27 years old, with 4 years of experience in graphic design, and a salary of 5,000. Is this level acceptable in Dongguan?

Looking at your experience and album design level, I can only say that it is average, which is fairly consistent with your salary of 5,000. I don’t know about Dongguan, but in Beijing and Shanghai, if you have this level, it should be 7-8k. Finding a job is easy. In fact, your problem is very simple:

You need to improve your aesthetic and design standards, and your salary will naturally increase.

It’s not about being good at software. Of course, knowing more will be a bonus for you, but first of all, you need to be good at your main business.

As for finding a job, this matter is definitely a matter of probability. It depends on luck and cannot be rushed.

Suggestion:

Vertical development: You need to improve yourself as soon as possible, study in depth at the design level, read more works of foreign masters, improve your design level by several levels, and your salary will be natural That's high.

Develop horizontally, such as learning some web design, etc. Don't just limit yourself to flat surfaces, this will increase your chances of finding a job.

Learn some graphic related software. For example, if you mainly do packaging, then packaging needs some simple renderings. If you know C4D, you can easily make textured renderings. It will make the quality of your design work skyrocket.

Finally, it still depends on how you plan for your future, and are you only satisfied with 6,000? If you don’t study or improve yourself, and you want to rely on your current level to get a salary of 6,000, then your future will basically reach the ceiling