Good data: What everyone gets paid everywhere
Today is the first time the Workplace Gender Equality Agency (WGEA) has released industry pay broken down in quartile bands. It makes for compelling reading for those in the media and agency world.
The launch of the annual gender pay gap data today highlighted not only ongoing inequality in media and marketing: it also gave incredible detail, broken down by company, on pay rates.
What the data shows is that there are big differences depending on where you work, with average pay varying more than 50% between agencies. In the world of media companies, it’s even more stark – work at Win, and on average you will be paid half what someone at Foxtel gets.
First, to agencies. Have a look at the graph below (click to enlarge).
Media pays a lot less than creative for WPP, Omnicom etc … but it’s media that’s driving all the profits and growth. How a DDB lowest quartile is close to $80k and OMG is closer to $60k will be an interesting one for OMG’s lowest earners.