Event Recap: Salary Survey 2025
On the release of Financial Narrative's 2025 Salary Survey, our panel featuring leading voices in financial communications recruitment and strategy examined how hiring managers and job seekers evaluate compensation.
Jamie McLaughlin of Monday Talent noted a significant shift: candidates are increasingly prioritizing salary and benefits over softer factors like office perks.
Susan Goodwin Thomas of Heyman Associates echoed that companies need to be clearer and more competitive in salary discussions early in the hiring process.
Alexa Nightingale of Opinium added that Gen Z professionals are more direct about pay expectations and see transparency as table stakes.
Employers are encouraged to stop underestimating candidates’ understanding of their market value. Recruiters are seeing growing frustration from job seekers when salary ranges are withheld or vague. The overarching message: today’s financial comms professionals are career-savvy, data-informed, and willing to walk away if a role doesn’t meet both personal and financial needs.