I work in HR comms at a hospital corporate office, and wondering if I’m being underpaid. Currently have 4-6 years of experience. I have skills most comm majors aren’t expected to learn such as printing, ideation, graphic design, typography, photography, advertising campaign management, Adobe suite knowledge, branding and more. I’m being paid $26.6/hr. Was told in my job search by another hospital that the rate I requested $30-35/hr is only for people with 10-18yrs experience? Legit or bogus?

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Umm, I call bullshit. $35/hr or less than $75k, for 10-18 years of experience in comms? For HR comms in healthcare, I’d say it should be in the $150-200k with that experience.

Even for you, you should aim for $80-120k easily.

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Compensation depends on your market, but at 6 years I’d certainly hope you’re salaried and not just hourly. $27/hr is $54k. That’s feels on the lower end of normal, but not unsightly. $70k ($35/hr) feels very low for 15 years, but I’m also looking at it from a large city market.

It’s a seller’s market right now, so don’t be afraid to cast a line and see what you come up with.

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that’s so wrong, you should be getting so much more

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