Who conducted the survey and whom did they ask?

The AIGA|Aquent Survey of Design Salaries is commissioned annually by AIGA, with the support of its partner, Aquent, AIGA’s official sponsor for professional development, and in cooperation with Communication Arts magazine. The salary survey is part of a comprehensive program of AIGA activities developed to serve the professional designer with strategies for success as well as sources of inspiration. AIGA is the principal source of information on the design economy.

To read the perspective of AIGA Executive Director Richard Grefé on this year’s results, click here.

The AIGA|Aquent Survey of Design Salaries 2007 draws from an extensive pool of designers and others allied with the profession nationwide, and includes responses from more than 4,900 design professionals. It is widely recognized as the most comprehensive survey of compensation conducted in these professional positions. Calculate a salary.

Survey research is conducted on AIGA’s behalf by Readex Research, an independent research company in Stillwater, Minnesota.

AIGA, Aquent and the business of design

This is the eighth year that Aquent has joined with AIGA to produce the design profession’s most comprehensive, unbiased survey of salaries in the United States.

As two of the profession’s foremost advocates, we’re out to change the design world for the better—for designers and the people who employ them. We believe this quest starts with understanding the business of design and recognizing that an important purpose of design is to bring value to business results.

Aquent supports AIGA’s professional development initiatives that offer designers and employers tangible benefits, such as this timely salary data. To learn more about Aquent, visit the Aquent website or call 877.2.Aquent (877.227.8368).