2016-2017 Web Salary Survey

Large-Scale Findings

THE MEDIAN SALARY IS $78,000 (we use US dollars for all money in this report). Naturally, there is a lot of variation, but 75% of respondents had a salary of at least $50,000, and 25% had a salary of at least $109,000. Things are changing fast, though: salaries rise quickly. 17% of respondents reported a salary raise of 20% to 30% over the past three years. The salary raises also form a bell curve around this 17%. For instance, although 5% reported a decrease in salary, 16% reported that their salaries had doubled, or even done better, over three years.

The United States paid the highest salaries, with the average being $98,000. Canada was also pretty high, with a median of $79,000 (in US dollars), and Australia/New Zealand at $74,000. Compensation drops off rapidly after that:

• UK and Ireland: average of $62,000

• Rest of Europe: average of $43,000

• Africa: average of $23,000 (but there was a rather high top quartile of $41,000)

• Asia: average of $21,000 (with a high top quartile of $47,000)

• Latin America: average of $21,000 (with a high top quartile of $44,000)

The top quartile means that 25% of respondents earned more than the amount listed. Of course, countries differ in taxation and the benefits they offer, so salaries have somewhat different meanings in different countries.

Because we got a lot of respondents from the US, we could break them down by region. High salaries in California are no surprise (particularly given the cost of living there), ...