Broadcast Announcers and Radio Disc Jockeys Salary

Average salary, salary range, and compensation data for Broadcast Announcers and Radio Disc Jockeys positions across the United States.

Median Annual Salary

$45,680

National average

Salary Range

$26,000 – $131,780

10th–90th percentile

Data Year

2024

Source: BLS

Broadcast Announcers and Radio Disc Jockeys Salary by City

LocationMedian SalaryMinMax
San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA$126,550$43,380$203,750
New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ$102,300$36,900N/A
San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA$88,560$36,850$228,380
Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA$78,350$37,420N/A
Bridgeport-Stamford-Danbury, CT$75,330$35,720$142,430
California$73,930$36,700$222,930
Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH$73,630$49,930N/A
Maryland$72,080$36,740$150,670
Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD$72,080$34,760$150,670
New York$71,570$36,120N/A
Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO$68,390$37,850$204,260
Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom, CA$67,060$37,040$200,920
Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV$64,880$35,360$203,270
Indianapolis-Carmel-Greenwood, IN$63,520$27,760$102,100
Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD$62,630$27,840$125,320
San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA$62,500$36,790N/A
Fresno, CA$61,590$33,280$139,180
Bakersfield-Delano, CA$61,470$35,210$129,420
Indiana$61,350$27,840$102,100
Las Vegas-Henderson-North Las Vegas, NV$59,540$36,920N/A
Colorado$59,510$37,110$170,860
Salt Lake City-Murray, UT$58,710$34,040$201,950
Massachusetts$58,320$47,250$216,720
New Jersey$58,020$33,170$214,630
Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, FL$57,630$28,190$153,510
Colorado Springs, CO$57,600$30,610N/A
Nevada$57,490$30,520$210,230
Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI$54,830$23,660$154,400
Virginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk, VA-NC$54,690$26,130$79,430
Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL$54,280$28,160$166,410
Alaska$50,840$32,440$75,380
Rhode Island$50,650$29,990$103,360
Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX$49,930$36,230$126,560
Evansville, IN$49,780$28,330$114,980
Eugene-Springfield, OR$49,250$29,840$79,360
Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC$49,090$21,420$153,670
Utah$49,050$31,180$173,100
Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX$48,860$30,480$166,960
Providence-Warwick, RI-MA$48,680$30,970$88,800
Boise City, ID$48,650$29,680$94,030
Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX$48,330$27,230$144,340
Lansing-East Lansing, MI$48,260$22,850$103,440
Urban Honolulu, HI$48,200$30,710$134,950
Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ$48,030$23,180$104,450
Omaha, NE-IA$47,720$27,040$80,130
Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI$47,710$30,460$154,700
Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA$47,640$35,400$136,470
Idaho$47,490$29,680$94,020
Tucson, AZ$47,330$32,360$87,030
Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA$47,310$28,220$124,990
Pennsylvania$47,290$21,930$103,490
Richmond, VA$47,210$25,880$80,040
Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL$46,990$25,840$107,720
Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN$46,970$31,420$92,620
Milwaukee-Waukesha, WI$46,810$22,210$128,290
Florida$46,780$25,870$115,440
Pittsburgh, PA$46,750$22,440$95,610
Scranton--Wilkes-Barre, PA$46,720$21,450$83,710
Kansas City, MO-KS$46,690$23,860$100,720
Grand Rapids-Wyoming-Kentwood, MI$46,650$27,530$82,860
