Salary
Expectations in the Graphic Design
field
| |
Local
Survey* |
Regional
Survey** |
Occupational Outlook
Handbook*** |
| Customer Service
Representative |
| |
$8.00-$12.00/hr |
$7.88 - $17.86/hr
($9.97/hr average
entry-level wage) |
Median $13.21/hr |
| Desktop Publisher/
Graphic Designer |
| |
$8.00-$15.00/hr |
$8.30 – $26.27/hr
($10.09/hr average
entry-level wage)
|
$26,659 and $45,130/yr
(Median $34,570/yr)
|
| Electronic Prepress
Technician |
| |
$8.00-$12.00/hr |
$8.30 – $26.27/hr
($10.09/hr average
entry-level wage)
|
$26,560 and $45,130/yr
(Median $34,570/yr) |
| Information
Designer |
| |
$8.00-$15.00/hr |
N/A |
$26,560 and $45,130/yr
(Median $34,570/yr |
| Photographer |
| |
$8.00-$12.00/hr |
N/A |
$16,790 and $33,020/yr
(Median $22,300/yr) |
| Industry Related Sales
Representative |
| |
$10.00-$12.00/hr |
($12.88/hr average
entry-level wage) |
(Median 14.94/hr)
|
| Web Page Designer
|
| |
$8.00-$15.00+ /hr |
N/A |
$26,560 and $45,130/yr
(Median $34,570/yr) |
* Eastern Iowa Community College Districts 2003 Labor Market
Assessment of Graphics Personnel in the Area IX and contiguous
Illinois counties.
**2001 Printing Industry Compensation Survey from PIA/GATF
(Printing Industries Association of the Heartland and Printing
Industries of the Midlands, Inc.)
*** Occupational Outlook Handbook, all data from 2000 figures.
http://www.bls.gov/oco/