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2 | Timestamp | RATE | Role | Seniority | Location | Years | Company | Gender (to see pay difference) | Union | Other Comments |
3 | 19/09/2022 18:52:30 | 16.800 a year | Virtual Set Supervisor (Chroma Studio) | 2 | Chile | 6 | WarnerMedia Discovery Chile | Male | Yes CNN Chile Union | Bad management poor quality work ambience, discrimination, etc. |
4 | 07/07/2022 04:09:15 | 1100/week usd | 3rd Assistant Director | Portland, OR | 3 | Shadow Machine | Female | That would be nice | ||
5 | 09/02/2022 23:15:13 | $100k | Story Revisionist | Burbank, CA | 1 year | WBA, WDA | Female | Animation Guild | ||
6 | 10/02/2022 23:24:52 | $46,000 AUD | Production Assistant | Sydney | 1 | Female | No | |||
7 | 10/02/2022 09:05:29 | 32,000€ | Layout | Mid | Madrid, Spain. | 3-4 | Skydance Animation | Male | No | Skydance is one of the companies with the highest salaries in Spain. |
8 | 15/01/2024 16:32:36 | 450k isk/month (around 3000€) | background artist | - | reykjavik | 2.5 | Animation Studio Iceland | Female | yes | |
9 | 26/02/2022 18:21:11 | 130 000 CAD | CG Supervisor | - | Montreal | 10 | Big one | Male | No | |
10 | 22/02/2022 20:03:08 | 20.70USD/hr | Production Assistant | - | Los Angeles, CA | 4.5 years | Fox - 20tva | Female | No - production staff doesn't have a union | been dooring coordinator level work for so long but the lack of consistency for these role descriptions (PA's, Coordinators etc.) across the industry it's so hard to advocate for what you're worth |
11 | 12/02/2022 08:03:22 | €30/h | 2D Artist | - | Romania | 1year (as freelancer) | Freelancer | Female | ||
12 | 10/02/2022 03:50:18 | 75000 CAD | Lead animator | - | Vancouver | 6 | Mainframe | Female | ||
13 | 10/02/2022 00:37:56 | $22.50 USD/hr | Production Assistant | - | Los Angeles, CA | 1+ | Netflix | Female | No | |
14 | 16/03/2022 22:39:54 | $92.50 p/hr (USD) | Showrunner/EP | - | Burbank | 6+ | Nickelodeon | Female | TAG | POC |
15 | 10/02/2022 22:16:55 | 20k Euro/ 1300€ per month | Production Assistant | - | Spain | 3 | Female | Not yet | I'm in charge of 2 big departments that have no coordinator. It's just me and the Sup, still being paid 20k for such big amount of work. Please pay us fairly | |
16 | 14/02/2022 16:27:51 | 2800 CAD /wk | Background Painter | - | Toronto (remote) | 2 | Female | No | ||
17 | 10/02/2022 03:19:25 | $117270.40 USD annually | background painter | -- | Los Angeles, CA | 6 | Female | The Animation Guild | ||
18 | 10/02/2022 01:17:45 | $1200/week | Production coordinator | ? Senior? | Los Angeles CA | 5 | Shadowmachine | Female | No | |
19 | 26/02/2022 20:19:01 | 2,800€ | 2D animator | “Animator stage 2” | Kilkenny | 7 | Lighthouse studios | Male | No | |
20 | 18/11/2022 22:54:33 | 125 000$CAD/year | Layout Supervisor | 1 year Supervisor | Montreal | 13 | Female | Animation feature films | ||
21 | 10/02/2022 01:20:26 | Around 4k€/month | Lead annimator | 16 years in this role | Paris, France | 25 years experience | Illumination Mac Guff | Male | No, and I definitely should be. | |
22 | 14/08/2022 08:16:57 | €300 | 2D animator | 2 years after graduation | Paris | 5 | Female | |||
23 | 26/08/2023 20:41:49 | 696000 INR Per Annum | Assitant Technical Director | 2 years experience | Mumbai | 2 years | Framestrore | Male | No | |
24 | 10/11/2023 01:02:16 | 80 000$ Canadian | Department manager ( 3d vfx company - feature films, live action, mostly huge budget films) | 25 years in the cinema industry | Montreal, Quebec, Canada | 25 | Female | No | ||
