The Licensing Letter

TLL's Salary Survey

Average Salary Drops $10K; Gap Between Europeans and Americans Widens

Contact the editor at karina@plainlanguagemedia.com and sales at jen@plainlanguagemedia.com You're a licensing executive: Negotiate like one. TLL is currently updating the only industry-specific source of salary, bonus, and data. Reserve your 2019 edition of TLL's 2019 Compensation Report today and get last year's report emailed to you for just $47 more—email or call Jen at … [Read more...] about Average Salary Drops $10K; Gap Between Europeans and Americans Widens

Salary Survey: It’s Hard To Ask for a Raise Out There

Contact the editor at karina@plainlanguagemedia.com Almost three-fourths of respondents to TLL's 2019 Salary Survey agree: "It's hard to ask for more compensation." At the same time, 42% are not satisfied with their current level of comp, and 49% say they don't get enough support to do their jobs properly. The most commonly cited reason? Bureaucracy and inertia. Simply put, … [Read more...] about Salary Survey: It’s Hard To Ask for a Raise Out There

Licensing Execs Are Educated: 89% Hold at Least Bachelor Degree

By: Karina Masolova; karina@plainlanguagemedia.com Note: The following is based on as as-yet unpublished excerpt of TLL's 2018 Compensation Report, to be released in digital PDF and print in May 2018 at Licensing Expo Las Vegas. Note that three charts and tables have been excluded from this excerpt. Licensing executives are more educated than ever before, according to the … [Read more...] about Licensing Execs Are Educated: 89% Hold at Least Bachelor Degree

Average Pay for Licensing Execs Down by $9K

Licensing professionals are experienced, happy with their jobs, and prepared to put in the hours, according to The Licensing Letter’s 2018 Salary Survey. We will have this year's TLL's 2018 Compensation Report, which features more in-depth breakdowns, available at Licensing Expo next month—contact Jen for more information. Over half of respondents (61%) have been involved in … [Read more...] about Average Pay for Licensing Execs Down by $9K

Licensing Execs Report Greater Hours, Higher Pay

Licensing professionals are experienced, satisfied, and putting in the hours, according to The Licensing Letter’s 2017 Salary Survey. Among the findings: Over half of respondents (55%) have been involved in licensing for 10 years or more, with another 31% having been in the business for five to ten years. Compared to last year's Survey, when over 55% of respondents had been … [Read more...] about Licensing Execs Report Greater Hours, Higher Pay

What’s a Licensing Exec Worth?

What is a licensing executive worth? Combining our research from TLL’s Annual Licensing Business Survey, TLL’s 2016 Salary Survey and demographic data from the Licensing Source Book, we’ve come up with an interesting answer to that question. On average, TLL estimates that top executives are responsible for $19.6 million in retail sales while pulling less than one percent of … [Read more...] about What’s a Licensing Exec Worth?

Licensing Execs Are Satisfied, Gunning for the Long Haul

By Karina Masolova Licensing professionals are seasoned lot, happy with their jobs and prepared to put in the hours, according to The Licensing Letter’s 2016 Salary Survey. Among the findings: Over half of respondents (54%) have been involved in the licensing business for 10 years or more and another 19% for five to ten years. And this staying power extends to the job … [Read more...] about Licensing Execs Are Satisfied, Gunning for the Long Haul

Gender Gap in Licensing? Don’t Count on It

The following is an excerpt from TLL’s feature story on compensation. See the complete run-down here, including job satisfaction, hours worked and breakdowns by title. By Karina Masolova. According to respondents to The Licensing Letter’s 2016 Salary Survey, all is well for gender parity in licensing. Industry men and women work the same hours and draw the same paycheck, after … [Read more...] about Gender Gap in Licensing? Don’t Count on It