u/Creativerates

Hey,

Sharing a site I built called CreativeRates. It's an anonymous database of what concept artists (and a bunch of adjacent creative roles) actually charge or earn, filterable by region, experience, and the kind of work you do.

It's at over 9,000 submissions in total. VFX and animation are the densest slices, which means a lot of the production-side concept work is well-covered. Studio and freelance concept art numbers are usable but the spread is more uneven, so for more specialised niches the medians can swing.

The way it works: you anonymously add what you charge and that gives you a year of access to see everyone else's data. To keep using it after that year you re-submit, mainly so the data stays fresh.

Mods, happy to take this down if it doesn't fit

First off, thanks to the mods for letting me post this.

You probably know what you make. Maybe what a couple of friends make. Past that, it's guesswork.

Studios and agencies know exactly what they pay everyone in your role. The rest of us are asking around and digging up forum threads from 2019. That gap is the whole problem, it's why "is this rate fair?" never gets a real answer here.

CreativeRates is built to close it. Working artists submit their rate, and you see where you actually sit for your discipline, level and region. Animation, plus the VFX and motion side too. Real distribution, not a made-up average.

Submissions are fully anonymous. You stay invisible, the number goes in.

Honest part: it just launched, so the data's thin. No clever way around that. It only works if enough of us actually put a number in.

No big company behind this, no investors, no agenda. Just artists trying to figure this out together.

https://creativerates.io/go/rates?ref=reddit-animationcareer

I've been doing motion, animation and VFX work for 20 years and I still don't know what anyone in this industry actually makes.

I know what I make. I know what a few friends make. Beyond that it's guesswork. Agencies and studios know exactly what they pay everyone in your role. The rest of us are asking around and pulling up forum posts from 2019.

So I built CreativeRates. Working artists submit their rate, from juniors and mid-weights all the way up to senior motion designers and creative directors, and you see where you actually sit for your discipline, level and region. Motion graphics, title design, broadcast, UI animation, plus the VFX and animation side too. Real distribution, not a made-up average.

Submissions are fully anonymous. You stay invisible, the number goes in.

Honestly though, it just launched and the data's basically empty. No clever way around that. I'm one guy. This only works if enough of us put a number in.

First 500 submitters get a free year of Pro. No card needed.

https://creativerates.io/go/rates?ref=reddit-motiondesign

No big corporation behind this, no investors, no agenda. Just an artist trying to help the rest of us figure this out.