East South Dakota nonmetropolitan area$46,580$32,460$60,540
Trenton-Princeton, NJ$46,460$31,470$168,150
Virginia$46,280$25,000$85,950
Portland-South Portland, ME$46,200$30,570$58,660
Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA$46,160$34,620$101,180
Tulsa, OK$46,120$23,920$100,640
Hawaii$45,840$30,710$96,120
New Hampshire$45,740$28,850$71,740
Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN$45,680$26,640$161,150
South Bend-Mishawaka, IN-MI$45,550$24,270$80,020
Michigan$45,500$23,320$122,330
Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN$45,000$29,390$98,870
North Dakota$44,990$29,170$62,300
Fargo, ND-MN$44,990$29,170$61,510
Madison, WI$44,980$31,180$81,780
Greenville-Anderson-Greer, SC$44,910$18,360$91,470
Flint, MI$44,830$22,400$93,100
Savannah, GA$44,780$23,710$96,790
San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX$44,250$23,590$145,470
South Nebraska nonmetropolitan area$43,840$29,620$51,180
South Dakota$43,490$29,160$54,410
St. Cloud, MN$43,270$30,440$60,310
Minnesota$43,270$29,880$84,530
Northern Vermont nonmetropolitan area$43,250$28,430$73,660
Texas$43,130$24,180$115,120
Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY$43,090$31,200$130,680
Nebraska$42,840$27,500$61,190
South Central Wisconsin nonmetropolitan area$42,760$22,240$104,000
Greensboro-High Point, NC$42,560$20,040$126,520
Capital/Northern New York nonmetropolitan area$42,520$31,200$64,670
Southwest Minnesota nonmetropolitan area$42,500$29,040$54,810
Oregon$42,410$31,090$81,320
Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA$42,400$41,790$87,090
Washington$42,400$37,660$83,580
Illinois$42,240$29,330$90,960
Rochester, NY$42,140$31,200$104,000
Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY$42,110$31,700$108,130
Northwest Minnesota nonmetropolitan area$41,600$29,450$58,290
Chattanooga, TN-GA$41,040$22,580$94,210
Tennessee$41,010$23,700$98,870
Memphis, TN-MS-AR$41,010$24,750$103,320
Lincoln, NE$40,940$27,120$59,210
Huntsville, AL$40,550$20,800$81,660
Wisconsin$40,490$22,530$102,460
Spokane-Spokane Valley, WA$40,410$36,400$78,190
Toledo, OH$40,010$22,390$75,090
Jacksonville, FL$40,000$25,070$94,850
Syracuse, NY$39,880$31,200$88,050
Knoxville, TN$39,410$24,550$93,120
Mankato, MN$39,360$29,990$61,090
Sioux Falls, SD-MN$39,290$29,160$51,920
Missouri$39,280$27,540$101,320
North Carolina$39,260$19,880$87,330
Albuquerque, NM$38,980$24,990$100,160
Raleigh-Cary, NC$38,890$21,030$81,990
Wichita, KS$38,840$21,670$64,350
Maine$38,840$29,920$55,070
Arizona$38,830$30,220$99,990
Rapid City, SD$38,780$34,940$59,260
Green Bay, WI$38,710$29,570$98,340
Springfield, MO$38,650$27,980$124,700
Birmingham, AL$38,590$22,850$102,600
New Mexico$38,530$27,410$99,450
Cape Coral-Fort Myers, FL$38,500$25,550$83,070
Bangor, ME$38,490$29,790$46,910
Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ$38,160$30,700$130,110
Fort Wayne, IN$37,880$23,850$77,220
Northern Michigan nonmetropolitan area$37,850$24,300$63,620
Eastern New Mexico nonmetropolitan area$37,830$25,670$102,870
Northeastern Wisconsin nonmetropolitan area$37,730$22,240$73,140
Kingsport-Bristol, TN-VA$37,570$23,440$60,040
Mid Michigan nonmetropolitan area$37,270$22,020$50,900
Mobile, AL$37,170$20,330$60,930
Alabama$37,040$21,170$76,320
Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN$36,980$27,330$66,260
North Port-Bradenton-Sarasota, FL$36,930$25,620$87,350
Charleston, WV$36,890$29,650$48,550
Kansas$36,680$20,950$70,830
Wyoming$36,670$28,660$52,240
Upper Peninsula of Michigan nonmetropolitan area$36,670$24,170$75,340
Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA$36,390$19,190$55,690
Hill Country Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area$36,380$22,040$68,900
