The eLearning Guild Releases 2014 Global eLearning Salary & Compensation Report
02/19/2014
The eLearning Guild has released the 2014 Global eLearning Salary & Compensation Report. Data obtained from Guild members shows that eLearning salaries worldwide decreased slightly from an average of $77,682 (USD) in 2013 to an average of $76,530 (USD) in 2014.
Australia, Canada, the United Kingdom, and the United States experienced a decrease in average salaries in 2013, which is the opposite of last year. Australia’s salaries had been growing in the past few years but dipped this past year. India was the only one of the five countries to see a rise from the previous year.
The 2014 Report provides global data: over 5,900 members of The eLearning Guild worldwide contributed their salary information. The report is free to registered members of the Guild, including Associates.
The report details the trends in global pay worldwide and for specific countries and regions, and it analyzes components of salary and compensation, including gender, status, designation, and other compensation. It also compares information across employer and employee variables. Charts provide summaries of the trends in salaries since 2008. Readers will find information about other variables, such as length of average workweek and number of days of vacation.
Specific highlights include:
-Industry: For the second year in a row, employees from the pharmaceutical/biotech industry report salaries above the average (26.9%), while once again, government (state and local) and education (K-12) employees are 13.7% and 23.5%, respectively, below average.
-Company size: Employees at the largest companies (50,000+ employees) also report the largest salaries, at about 9.8% higher than average.
-Number of people managed: As one might expect, those who manage more employees are paid higher salaries. On average, managers with more than 10 direct reports earn 27.4% more than average, a slight increase over 2013. What about those 40.5% of survey respondents working as individual contributors? They earn 3.8% below average.
-Years of eLearning experience: For those new to the industry, know that more experience brings a higher salary. Those with 10 to 14 years of eLearning experience report a salary that is 11.3% higher than average.
-Years of education: And those of you yearning for more formal education? It just might pay off. The average salary difference for those with a doctorate (8.3%) compared to those with a bachelor’s (-4.0%) is over 12%.
-Job focus: Lastly, those with executive management responsibilities are paid considerably more than other job roles, at 52.3% above average.
By News Editor