It pays to work at New Media Strategies. The Washington D.C.-based social marketing agency recently rewarded employees with hefty bonus checks of around $100,000.

Our sibling blog FishbowlDC had the scoop this week, and Advertising Age confirmed with agency CEO Pete Snyder [pictured] that the bonuses had been awarded, although he wouldn’t confirm specific numbers.

Meredith Corp. acquired the agency in January 2007, and at the time Snyder and agency founders set aside some money to an employee stock pool, which has appreciated since then.