Prompted by Instagram account Salty Animators, animation artists and production staff have been anonymously disclosing their salaries, revealing vast pay disparities across the industry.
Salty Animators has rounded up posts in an Instagram Story (click on the Highlight titled “Payrates” on the account). They make for interesting reading, not least because many contributors also give their job title, location, experience, gender, and industry (gaming, vfx, or animation).
At the upper end of the scale, some experienced artists are making well into six figures: