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Compensation for International Entertainment Jobs The Croner Company has conducted the preeminent compensation survey for the U.S. entertainment industry since 2013. The Croner Entertainment Survey – International is launching in 2022 in response to demand from U.S. clients with global locations for compensation data on international entertainment positions. The Survey will serve as a benchmark […]

In recognition of recent high inflation and tightening labor markets, The Croner Company conducted a January Salary Budget Survey to understand current compensation planning. This Survey reported on most current salary adjustment budgets and salary structure adjustments in place as of January 2022. Participant companies included Croner Survey participants in our annual industry-specific surveys. The […]

Reprinted from Cablefax The Daily By Noah Ziegler | February 8, 2022 Those who work for connectivity providers were more likely to see stronger compensation increases in 2021, while content developers faced more challenges, according to data from the Content & Connectivity Human Resources Association’s (C2HR) annual compensation surveys. Content companies still awarded pay raises, […]

Are you able to compete effectively for software gaming talent? It may be time to benchmark your salaries and incentives to market data. The recently published 2021 Croner Software Games Survey – North America shows that jobs at U.S. software gaming companies experienced material compensation growth in the past year. The growth in compensation was […]

The results of a Croner Company pulse survey about remote work[1] show a majority of participating companies will allow hybrid work schedules going forward. Hybrid work is defined as requiring some days in the office and allowing some days to be work from home.  The greatest number of those companies that will allow for hybrid […]

The annual Croner Entertainment Survey provides comprehensive market data about compensation for jobs and specialties in all segments of the Entertainment industry, including Film, Television, Digital Entertainment and Music production and distribution. Noteworthy insights from the recently published 2021 Croner Entertainment Survey include: Professional independent contributor positions and operating independent contributor / support positions experienced the […]

The 2021 C2HR Content Developers Compensation Survey provides competitive compensation data for positions in companies that develop content for television and digital entertainment, as well as positions specific to television and radio broadcasting.  High level trends from the 2021 results include: All organization levels experienced some year-over-year growth in compensation. Operating individual contributor / support […]

The recently published 2021 Croner Digital Content and Technology Survey provides in-depth market data on compensation for jobs specific to internet and mobile content and transactions.  Some of the noteworthy findings from the 2021 report include: ·         Compensation for digital jobs at the executive, middle management, and individual contributor levels experienced moderate growth year-over-year.  Support […]

The position grids for the 2021 Croner Software Games Survey will cover ten new software gaming job families this year.  These additions result from discussions with survey participant companies at the annual Survey Planning Meeting.  The meeting was attended by human resources and compensation professionals from companies developing and/or publishing games in all platform types […]

Animation and Visual Effects jobs are at the forefront of today’s entertainment. Animators and Visual Effects teams are producing content consumed in software games and in content streaming on Netflix, Amazon, Hulu, YouTube, Twitter, and Facebook. The 2021 Croner Animation and Visual Effects Survey provides up-to-date competitive compensation information about positions that develop animation and/or […]