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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Supervisor, 10 YOE, 5 yrs in role (agency side)
$61k
Houston
White Female

Level: sr manager
13 yrs experience
4 years in role
135k plus 15% bonus eligible
White, female, in house, NJ

Woman of color
7 YOE; 8 mos in role
$160k base salary + stock options
SF

White female.
SAE at large agency
Los Angeles
$70k
3 years experience, 5 if counting 2 years of full time internships in grad school

1 year in current role

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Copywriter, 3 YOE, white female, Washington DC, $57k plus bonus

AAE, female, 2 YOE, Washington DC, $49K

Sr. Manager
WoC (Asian)
Midwest
10 YOE (of which 5 yrs are agency-side)
< 6mo in current role
95k

White male
Director
8 years agency exp
NYC
110K

What agency?

Who I Am: Caucasian, Female
Level: Specialist in digital analytics in-house with ~10 years experience and 2 years in the role
Location: Chicago
Salary: $100K + benefits

Who I Am: White guy
Level: VP and regional client partner leader, 25 years total experience - 3 years with company, 1 year in current role
Location: NJ
Salary: $170k base, target bonuses, 4 weeks PTO, benefits (declined)

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Level: Account Director
Total exp: 12 years; 6+ in PR agency (tech PR)
Exp at current level: 1.5 years
Comp: 108k (excl ~20% bonus): so hoping total comp this year is ~130k (can’t be sure this year though)
Brown male (+ feel somewhat underpaid)

Location: NYC

Chicago, F, $135, 9 years

Who I Am: Caucasian, Female
Level: Account Coordinator, 2 years in current position
Location: Charlotte
Salary: $37,000

Who: white cis female
Level: Associate director, corporate communications
Salary: $110k, no bonuses
YOE: 3 in agency; 10 total in PR & Marketing
Located in NYC, but my role covers the US Market

I thought I was underpaid but looking at this thread, maybe I’m not?? Benefits at my agency are quite generous... 🧐

Asian female. Director (agency). 8 YOE. $120k + annual bonus (typically ~20% though I’m sure this year will be a different story). NYC.

Who I am: white, female, Dallas
Level: senior manager, 3 years in the role. Social media data analytics/insights/strategy
Salary: $93k

Female
SVP
20+ years
NYC
$275k

White, female, sr manager, NJ 150k plus 30% bonus

Level: SAE
YOE: 5; 1.5 years in role
Market: Chicago
Salary:$58K

Brown male
VP (agency); 1 year in current role
Location: NYC
Salary: $165k (feeling underpaid seeing numbers that recruiters are quoting recently)
YOE: 10+ years

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