Now in its 34th year, the Association for Financial Professionals (AFP) Compensation Survey was conducted in February 2022. The survey collected data on total compensation earned during the 2021 calendar year, as well as data on base salaries effective January 1, 2022. Key among the findings was the fact that financial professionals gained an average 4.4% base salary increase in 2022, a 1.5% gain over the previous year. The increase in salary breaks down further as a gain of 4.3% for executive- and management-tier professionals, and a gain of 4.5% for the staff-tier. READ MORE