What has been your salary progression in account management? It seems like the only way to move forward is to switch agencies for a bump, but new salaries seem to be moving in reverse

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AE: 30k
—jumped—
AE: 45k
—jumped—
SAE: 63k, stayed for a bit, got up to 68k
—jumped—
AS: 74k
—jumped—
AS: 86k laid off after 20 months
AS: started 103k, still here after annual merit at 120k. My director promo has been submitted, if I don’t receive I’m about ready to jump once again.

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Brass tax- almost all companies allocate significantly more $$ for “new talent” to stay competitive in recruiting, then forget that someone who has worked there for years hasn’t gotten a raise and don’t care

It’s an industry problem that has been going on for at least the entire time I’ve been around. Been called out forever but nobody is keen on changing

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75, 85, 102, 125, 180

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That 125 to 180 though 🙌🏻🙌🏻🙌🏻

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Company 1: SAE 50
Company 1: Promoted to AS at 70
Company 2: Changed companies still AS 82
Company 2: Got an offer elsewhere, current company countered with 105
Company 2: Raise to 115 to get to parity after an acquisition (STILL AS)
Company 3: failed to get a long overdue promotion, so I moved for a title bump, but stupidly a paycut AD at 105
Company 4: left due to inept leadership Sr. AD 150
Looking for Company 5 for GAD with target range of 180-200

Los Angeles over the last 9 years

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Damn. I’m a SAD at a small, indie agency for $130k.

45, 55 - JUMP - 75, 85 - JUMP - 105, 115, 130 - JUMP -180 (Let go- business lost right as I got there)- 175, 195 (threatened to leave after 2 yrs) and it’s stayed that way for 3 years

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Yup; I had to switch , I was happy where I was but at 2.5 percent increases it would have taken me 20 years to get where I am. I've switched twice both times for 13-18k more. It does seem like recently salaries posted are alittle lower than a year or two prior.

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Right??? Salary postings are going down

AAE - 47k
AE - 60k
SAE - 76k and a merit raise to 79k
AS - 110k

jumps agencies once from SAE to AS to get that bump

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live and work in NY (also in pharma for reference)

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46 - entry
54 - AE
67 - AE, moved to new company
75 - SAE
90 - Sup
125 - Sup, moved to new company

I work in pharma

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One thing to add — Jumping is the best thing I did for my career. You have the opportunity to learn how agencies do things differently, which helps you grow a lot. The adjustment is harder though as you get more senior, so do it when you’re willing to be more heads down in your career for 6 months.

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42, 60, 72, 92, 115. Changed companies once which was the jump to 60

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AAE 30k
AE 36k
Jumped to Pharma, HCOL city
AE 55k
SAE 65k, 70k
AS 80k, 90k
Jumped to new agency
AD 152k
VP AD 167k, 175

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And to the point of your post, my jump to a new agency and to AD gave me an increase that absolutely wouldn’t have happened if promoted internally. Made me realize how underpaid and undervalued I probably was.

AC - 35
AE - 48 switched agencies
AE - 60 switched agencies
AE - 48 moved away from SF
SAE - 55 switched agencies
Freelance - $35/hour
Director in-house - $65k
Freelance - $50/hour
Comms Manager in-house - $60k
AD - $85k
AS - $80k
My journey has been flat and I’m really needing to get my pay back to an appropriate level but think I’ll need to switch agencies to do that.

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AAE - 50k
JUMP
(Changed Industries) - 60k
JUMP
AE (Back to advertising) - 70k

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AC: 45-55
AS: 85k
AD: 95k
AD --> GAD (same company): 135k - 167k

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AAE: 30K, bump to 35K
AE at another agency: 48K
SAE: 65K
AS: 72K
SAS: 78K
Director at another agency: 90K
Boomerang back to last agency as VP: 120K, bump to 160K over a couple years
SVP: 200K, bump to 250K

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An inspiration to us all!

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(All in Pharma, all NYC-based agencies)

AAE - $50k
AE - $65k
Jump
SAE - $80k
Jump
AS - $105k
AD - $125k

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Kris Kross’ll make ya?

47,55,65,75,(Jump),105,110,119,125,(jump),155,170,(jump),185

This is in Dallas:

AAE - 37k (laid off during covid)
~JUMP~
AE - 50k
SAE- 65k
~JUMP~
Sup- 90k

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