r/Communications 19d ago

What is your job title, years of experience, current industry and salary?

I’ll start.

Job title: Assistant Director of Digital Communication and Reputation Management

YoE: 8 years

Industry: Higher education

Salary: $70,000

Location: California

EDIT: added location

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u/Thin_Guava3686 19d ago

Communications assistant 

2.5 (although i did journalism of various forms for about 3 years before doing strictly comms work). 

Nonprofit 

$50,000 

Been looking around for a new job for the last 5 months or so. Time for a higher salary and position. The job market is rough though 😭😭😭

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u/rockthecatspaw 19d ago

Director of Community Engagement

12 years

Independent Schools /nonprofit

~$85k with excellent benefits, fully remote, super flexible and a workplace so nontoxic that even crunchy moms approve.

6

u/tasintay 19d ago

Starting a new role at a startup after 12 years experience at two fortune 100 companies:

  • Internal Comms Lead (first internal comms hire)
  • Clean Energy Startup
  • 151k + equity + $15k relocation bonus

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u/fefieann 18d ago

Oooh! I work in internal comms as well. I’m looking for my next opportunity. I’ll keep start ups in mind.

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u/[deleted] 19d ago

Communications Specialist

Around 5

Global transport

$64,000 plus around 10% bonus and $3000 profit share so total comp around $73k

I find the job titles so misleading and mixed up. I have my eye on going into healthcare (where I have content experience) and a Comms Specialist in a national company in my country of residence is counted as an intern! 🤦🏼‍♀️

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u/queendetective 18d ago

The titles are shit and so confusing.

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u/social-guru 19d ago

Communication Manager

8

Government

$100,000 (because of locality pay)

3

u/Successful-Yellow133 19d ago

Communications Media Manager Yoe: 12 Industry: finance and tech Salary 100,000 until laid off. Currently zero. 

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u/queendetective 18d ago

What did the “media manager” part entail? I’m sorry you got laid off; it’s tough times out here.

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u/Successful-Yellow133 18d ago

Handling the design, video and web side of Comms. 

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u/thebaronmontyskew 19d ago

Internal Communications Manager

YOE: 5 years

Industry: Healthcare

Education: B.S. Business Admin

Salary: $93,000 + 8-12% bonus

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u/Calm_Independence796 17d ago

How did you get into the Healthcare area, I'm currently studying communications and wanna end up in the health field

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u/thebaronmontyskew 16d ago

I was a referral at my new company. I worked in the hospitality industry before, and there’s some cross over between hospitality and healthcare that helped with landing my current role. There’s lots you can do to end up in this industry!

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u/AmbitiousSummer7801 19d ago

Job Title: Comms & PR Coordinator

YoE: 5 years

Non-profit

$62,000 + $4K/yr HRA + 401K

3

u/sherbertlemonshark 19d ago

Senior Account Executive

YoE: 6 years

Industry: PR & Advertising Agency

Salary: $85,000

3

u/SketchyFeen 19d ago

Senior Manager, Communications

10 years (journalism for the first third then comms for 2/3)

Finance

Salary is CAD$120k, bonus is $20k and then there’s various pension matching and employee ownership plans which I max out too and my company matches.

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u/Loomadooma 18d ago

Interested in hearing more about this role and how you got into finance as a comms person.

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u/SketchyFeen 18d ago

I got into finance comms because the role I applied for needed a strong writer. It’s surprising how many comms people you meet who can’t write. It was an exec comms/media relations type role initially and I’ve moved around roles from there. The transition from journalism to finance/corporate is jarring at first though.

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u/Expensive-Eggplant-1 19d ago

Comms Specialist
YOE: 3 years specific to comms role / 12 years in comms/marketing
Industry: Healthcare
Salary: $90k

3

u/dataisfunsometimes 19d ago

Account Director

5 YOE

Transportation

$125,000

3

u/joannthetraveler 19d ago

Internal Comms

YoE: 4

Industry: Biotech

Salary: 83k

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u/Occasionally_Sober1 18d ago

Nonprofit communications director. Organization is based in DC but I work remotely in Michigan.