25 | 25/02/2022 13:59:34 | 40.000 CHF | 3D Generalist | 3 years | Switzerland | 3 | Male | No | Self thought. Italian speaking switzerland (salary 40% lower than other parts of switzerland) | |
26 | 10/02/2022 09:31:51 | 100 euro a day | Production Assistant | 3 years experience but somehow not good enough to be a coord lol | Dublin | 3 | Male | We have no union in Ireland. | Irish studios are awful and work people into the ground for low pay. | |
27 | 09/01/2024 01:54:57 | 1,400€ | Gardien d'immeuble | 4ans | France | 4 | Male | |||
28 | 15/11/2022 02:48:10 | 200 usd | modeling | 5 years | colombia | 5 years | Big Fish | Male | no | no |
29 | 10/02/2022 21:21:53 | 1250 cad/week | 2D Compositor | 6 years | Vancouver bc | 6 years | Titmouse inc | Male | Yes iatse | |
30 | 10/02/2022 00:29:28 | $2988 USD/Week (Gross) | 3D Animator | 6+ Years | Burbank, CA | 11 | WDAS | Male | Yes, TAG Local 839 | Bonuses have ranged from 3wks pay to 10wks pay, depending on movie |
31 | 08/03/2022 04:04:20 | USD 70,000 | 3D Generalist | Advanced | Dallas,TX | 6 years | Male | No | ||
32 | 15/09/2022 10:38:19 | R 660 000 pa | 3D Animator | Animation Director | Cape Town, ZA | 8 | Triggerfish Animation Studios | Male | No | |
33 | 23/08/2022 03:21:24 | 35-40/h CAD | Stop motion animator | Animator | Canada | 6 | Freelance | Female | ||
34 | 11/02/2022 10:04:08 | $1500/ week | Stop motion Animator | Animator | Los Angeles | 6 | Stoopid Buddy | Male | No | Thanks for putting this together 🙏🏻 |
35 | 10/02/2022 21:34:22 | 38.5 USD X hr | 3D Animator | Animator | Remote | 4 | Videogame company | Female | no | too underpaid after reading this form, asking for a raise soon........... |
36 | 12/02/2022 13:49:11 | £17,500 | animator | apprentice | England, london | -1 year | Female | no | ||
37 | 10/02/2022 21:23:16 | 65.000 CAD yearly | Lookdev TD | Artist | Montreal | 1.5 | DNEG | Male | ||
38 | 30/08/2022 21:29:22 | 26000 GBP | 3DDMP Artist | Artist | London | 1 | MPC | Male | ||
39 | 14/02/2022 10:34:53 | 23,000€ | Set dressing | Artist | Madrid | 5 | Skydance | Female | Soon | |
40 | 10/02/2022 04:58:10 | $2400/ week | Assistant animation editor | Assistant | Los angeles | 3 | Netflix | Female | EDITORS GUILD | |
41 | 10/02/2022 22:09:30 | 20.000€/year | Production Assistant | Assistant | Madrid/ Spain | 0 | Skydance | Non Binary | ||
42 | 10/02/2022 07:17:38 | £30,000 | Management | Assistant | London | 1 | Female | |||
43 | 13/02/2022 07:46:06 | 98,800 yearly | 2D animator | Assistant Director | Vancouver | 9 | Non Binary | no | ||
44 | 17/04/2022 19:33:46 | 35$/hr | Gameplay Animator | Associate | Remote | 1 | EA | Male | No | |
45 | 09/02/2022 23:33:44 | 60,000 USD | Tech Animator aka. Rigging | Associate | TX | 3.5 years | Game Industry | Female | No | |
46 | 07/09/2022 18:40:09 | $74k/year | 3D Animator | Associate | California | 0 (Just out of college) | Games | Female | No | |
47 | 23/05/2023 05:50:47 | $35 an hour | 3D Animator | Associate | Remote | 0 | Maxis/Electronic Arts | Female | No | My first industry job! Contracts are typically 6-12 months, very rarely do they go past 1 year. |
48 | 27/06/2023 14:07:35 | 9.09 Lakhs per year in Indian Rupee | Associate Motion Graphics Designer | Associate | India | 4 | Zynga | Male | No | |
49 | 11/02/2022 03:02:52 | $47000 | Animation Producer | Associate | Midwest US | 2 | Female | no | ||
50 | 18/02/2022 02:02:49 | ~$62,000 USD/year (plus bonuses) | Animation Producer | Associate | New York City area | 2.5 | Female | |||
51 | 10/02/2022 17:04:40 | 600rub/hour | Rig and asset artist | Average | Russia | 2 | Female | |||
