Benefits can substantially increase a person's total compensation package. Benefits that respondents would like to see improved involve dental programs, 401K and retirement plans, vacation and insurance deductibles. Those who have reviewed the results were encouraged by one important response. Our members are planning for the future. Many of the statistics reported would mirror those in like professions.
Salaries are typically higher where the cost of living is higher.
Compensation and benefits can always be better, but IIDA is encouraged about the progress we are seeing. The survey results will be used to advocate the continued improvement of both compensation and benefits for interior designers. We are currently assessing how people practice in preparation for the Congress on Interior Design Futures scheduled for May 1997. A 20-year industry veteran, she is director of interior architecture at Gould Evens Goodman Associates, Kansas City, MO, and also an assistant professor in the College of Architecture at Arizona State University.