WebAIM: Global Digital Accessibility Salary Survey

Introduction

The report below provides the results of a survey conducted in December 2024 to collect salary and job-related data from professionals whose job responsibilities primarily focus on making technology and digital products accessible and usable to people with disabilities. 656 responses were collected.

Note

This survey was conducted in conjunction with the GAAD Foundation. The GAAD Foundation is a nonprofit organization whose mission is to disrupt the culture of technology and digital product development to include accessibility as a core requirement.

A few disclaimers and notices:

Totals may not equal 100% due to rounding.
Total responses (n) for each question may not equal 656 due to some respondents not answering a particular question.
The sample was not controlled and may not represent everyone in the digital accessibility field.

Country

Please select the country where you work.
Country	# of respondents	% of respondents
United States	309	47.1%
United Kingdom	127	19.4%
Canada	70	10.7%
Australia	18	2.7%
India	16	2.4%
Sweden	16	2.4%
Other	100	15.2%

Responses were received from 30 different countries.

Salary

Respondents that indicated working full time reported an average salary (after conversion to US dollars at January 2025 rates) of $109,542 US dollars (median = $96,100).

Average full-time salary reported by location (where n>10)
Location	Average Salary	Median Salary	Average Salary in US Dollars	Median Salary in US Dollars
United States	$141,933 USD	$135,302 USD	$141,933	$135,302
Canada	$124,017 CAD	$120,000 CAD	$85,572	$82,800
United Kingdom	£65,450 GBP	£56,207 GBP	$81,158	$69,697
EU	€54,626	€54,500	$56,810	$56,680
Australia	$152,103 AUD	$144,000 AUD	$94,304	$89,280
Sweden	484,000 SEK	498,000 SEK	$44,044	$45,318
India	3,120,557 INR	1,650,000 INR	$37,447	$19,800

Average salaries varied by country.

Wages

Respondents that indicated working full time and being paid hourly reported an average hourly wage (after conversion to US dollars at January 2025 rates) of $60.49 US dollars per hour (median = $55.76/hour).

Average full-time wage reported by country (where n>5)
Country	Average Wage	Median Wage	Average Wage in USD	Median Wage in USD
United States	$73.08/hour	$65/hour	$73.08/hour	$65/hour
Canada	$58.71 CAD/hour	$41 CAD/hour	$40.51/hour	$28.29/hour
United Kingdom	£48.20 GBP/hour	£55 GBP/hour	$59.77/hour	$68.20/hour

Disability Types

Which of the following disabilities do you have?
Response	# of respondents	% of respondents	Average Full-time Salary in US Dollars
Blindness	54	8.2%	$129,744
Low Vision/Visually-Impaired	49	7.5%	$114,458
Cognitive or Learning	47	7.2%	$104,947
Deafness/Hard-of-Hearing	34	5.2%	$119,617
Motor	33	5.0%	$93,810
Medical/Chronic Health-Related	88	13.4%	$112,037
Neurodiverse	194	29.6%	$112,624
Psychological/Psychiatric	86	13.1%	$114,654
Other	41	6.3%	$104,304
None	272	41.5%	$104,267

57.6% of respondents reported having a disability. 149 respondents (23%) reported having multiple disabilities. The 319 respondents with disabilities (including Neurodiverse) that reported working full-time reported a higher average salary ($113,390) than the 234 respondents that did not report a disability ($104,267). Only respondents with Motor disabilities reported earning lower full-time salaries than respondents without disabilities.

Industry

What industry do you work in?
Response	# of respondents	% of respondents	Average full-time salary (in USD)
Information technology	171	26.1%	$110,407
Education	81	12.3%	$92,896
Government	77	11.7%	$93,704
Finance	43	6.6%	$115,801
Banking	35	5.3%	$104,496
Professional and business services	33	5.0%	$121,304
Healthcare and social assistance	25	3.8%	$166,082
Other	191	29.1%	$112,938

Company/Organization Size

Approximately how many people work at your company/organization?
Response	# of respondents	% of respondents
1-10	30	4.7%
10-100	71	11.2%
100-500	66	10.4%
500-1000	41	6.5%
1000-10000	155	24.4%
10000-20000	63	9.9%
20000-50000	58	9.1%
50000+	150	23.7%

65% of respondents reported working at companies or organizations with over 1000 people. Employees of larger companies/organizations generally reported notably higher average salaries. For example, employees at organizations with fewer than 100 employees averaged full-time salaries of $75,845 compared to $124,016 for employees at organizations with 10,000 or more employees.

Employment Status

How would you best describe your employment status?
Response	# of respondents	% of respondents
Full-time	586	90.6%
Freelancer/Self-employed	32	4.9%
Part-time	21	3.2%
Other	8	1.2%

Respondents reported being paid to work an average of 37.7 hours per week.

