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<blockquote data-quote="Hard8Staff" data-source="post: 55501" data-attributes="member: 1386">For those interested,When we were preparing to hire our first full-time writer(s) in '00 we did some industry benchmarking for salaries.&nbsp; I don't have the data with me, but going from memory, we found this:Beginning writer: Salary $15k-23k/year&quot;experienced/seasoned&quot;:$20k-32k/yearIn both cases they had no benefits to speak of (maybe health insurance, maybe not, no 401k/retirement benefits, no dental).WOTC is not part of our data, though I can tell you that one WOTC writer with experience told me he was making $55k/year.&nbsp;&nbsp; Of course, they did many rounds of layoffs since then, so I don't know what that does to this info.I have no idea if/how the d20 invasion has affected the above, but my guess is that it's brought it down somewhat (although freelancers are doing better, I think) as mid-size companies feel the squeeze of declining numbers in the face of too many consumer choices and not enough consumers.Regards,David Kenzer</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Hard8Staff, post: 55501, member: 1386"] For those interested, When we were preparing to hire our first full-time writer(s) in '00 we did some industry benchmarking for salaries. I don't have the data with me, but going from memory, we found this: Beginning writer: Salary $15k-23k/year "experienced/seasoned": $20k-32k/year In both cases they had no benefits to speak of (maybe health insurance, maybe not, no 401k/retirement benefits, no dental). WOTC is not part of our data, though I can tell you that one WOTC writer with experience told me he was making $55k/year. Of course, they did many rounds of layoffs since then, so I don't know what that does to this info. I have no idea if/how the d20 invasion has affected the above, but my guess is that it's brought it down somewhat (although freelancers are doing better, I think) as mid-size companies feel the squeeze of declining numbers in the face of too many consumer choices and not enough consumers. Regards, David Kenzer [/QUOTE]

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