The original art cover of the Simmer 2019 issue of The Voice, featuring our comprehensive outdoor industry salary package.
The outdoor industry industry is filled with people who got into this business for the sheer love of the outdoors—but we all still have bills to pay. This special section explores the realities of working in the outdoor industry and answers the question: Is your paycheck big enough?
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In the Summer 2019 issue of The Voice, we explored the ins and outs of wages in the outdoor industry. We set out to answer one simple yet important question: As an outdoor employee, is your paycheck big enough? As the pandemic continues to affect wages across the industry, we're ...read more
A store manager, a copy writer, a founder, and a program manager dish on their salaries and whether they get compensated fairly. Anna Gutwin Manager, Outdoor Gear Exchange Burlington, VT “My partner and I are lucky because we were able to find this house that nobody else wanted ...read more
Listen up, outdoor industry leaders. It’s time to start paying your interns. I know: There’s no shortage of eager young people willing to work for nil. Hey, I was one of them. I accepted a three-month unpaid internship at an outdoor magazine a few years ago, hoping it would be a ...read more
Four years ago, Marie*, a lifelong outdoor enthusiast, turned her passion into a full-time position at a Vermont outdoor retailer. But now, even after being promoted, she still finds herself taking dog-sitting gigs just to make ends meet. Marie started her retail job on salary, ...read more
Meet five individuals who, from the outside, seem to have the gig of a lifetime. The share details about their paycheck, plus perks and bummers. FILMMAKER Sarah Menzies: Let Media, Seattle, WA The paycheck $40,000 The gig Shooting documentary films and commercial projects ...read more
Turns out, the outdoor industry isn’t immune to overarching trends in income inequality. Our survey revealed a significant pay discrepancy between men and women—a finding that’s about in line with the average pay gap nationwide among all industries, says Chandra Childers, study ...read more
Money: Like politics, religion, and bodily functions, you’re not supposed to discuss it in polite company. And we get it. How much hard-earned cash your labor brings home can feel like an intensely personal detail, affecting everything about how you work and play. But when wages ...read more
In January 2019, SNEWS launched a comprehensive outdoor industry salary survey in partnership with Category One to gather concrete data on salaries of people working in the outdoor industry, from sales to PR, from marketing to gear design, from retail to media, from athletes to ...read more