Southern Indiana nonmetropolitan area$36,350$23,240$55,640
Southeast Minnesota nonmetropolitan area$36,180$23,390$46,450
Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR$35,990$24,080$47,790
East-Central Montana nonmetropolitan area$35,900$24,270$52,240
West Central Illinois nonmetropolitan area$35,710$29,120$65,590
Northwestern Pennsylvania nonmetropolitan area$35,690$15,680$78,880
Columbus, OH$35,640$22,620$74,190
Vermont$35,440$29,380$72,130
Montana$35,360$27,110$55,460
Cleveland, OH$35,230$22,290$132,570
Georgia$35,090$23,710$102,040
West Virginia$35,050$21,420$48,550
Ohio$35,030$22,360$92,710
Oklahoma$34,740$19,300$72,550
El Paso, TX$34,530$23,140$58,340
East Central Illinois nonmetropolitan area$34,400$29,120$58,310
Kansas nonmetropolitan area$33,870$18,010$59,820
Roanoke, VA$33,480$24,960$86,110
Mississippi$32,900$17,530$156,020
Central North Carolina nonmetropolitan area$32,440$16,080$52,000
Charleston-North Charleston, SC$31,130$18,060$83,580
Cedar Rapids, IA$30,930$17,670$57,030
Columbia, SC$30,760$17,160$79,700
Western North Carolina nonmetropolitan area$30,560$19,620$51,970
Iowa$30,490$17,520$55,610
Fort Smith, AR-OK$30,410$23,690$38,130
Central Missouri nonmetropolitan area$30,380$27,400$72,570
Arizona nonmetropolitan area$30,220$29,850$56,230
North Missouri nonmetropolitan area$30,090$26,210$77,300
South Carolina$29,870$17,670$83,580
Sioux City, IA-NE-SD$29,860$20,890$50,710
Northwest Iowa nonmetropolitan area$29,760$16,890$58,480
Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC$29,460$18,920$91,380
Kentucky$29,420$21,200$54,920
Northern West Virginia nonmetropolitan area$29,280$19,320$47,450
Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach, SC$29,250$17,440$43,200
Harrisburg-Carlisle, PA$29,240$16,440$58,790
Bowling Green, KY$29,210$20,890$47,620
Arkansas$29,120$23,770$39,550
North Arkansas nonmetropolitan area$29,120$23,630$37,360
Southeast Missouri nonmetropolitan area$29,120$26,080$49,990
South Arkansas nonmetropolitan area$29,020$23,710$37,990
Central Kentucky nonmetropolitan area$28,840$21,150$49,670
West Northwestern Ohio nonmetropolitan area$28,680$21,740$48,410
West Kentucky nonmetropolitan area$28,590$21,080$46,290
Northeast Alabama nonmetropolitan area$28,510$22,150$64,260
Fayetteville-Springdale-Rogers, AR$28,320$26,330$41,700
Eastern Ohio nonmetropolitan area$28,040$21,740$48,930
Southern Ohio nonmetropolitan area$27,860$21,740$50,350
Lower East Mississippi nonmetropolitan area$27,730$17,950$56,520
Upper East Mississippi nonmetropolitan area$27,730$15,670$58,480
Louisiana$27,620$20,090$63,100
Northwestern Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area$27,510$15,680$61,620
Southeast Iowa nonmetropolitan area$26,790$17,000$46,460
New Orleans-Metairie, LA$26,360$21,510$77,510
San Juan-Bayamon-Caguas, PR$22,700$19,860$102,060
Puerto Rico$22,630$19,760$95,700

Frequently Asked Questions

How much does a Broadcast Announcers and Radio Disc Jockeys make?β–Ύ

The median annual salary for a Broadcast Announcers and Radio Disc Jockeys is $45,680, with a typical range of $26,000 – $131,780 depending on experience, location, and employer.

What is the starting salary for a Broadcast Announcers and Radio Disc Jockeys?β–Ύ

Entry-level Broadcast Announcers and Radio Disc Jockeys positions typically start around $26,000 per year. Salaries increase significantly with experience and specialization.

Where do Broadcast Announcers and Radio Disc Jockeyss earn the most?β–Ύ

Broadcast Announcers and Radio Disc Jockeyss tend to earn the highest salaries in major metropolitan areas. Use the salary by city table above to compare compensation across different locations.