Work Location

What is your primary work location?
Response	# of respondents	% of respondents	Average full-time salary (in USD)
Remote	361	55.5%	$115,570
Hybrid	245	37.7%	$105,361
In Office	44	6.8%	$83,856

Telework was by far the most common type of work with 93.2% of respondents indicating they work in remote or hybrid locations. In-office respondents reported notably lower salaries on average.

Role

Which of the following best describes your current role?
Response	# of respondents	% of respondents
Individual contributor	176	27.1%
Staff	131	20.2%
Manager	93	14.3%
Contractor/Consultant	79	12.2%
Team lead	70	10.8%
Director	36	5.5%
Chief Accessibility Officer	22	3.4%
Senior director	10	1.5%
Owner/work for myself	8	1.2%
Chief Executive Officer	6	.9>%
Vice president	2	.3%
Other	22	3.4%

Accessibility Software, Tools, or Services Company

Do you work for a company that sells accessibility compliance monitoring software, accessibility automated testing tools, or digital accessibility professional services (e.g., audits, consulting)?
Response	# of respondents	% of respondents
Yes	146	22.5%
No	504	77.5%

Employees of accessibility companies reported notably lower full-time salaries ($87,279 on average) compared to others ($115,102 on average).

Department

What part of your company/organization best describes where you work?
Response	# of respondents	% of respondents
Digital Experience	110	16.8%
Information Services/Technology	93	14.2%
Engineering/Development	72	11.0%
Consulting Services	70	10.7%
Design	61	9.3%
Usability/User Experience	32	4.9%
Marketing/Communications	30	4.6%
Product	27	4.1%
Other	161	24.5%

Years Experience

How many years of experience do you have in digital accessibility?
Response	# of respondents	% of respondents
0 - 5 Years	238	36.4%
6 - 10 Years	216	33.1%
11 - 15 Years	77	11.8%
16 - 20 Years	65	10.0%
21 - 25 Years	43	6.6%
25+ Years	14	2.1%

69.2% of respondents reported 10 or fewer years of experience in digital accessibility. Those with 10 or fewer years of experience reported notably lower full-time salaries ($100,933 on average) than those with more than 10 years experience ($129,934 on average).

Years In Current Job

How many years have you worked in your current job?
Response	# of respondents	% of respondents
0 - 5 Years	505	77.3%
6 - 10 Years	91	13.9%
11 - 15 Years	27	4.1%
16 - 20 Years	14	2.1%
21 - 25 Years	7	1.1%
25+ Years	7	1.1%

22.2% of respondents worked in their current job for 1 year or less. 91.6% of respondents worked in their current job for 10 or fewer years. Those who worked longer in their current job generally have higher salaries and wages.

Accessibility Focus

In your current job, what portion of your time focuses on making technology or digital products accessible and usable to people with disabilities?
Response	# of respondents	% of respondents
None of my time	4	.1%
Nearly none of my time	31	5.6%
Most of my time	113	20.5%
Nearly all of my time	133	24.1%
All of my time	271	49.1%

Respondents that reported spending all or nearly all of their time focused on accessibility reported higher average salaries than those who spend less time.

Additional Compensation

Outside of your base pay/salary, choose all of the items that are part of your total compensation package.
Response	# of respondents	% of respondents
Equity	142	21.6%
Short term incentive/performance incentive/bonus/commission	282	43%
Other allowance (e.g., rideshare costs, health club membership)	170	25.9%
Paid vacation	525	80%
Medical, dental, and/or vision benefits	461	70.3%
Employer-funded retirement benefits	423	64.5%
None of these	51	7.8%

92.2% of respondents reported additional compensation or benefits, with medical/dental/vision benefits and retirement benefits being most common.

Vacation Days

564 respondents (86%) reported receiving paid vacation with an average of at least 23 paid vacation days per year. 38 respondents reported having unlimited or flexible vacation leave.

Application Type

How did you apply for or secure your current job?
Response	# of respondents	% of respondents
Online job board	274	42.7%
Internal job transfer/promotion	148	23.1%
Head-hunter/recruiting agency	84	13.1%
I own my own business/work for myself	27	4.2%
Other	109	17%

Recruiter Understanding

Did you feel those who recruited or interviewed you for your current job had an understanding of digital accessibility and the work you would be doing? Please rate their level of understanding.
Response	# of respondents	% of respondents
Excellent understanding	212	33.7%
Good understanding	202	32.1%
Not very good understanding	130	20.7%
No understanding	55	8.7%
Not applicable	30	4.8%

Most respondents (55.8%) indicated that their recruiter or interviewer had excellent or good understanding of digital accessibility.