NewsOct 29, 2025

2024/2025 Creative Earners National Salary Survey results released

The RGD has released the results of the 12th Creative Earners National Salary Survey

Over 3,400 Canadian graphic design and communications professionals participated in the survey—specifically, 3,226 professionals and 187 students, for a total of 3,413 respondents. These participants provided insights into where they work, who they work for and what they get paid.

Download the 2024/2025 survey results.

The survey results are available for to download for free. If you would like to contribute to the development of future surveys, please do so in the download form.

Through the Creative Earners National Salary Survey, the RGD, raises awareness about the country’s creative industry and provides an economic profile of the field.

Below are a few highlights from the latest survey results:

Median salaries from 2022 to 2024 have continued to rise across most roles, with Creative/Design Directors (+8.7%), Senior Graphic Designers (+7%) and Intermediate Designers (+5%) seeing the highest overall increase.
In the 2024–2025 Creative Earners survey, Creative/Design Directors and Product Designers reported the highest median salaries at $125,000, maintaining their positions as the top-earning roles in the Canadian design and communications industry and marking a 14% increase from 2023. Design Educators saw a modest increase of 3.6%, while Junior Designers remained mostly stable, rising by 1.4%.
Women continue to earn less than men across almost all job titles, with the largest gap among Product Designers, where women earn approximately 75% of what men earn ($108,000 vs. $144,500).

Thanks to our 2024 Design Partner: Creative Currency

For media inquiries, please contact Rebecca Dudgeon, Community Engagement & PR Manager, at rebecca@rgd.ca.