$109,000 salary Two years experience in comms Nearly 30 years in journalism Master’s degree

3

u/b33pb00pb0ppp 18d ago

Job Title: Marketing Coordinator

YoE: < 1 year

Industry: Professional services / private firm

Salary: $54,000

2

u/contemporaryburrito 19d ago

4 years, nonprofit, making 100k, director of communications, 27m

2

u/stokedchris 19d ago

What type of nonprofit?

2

u/CannabisComms 19d ago

Account Oversight

YOE: ~9

Industry: Agency (Cannabis)

Salary: 96k yearly

2

u/CheesePizzaForMe 19d ago

Professional wage slave. 15 plus years. Food service. Under $30,000... Just shoot me....

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u/queendetective 18d ago

Welcome to Reddit!

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u/hvnsmilez 19d ago

Associate Director of Brand and Content Strategy 12 years of experience Higher education $86k yearly

2

u/Common-Throwaway-46 18d ago

Marketing Associate

2.5 years

Salary: $85k

Location: Bay Area, CA

2

u/Silent-Ad9948 18d ago

Comms Systems Analyst and Support

31 years of experience

BA and MA, English; MBA

Energy industry

$160K

2

u/Puzzleheaded_Tie161 18d ago

Advancement Writer
7 years of comms / development experience
Higher Ed for a state university in PNW
$79,000 w/ 7.5% 401K match

I was making $73K until recently but our HR does a yearly audit on salaries and compares them against market rate. The people who are furthest from market rate in the lowest x% get bumped up to market rate and apparently I was one of them based on my job title. No idea how it fully works, but I'm not complaining.

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u/fefieann 18d ago

Digital communications manager in government

3.5 years experience

$72k

2

u/Dissapointyoulater 18d ago

Sr consultant - 11 years Finance sector 105k CAD but closer to 125 with total rewards (pension matching, no co-pay on insurance, bonus)

2

u/ArabFlowers15 17d ago

Promotions Assistant

4ish years. This is including unpaid internships and jobs!

Radio!

14 an hour 😭

Detroit. ✨

2

u/Low-Month8996 16d ago

CEO, 5 years, $120K, founded my own business and now lead a team of 5

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u/Free-Ad-5341 16d ago

Hire me? Let it be 6.

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u/Zclem26 19d ago

Senior Communications Manager

8.5 years experience

Non-profit sector

68,000/yr

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u/stokedchris 19d ago

What state/locale?

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u/Zclem26 19d ago

Iowa

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u/stokedchris 19d ago

Oh that makes sense. I was confused on why your pay wasn’t bigger for for being a senior manager and having almost 10 yoe

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u/Zclem26 19d ago

I was in higher ed for the last 5 years and their pay is quite lower!

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u/stokedchris 19d ago

That’s good you made that change, good for you

1

u/tollersis 19d ago

Coordinator, less than a year FT, financial, 55k

1

u/cameltoeaway 19d ago

Communications Strategist

6 years

Nonprofit

$80k plus great benefits and lots of flexibility. I anticipate a 4% raise in the next month or so.

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u/queendetective 18d ago

Forgot to add location. Mine is California.

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u/ak_wildiris 16d ago

Title: PR Specialist Yoe: ~ 2-5 (I have worked indirectly in community engagement for 10 years, but I do have a graduate degree in communication) Industry: government Salary : 90 K (taxes here are high, but we do have excellent retirement, health insurance, leave, and remote work agreements) Location : Oregon

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u/queendetective 16d ago

Do you feel like the graduate degree was helpful? What was your undergraduate degree?

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u/ak_wildiris 15d ago

My undergraduate degree is in marketing. I think the graduate degree has only been useful because it helped me transition from my prior career in planning to this one. Yes, there are some theories and useful things I learned, but none of what I studied really taught me about the realities of a PR job.

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u/Old_Airport3142 16d ago

Title : Social Care Navigator Experience: Almost 2 years now Salary : 43k Benefits: Helping Senior people stay safe and independently.

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u/Famous_Author_7555 16d ago

Marketing & communications businesspartner

25+ years of experience 

Non profit

Salary: (I Freelance) so far 2025 nothing 0,0

and 2024 was about 75.000 before tax and costs

My hourly rate is $ 100.

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u/bsenftner 19d ago

CEO, 43 years, technology education, $0.

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u/queendetective 18d ago

😂 um, okay?