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More and more companies are hiring social media professionals. And even though this trend is on the rise, there’s still very little comparative salary data for social media managers out there. So how do you know if you’re being paid market wages for your position? Take the social media salary survey to find out. Our survey [...] […]

From Social Media Headhunter, here’s one professional opinion about salary ranges for different kinds of  social media professionals. Since the author is in the business of placing social media pros in new positions, I’d say there’s very little reason to doubt these figures. Entry level – $30,000 (online writing background, at least 3 months consistent writi […]

Forum One Networks just released their 2009 Online Community & Social Media Compensation study. Several key issues surfaced in the report: The gap between the average male and female salaries widened, with male respondents averaging $86,644 (up from $85,423 in ’08) and Females averaging $75,624 (down from $77,319 in ’08). The majority of respondents re […]

HotJobs.com has some data about salaries for social media managers and social media directors in a story about professions that didn’t exist a year ago. It does like this: Social media is a specialty field of public relations that uses the growing social networking technologies, including RSS, Twitter, Facebook, and blogs. A few years ago, social [...] […]

You betcha. Here are links to some social media salary surveys we’ve found. Fair warning: some are better than others. Constantly updated: Simply Hired’s national average salary for social media jobs. September 2009: Wordstream’s Search Marketing and Social Media Salary Survey. October 2008: Read Write Web’s anecdotal salary survey of bloggers and social me […]

Earning an advanced degree is a reliable way to increase your salary, no matter what field you work in. Recently, Colorado Technical University began offering two Doctoral programs focused on social media. Doctor of Computer Science with a concentration in Emerging Media This 3-year Doctoral program focuses on the strategies and tactics needed to use Web tec […]

The economy is coming out of a recession. Social media continues to be a hot business strategy. For those who make their living in social media, how can you be sure you’re earning a salary that’s in line with the market? SocialMediaSalarySurvey.com compiles salary statistics for social media pros. Subscribe to our RSS feed to participate [...] […]