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I made 71k as an SAE in Florida. Push for more money guys and gals. It’s a seekers market (for now).
I made $63 as an SAE with 3 years agency exp in NYC - this was about 5 years ago. Realized I was underpaid and less than a year later got a new job making $78k as an AS.
I think you are making a really good salary for your experience. I’d push for a 15% raise when you are ready to be promoted (20-25% if you switch firms)
This was 5 years ago! But yeah I was at Weber which underpays in general
following I would like to know too but I’m currently an AE making $65k 2 yoe
nope was at a previous agency and was super underpaid before, but have been in my current role for 9 months
May I ask, SAE, since you mentioned being new to agency-side, if you started straight out at SAE? Agency or otherwise, what did your experience up to this point look like?
It was at a small political consulting firm (like 12 people), I ran all the comms/biz dev for it. Gained a lot of experience really early on in my career which was definitely helpful
I don’t think you’re underpaid although DC is tough. Any new job though ask for a 20% raise easy and with any luck you’ll get 15%
I think a better way to approach this is to tweak it a little bit and instead of thinking “am I underpaid,” spend time figuring out what you believe that you and your work are worth. Anyone can drop numbers at you, and of course, that can help build a framework, you can’t let a whole bunch of experiences that you have zero insight into be the only factor, or primary factor guiding the trajectory of the actual single experience you actually have 100% insight into. It was only when I finally realized the ridiculous contradiction of working hard, achieving, growing, to be able to take all that and ultimately be able to illustrate that proven success and potential… only to sell my own self short in the end… well, that’s bananas. That’s when pay finally started changing… sucks to think back on what I likely missed out on, but onward and upward 💪🏻
OH and aside from that- ask for those BANDS and get a straight-line to the info you’re wanting!
No, that's about right. If you're a rockstar that the agency wants to keep, then maybe you're a little underpaid. But overall, that's on target for a very replaceable low-level role.
Everything else aside, I continue to be firmly of the opinion that the “low-levels,” being the obvious backbone of most agencies, should be making their bosses’ salaries and then some… but that one at least remains firmly in make-believe land 🙃
I'm at 98 as an AS in NY
How many YOE do you have?
$65 as an AAE in SF damn
Lmao I’m at 65k in Toronto. 🥺
At 87 as an AM
AS @ 70k. feeling underpaid