Industry Surveys

By Jeff Mottle

2012/2013 Visualization Salary Survey Now Available!

In late 2012 CGarchitect conducted an industry wide salary survey to determine the state of the field, current compensation rates and a wide range of demographic information about our field.  After around 100 hours of analysis we distilled the most relevant information and have now made the results available for purchase.

For $49.95 US you can now download the 237 page results PDF based on the feedback of over 2,700 survey participants from around the world.

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Below you can see the list of survey questions we have analyzed.

TABLE OF CONTENTS (237 Pages, 43 Graphs)

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Table of Contents

Survey Participant Demographics

    Participant Gender
    Participant Age
    Participant Education Level
    Participant Company Type
    Participant Job Title
    Participant Job Experience  
    Participant Company Size
    Education by Census Region in the US
    Positions by Country
    US Positions by Census Region
    Education by Country

Company Conditions & Benefits

    Participant Job Satisfaction
    Participant Employment Benefits by Country
    Participant Paid Vacation Time (World)
    Participant Paid Vacation Time by Country
    Participant Average Weekly Hours Worked by Country
    Participant Average Weekly Hours Worked (World)
    Participant Job Security by Country
    Participant Job Security (World)
    Participant Company Workload by Country
    Participant Company Workload (World)
    Employment Status (World)
    Employer Change Type in the Last 18 months due to
      job change or unemployment (World)

Salary Survey

    Participant Hourly Rate by Country
    Participant Salary Increase in the last 12 Months by Country
    Participant Salary Decrease in the last 12 Months by Country
    Participant Likelihood of Salary Increase in the
    Next 12 Months by Country
    Participant Salary Increase in the Next 12 Months by Country
    Participant Salary by Country & Experience
    Participant Salary by Region & Experience in the US
    Participant Salary by Region & Experience in Canada
    Participant Salary by Country & Position
    Participant Salary by Region & Position in the US
    Participent Salary by Position & Canadian Province
    Participant Salary by Company Size and Country

Appendix

    Survey Respondents by Census Region in the US
    Survey Respondents by Country (Map)
    Survey Respondents by Country
    Survey Respondents by Country (Grouped)
    Survey Respondents by US State (Map)
    Survey Respondents by US State
    Survey Respondents by Canadian Province (Map)
    Survey Respondents by Canadian Province







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Hello, new people of CgArchitect. Can you make this data accessible?

Hi Jeff, is there any way to get a discount on this considering its pretty old? thanks
Not anymore no. sorry.
Ok, thanks anyways. Do you have plans to do something similar again? The last survey was not as complete as this one, or at least that is what it seems
Hi Jeff, is there any way to get a discount on this considering its pretty old? thanks
Not anymore no. sorry.
Hi Jeff, is there any way to get a discount on this considering its pretty old? thanks
Hi Jeff, Does the survey have any info on what percentage of revenue is allocated to payroll by country?
We show only salaries per job type, country, etc, not specifically what you should allocate to payroll.
It would be a good idea to add this in your next survey. What percentage of the gross revenue is payroll expenses by region/country etc. Should throw up some interesting statistics and help the studio owners/managers manage costs etc better.
Hi Jeff, Does the survey have any info on what percentage of revenue is allocated to payroll by country?
We show only salaries per job type, country, etc, not specifically what you should allocate to payroll.
Hi Jeff, Does the survey have any info on what percentage of revenue should be allocated to payroll by country?
Anyone know how to get that discount code? Did the survey, but lost the code :-(
See my previous comment and link above
Email me at jmottle@cgarchitect.com and I can retrieve your code and send you the special promo link
Hello Jeff., Is there is any info about Delhi,India.?
Hi Jeff! Is there information about Argentina and Uruguay as well??
Yes. Argentina=29, Uruguay=8. For Uruguay we deemed this not a sufficient number of responses to be statistically accurate, so we created a group called South America for low response countries, which includes the responses from: Bolivia, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, Suriname, Uruguay and Venezuela. This region has 69 responses. I've also uploaded the pages showing total responses per country and per country groups and regions used in the survey. I should have done this a long time ago. Survey Responses by Country
Hi Jeff! Is there information about Argentina and Uruguay as well??
Hi, is there any inforamation about Germany, and when how much people Thanks
47 people from Germany took the survey.
Hi, is there any inforamation about Germany, and when how much people Thanks
47 people from Germany took the survey.
Hi, is there any inforamation about Germany, and when how much people Thanks
Hi Jeff, I'm fairly sure I took the survey, can you please check for a discount code for me. Many thanks.
Email me at jmottle@cgarchitect.com
Hi Jeff, I'm fairly sure I took the survey, can you please check for a discount code for me. Many thanks.
The survey is an amazing tool. It would be better though if the more of the numbers were cross referenced with the number of respondents. Also, it would be nice if the distribution for each country were graphed so that the number of groups didn't skew the percentages. For example, the US has many more salary groups than most other countries, so the percentages in each group a very low which makes it a little hard to read. Since this is a visualization survey, it would be nice to see the data visualized more! :)
There is a graph at the end of the survey showing how many respondents there were in each country. I can't recall the number i used, but I did not map any country unless there was a minimum number of responses. I spent around 200 hours putting what you see together and there was only so much I could do the data provided and the software I was using (Tableau), but I'll keep your feedback on file for the next survey (likely not until the end of 2014) as the current data has not changed enough to warrant a new one yet.
The survey is an amazing tool. It would be better though if the more of the numbers were cross referenced with the number of respondents. Also, it would be nice if the distribution for each country were graphed so that the number of groups didn't skew the percentages. For example, the US has many more salary groups than most other countries, so the percentages in each group a very low which makes it a little hard to read. Since this is a visualization survey, it would be nice to see the data visualized more! :)
What about Argentina?
There were 29 people from Argentina who took the survey.

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The 2012/2013 CGarchitect Architectural Visualization Industry salary survey results are now available. Over 230 pages of data!

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