52 | 17/12/2023 20:38:29 | $80,000 | 2D Motion and Graphic Designer | Base Level | Seattle, Washington | 6 | Not for profit | Male | No | |
53 | 08/06/2022 20:39:06 | $25.35 an hour | 2D Animator | baseline animator | Austin Texas | 6 | Roosterteeth | Male | no | I hate it here |
54 | 13/05/2022 12:49:09 | $19 | Pharmacy technician | Beginning | California,USA | 1 | Female | No | ||
55 | 20/07/2023 07:26:41 | £31,000 GBP/ Year | 3D generalist | Between junior-mid | UK | 2+ | All Seeing Eye | Female | BECTU | The US/Canada seems to pay so much more than the UK, wish VFX would strike 🥲 |
56 | 10/02/2022 19:11:26 | 50k year | Modeling 3D | Between Junior/Mid | Montreal | 2 | Cinesite Anim MTL | Female | non | The current ambiance is very good and friendly ! No forced overtime and team very open minded. |
57 | 05/05/2022 19:32:57 | $13.50 | MSA/Medical Scribe | Brand New | Arizona, US | 0 | Female | No | ||
58 | 11/02/2022 00:25:41 | 68,000 CDN (after taxes $52,212 per year) | Project Coordinator | bullshit level | Vancouver | 8 | WildBrain | Female | no | BC taxes hit your income a lot. 2D animation salary doesn't meet cost of living standards nor it considers inflation of 5-10% everywhere. It stays the same low salary and the income taxes raises |
59 | 20/11/2022 20:36:30 | 1175 CAD / week | 2D Animator | company removed junior/senior roles | Toronto | 2 | 9 story (full time contract) | Female | no | here's to salary transparency <3 i will negotiate higher from now on |
60 | 08/06/2022 15:31:40 | 210 euros / day | Storyboarder | Confirmed | Paris France | 2 | TEAM TO | Male | ||
61 | 03/04/2023 19:59:06 | 950USD per week | 2D Animator Retaker | Contract | Brazil | 6+ | Titmouse | Female | No | I finished the job already, but it was a common salary on the company, so I wanted to registrate that to somebody else that will be interested in this job on this studio. |
62 | 13/05/2022 05:32:47 | 28 usd | It project coordinator | Contract | Remote | 2 | Female | No | ||
63 | 10/02/2022 02:56:04 | $42,000 | Production | Coordinator | Burbank, CA | 3 | DW | Female | No | |
64 | 10/02/2022 04:25:42 | $1200/wk | Production Coordinator | Coordinator | Los Angeles | 3 | Paramount | Female | ||
65 | 10/02/2022 19:17:05 | €31,444.44 | Production Coordinator | Coordinator | Dublin | 5.5 | Female | No | ||
66 | 20/03/2024 17:34:54 | 30,000€ | Production coordinator | Coordinator | Madrid | 5 | Skydance | Female | No | |
67 | 10/02/2022 21:23:54 | 33000 | 2D Rig | Department Head | United Kingdom | 5+ | Male | No | No accessible union for animation in UK and Ireland. Current company pays specifically design dept low, citing the length of series/contract as the benefit | |
68 | 10/02/2022 09:42:23 | £200-220 GBP per day | Assistant Animator | Depends where I'm working as I'm freelance | London, UK | 6 | Female | No 😧 | ||
69 | 19/12/2023 13:31:36 | $2,700/wk USD | BG Designer | Designer | Los Angeles | 12 | Male | IATSE 839 | ||
70 | 19/04/2023 02:05:19 | 2600 | Animation Director | Director | Costa Rica | 3 | Marte | Female | no? | |
71 | 10/02/2022 01:09:55 | 156000 | Storyboard Director | Director | Los Angeles | 11 | Nickelodeon | Female | Iatse 839 | LOVE U |
72 | 24/04/2023 20:49:57 | $32.50/hr (USD) | Compositing Director | Director | Atlanta | 8 | Male | No | I do compositing solely on 2D animated series. | |
73 | 10/02/2022 10:04:43 | 14.000.000 IDR/980 USD per month (after tax) | 2D Animator | Director | Jakarta, Indonesia | 4.5 | Female | no | ||
74 | 15/02/2022 22:48:59 | 130000 Cad | Animation Director | Director | Vancouver | 9 | Male | No | ||
