Im 38 years old and have been working in communications my entire career. I have always felt overworked and underpaid. I was just promoted to Head of Comms at the corporation I work for and finally reached a salary I feel very comfortable with at $215000/ yr in Boston. I’m still always looking to advance more. What salary do most VP and Head of Communications make ? I read the PRSA reports but wanted to hear from real people.

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Agency VP and make $100k NY. My salary is very low in my opinion.

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That’s very low, especially for NY

Head of Comms of the entire company…? 300-500K, maybe even more

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I am around the same age, also live in a major city, and am currently job-searching. $215k is on par with the in-house roles I’m seeing for someone with ~15 years of experience. I’m also finding that job titles are pretty fluid based on the size of the company, number of comms employees, etc. And industry is a factor, as well - pharma pays higher than CPG, for example.

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That seems a little low for a head of comms, but depends if you have other forms of compensation in your package. What industry is your company in? That will have an impact as well.

It 100% depends on the size of the company/organization. Head of comms at a local non-profit might make $65K, whereas the Chief Comms Officer at a multi-billion dollar firm is going to be on a base of $350-500K and then whatever bonus they negotiated on top.

$215K seems like a good base to me with your level of experience (assumed given your age) but I don't know anything about the firm. I think over the next 5-7 years you could be moving up another $50K in that role/business. If you land a deputy CCO or CCO role for a bigger firm in a specific growth sector then you could earn a lot more. But be warned....you'll be working 24/7 at that level so negotiate well on the way in!

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