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Because generally that's the only path up and they don't give raises outside of promotions in most cases. Senior IC roles are very few and far between, so most folks don't have a realistic shot of growing unless they move into management.
Beyond that, they don't always prioritize development of management skills and training as well. If you're more interested in IC roles you'll most likely have to look outside agency world.
None of this is meant to be discouraging, it's just the reality of how agency business models are run - there could still be an IC role at an agency after putting in time on the management side but other companies have a better balance of career tracks for ICs IMO
Pretty much all professional service firms do this. With a few exceptions on the creative side, the business is not set up to bill more/and hence pay more for non managers.