75 | 12/02/2022 03:28:14 | 130000 canadian | Animation Director | Director | Vancouver, Canada | 15 | Male | No | ||
76 | 10/02/2022 10:00:16 | 60000 pounds | Series director | Director | London | 10 | Male | No | ||
77 | 17/12/2023 00:38:08 | 60k | Director | Director | Manchester | 20 | Male | No | ||
78 | 17/12/2023 00:38:19 | 60k | Director | Director | Manchester | 20 | Male | No | ||
79 | 01/09/2022 19:23:28 | 115,000 (yearly) | Anim Director | Director | Vancouver | 10 | Female | No | ||
80 | 17/11/2022 20:59:27 | $100,000 CAD per year | 3D Animatr | Director (episode) | Vancouver | 5 | Female | no | ||
81 | 18/12/2023 20:09:56 | 70k usd | Art Director | Director / lead | Pretoria, South Africa | 18 | Freelance | Male | No | |
82 | 10/02/2022 17:02:26 | 3900 PLN (netto) a month, 7h/5 days a week | 2d animator | Doesn't apply - we're all equals lol | Poland | 4 | Yellow Tapir Films | Female | ||
83 | 10/02/2022 21:48:52 | 5800/wk US | Supervising Director / Showrunner | E.P. | Los Angeles | 30 | Female | 839 | ||
84 | 10/02/2022 17:05:05 | $1000 CAD per week | 2D Background Layout | Entry | Vancouver | 0 | Atomic Cartoons | Female | No | |
85 | 10/02/2022 20:14:39 | 32,000 eur | 2D Background Artist | Entry | Dublin | 5 | Boulder Media | Female | No | |
86 | 22/08/2022 21:28:01 | £22,000 | Production assistant | Entry | London | 1 | Jellyfish pictures | Male | None | Bearly able to get by living alone on this wage |
87 | 13/03/2022 21:46:42 | $20 USD/hour | Production Assistant | Entry | California | Less than 1 | Netflix Animation | Female | No | |
88 | 10/02/2022 02:52:31 | $125,000 USD/ year | 3D Animation Director | entry | Los Angeles, CA | 7 | Nickelodeon | Female | yes, animation guild | |
89 | 11/02/2022 20:05:51 | USD $1,527/ week after taxes | Character Designer | Entry | Los Angeles | 10 | Nickelodeon Animation | Male | Tag 839 | This was my first role in animation industry. I was previous a creative Im a different industry and freelance for several years. |
90 | 18/12/2023 17:21:39 | $1200 USD bi-weekly | Production Assistant | Entry | Burbank CA | 1 | Female | Animation Guild 839 | ||
91 | 11/02/2022 04:01:30 | less than 1k usd/month | freelance 2d/trad animator | entry | chicago | 3 | Non Binary | |||
92 | 04/04/2023 01:28:04 | 60,000usd pre tax | Technical Animator | Entry | Illinois, USA | 1 | Female | |||
93 | 13/05/2022 11:07:23 | 18 an hour | Graphic Designer | Entry | Orange County | 2 | Male | |||
94 | 31/01/2023 01:55:28 | $1150 CAD/ week | Storyboard Revisionist | Entry | Toronto, ON | 0 | Female | no | ||
95 | 01/06/2023 01:12:30 | $38/hour | Database Management Specialist | Entry Level | Santa Rosa, CA | 2 | Davey Resource Group | Male | ||
96 | 27/09/2023 23:55:21 | $38,000 (USD) | 3D Environment Artist | Entry Level | St. Louis, Missouri | 0 | FlightSafety International | Female | No | Zero years professional experience, but did attend college. |
97 | 11/02/2022 13:30:53 | 40k CAD (1.5x overtime) | 3D Animator | Entry level | Montreal, Canada | 1 | MPC Film | Female | No | |
98 | 16/03/2022 20:31:14 | 18.75 USD / HR | Production Assistant | Entry Level | Los Angeles | 0 | Nickelodeon | Female | No | |
99 | 04/03/2022 17:11:57 | $20/hr | storyboard artist | entry level | Burbank, CA | 1 | Stoopid Buddy Stoodios | Male | no | This studio also has deadlines of 2 WEEKS for boards of 22 minute episodes. They mostly hire new people and just keep cycling through young artists so be aware if you work for them. |
100 | 01/09/2022 17:05:04 | 37.5 / hour USD | CG Animator | Entry Level | California | 0 | Female | |||