Real salary talk - share yours. Who I am: Caucasian, female Level: VP - 1.5 years in position. Salary: $130k + minor bonuses

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Level: Comms Manager
Comp: $65k + 4 weeks vacation, retirement and HSA contributions
Industry: Tech
Market: Based in Indiana, market is continental U.S. (part of why I wanted to share - I feel like I’ve mostly seen fishbowl posts from professionals on the coasts/major cities)
Background: in-house content specialist plus some international strategy, bachelors in comms

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Asian woman
Account director
4 YOE, 2.5 at current gig
Agency in NYC
$95K, bonuses depending on co. performance

Note I am in financial PR and came from crisis, and also was promoted twice last year since I was doing three people’s jobs after some folks left. So I am a bit skewed numbers wise!

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Asian female, NYC, practice lead, 20 years of experience, 305K base, 45 bonus, plus 55K stock options and 401K match. Unlimited vaca. Up for promotion this year, let's see if that will come through.

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Good luck

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Level: VP
YOE: 10, in role 1 year
Market: NYC
Salary: $155,000 + periodic spot bonuses

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Black female

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Level: Assistant Consultant at a PR firm (less than a year)
Market: Vancouver, Canada
YOE: 2
Salary: $50,000

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White female
Vice President
Comp: $168K
NYC, corporate comms
YOE: 15+

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What market are you in?

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Add YOE too

Who: decline to identify
Level: Associate Partner
Comp: $500 TC cash including Corp. retirement contributions, cash bonus, salary
Industry: marketing consulting
YOE: 12
Market: North America (flex location, travel 4 days/wk, 2-3 cities/wk pre covid)
Background: digital media/analytics, mostly agency side, T15 undergrad business program, no MBA

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Are you sure you’re in PR

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Level: Comms manager
Years in position: 6 - but 20+ years’ experience
Market: NJ
Salary: $130K

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Level: VP/Director
YOE: 13 (took lateral move mid-career) 1 year in role
Market: NYC
Salary: $125K

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Level: VP (corporate in house)
5 years experience (in comms. Shifted careers after 10 years in nonprofit)
White woman, masters but not MBA
8 months in role
170K
NYC

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Thanks for the advice VP1! Would I be pushing it to ask for 200K?

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Who: white female
Level: senior manager
YOE: 7 years
TC: $147k
Seattle

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Who I Am: Hispanic Male in NYC
Level: Account Executive - 2 years in position; laid off in March and ready to be an SAE or PR Manager
Experience: 3 years in agency, 7 years in mixed PR/Communications, Master’s in Comms
Salary: $58.5k as an AE

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Who I am: Caucasian, female
Level: VP - 4 years in position
Market: NYC
Salary: $149k before taxes... do I need to make a jump? I was supposedly approved for a promotion but those are not happening this year.

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Yes, agency

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Who: Middle Eastern, Male
Level: Senior Manager
Location: NYC
Salary: 90k + 10k annual bonus, PTO, Benefits
YOE: 6

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Who: White cis male
Level: VP - two years in role
Salary: $160k + bonus
Market: NYC
Background: 10 years in my area of expertise

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Digital/ social as a practice, I extend across different client industries.

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Anybody in Internal communications?

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I’m in northern NJ, work in house external comms, but my colleagues with that experience rage in the $175k-195 range

Reviving this thread a bit!

Who: white female
Level: global manager
Role: int&ext comms globally; lean team - wear alllll the hats
Location: NY
Salary: $125k
Years in role: 2
YOE: 8 years
Ed: masters degree in comms

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Latina
Manager (in-house); 1 year in role
Location: Texas
Salary: $142K (3 bonuses a year)
YOE: 5 years

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10 years exp, SAS, $120k, SF, white female

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