What is the Pay & Conditions Survey?
Performing Arts Forum and First Music Contact, together with other arts resource organisations, are continuing our work to advocate for fairer, more sustainable careers across the cultural sector.
We are repeating our Pay and Conditions research, and our most recent version can be found here. The research results will be used to support advocacy for sustainable investment and to inform future policy and funding development.
We anticipate that this year the research will highlight the chronic under-resourcing of the sector resulting in the precarity experienced by artists, arts workers and arts organisations, unmanageable workloads and consequently the loss of skills, knowledge, and talent as people leave the sector.
The more responses we receive, the stronger the evidence base we can bring to Government, funders and partners.
All responses are completely anonymous and will be reported only in aggregated form.
- The deadline for responses is 5pm on Friday 19th December
- The results will be published early in the New Year
We are gathering reliable information on pay and conditions for employees, independent artists and freelance arts workers.
This means we will ask you about your income in 2024; please have the information to hand.
Pay & Conditions Surveys
| Survey Type | Survey LINK |
|---|---|
| Artist | If you see yourself primarily as an artist, please take time to complete this survey |
| Arts Workers | If you see yourself as mainly an arts worker, please take time to complete this survey |
| Arts Centres, Venues and Theatres | If you are involved in the running of an arts centres, venues and theatres, please take the time to complete this survey This will collect information specific to arts centres, venues and theatres, but please do also share the artists and arts workers surveys with your team and contacts and complete the arts workers’ survey yourself |
| Production Companies | If you are involved in the running of a production company year-round, please take the time to complete this survey This will collect information specific to organisations, but please do also share the artists and arts workers surveys with your team and contacts and complete the arts workers’ survey yourself. |
| Festivals | If you are involved in the running of a festival, please take the time to complete this survey This will collect information specific to festivals, but please do also share the artists and arts workers surveys with your team and contacts. |
| Creative Production Supports and Independent Producers working across more than four projects in 2024 | If you are involved in the running of a Creative Production Support, please take the time to complete this survey This will collect information specific to organisations, but please do also share the artists and arts workers surveys with your team and contacts and complete the arts workers’ survey yourself. We need to send you a spreadsheet for a completion. Please email irma@performingartsforum.ie for this. |