perspective.

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My sense is ~$120k but I'm sure that depends on the agency.

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So you’d never be an ACD earning 100k? Is 100k senior level then?

Depends on the size of the shop and if it’s a new job or promotion, but 100k is what I made as a senior AD. Feels way too low to me as an ACD salary.

How many years experience on average/minimum do you need to be earning 120k+ salary as an ACD? I’m seeing a lot of title bloating & young ACDs with less than 8 years experience so I’m just wondering.

I got my first ACD title 9 years in. I’ve seen experience level anywhere from from 5-10 years. Maybe the young ones are just really really good 😎

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