The
Blue Collar Post Collective are, in their words, "a group of over 7000 post-production professionals who [help others] get started in post, help people looking to advance in their careers, and help professionals who want to connect with more of their peers."
As part of their mission they've started an annual United States survey of post-production salaries.
The United States Pay Scale Survey is looking for experienced post-pros to participate.
Whether you're in a union, on staff, or a freelancer - the Blue Collar Post Collective needs your assistance for a real-world picture of professional pay scales. They've put together a survey that takes about 3 minutes to complete (I just did so myself).
Please help the BCPC (and our industry) by clicking on the link and taking their completely anonymous pay scale survey for the United States:
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdr2RGSqS5sayrTlzqMvNIEJQWAu9Ja6u4psenzdbER6fWhow/viewform
How is this data used?
I can't put it any better than Katie Hinsen, Chair of the BCPC's Board of Directors. Here's part of what she wrote in a recent email:
"[The Survey is] completely anonymous, collecting data from across the industry and across the US, which is then made available to all who want to be empowered or undertake research. People use it a lot for when they're negotiating their own rate or salary. Sometimes just finding the data from one other person who does similar work, and seeing their rate, can make a huge difference. Because it's all anonymous, we can avoid any uncomfortable conversations, while still
offering pay transparency to our industry.
The more data we gather, the more people we can help and the more we can make our industry fairer and better. Please take a minute to fill out the survey, and please pass it on to friends and colleagues."
Why am I urging my Tao Newsletter readers working in the US to participate?Â
Especially if you're a 'seasoned' pro? Because we all often complain about our rates dropping as pools of new talent are fed into the ecosystem. These new talent pools have no idea how to price themselves. The seasoned pros among us also know the employers who hire these young creatives often take advantage of their ignorance of industry pay scales.
If you take the survey then you are helping younger talent learn how much they're really worth. In the long run, contributing to the Survey is the smart play for all of us. We're informing the next
generation the rates they should be targeting.
Have a great week. I'll see you next Sunday.
Happy Grading!
(and remember - if you have a story that's a fit for this Newsletter, hit reply or email it to 'newsletter@taoofcolor.com'! Include a quick reason for the suggested link.)
- Patrick Inhofer
Colorist | Publisher | Coach
