Producers and Directors Salary

Average salary, salary range, and compensation data for Producers and Directors positions across the United States.

Median Annual Salary

$83,480

National average

Salary Range

$43,060 – $198,530

10th–90th percentile

Data Year

2024

Source: BLS

Producers and Directors Salary by City

LocationMedian SalaryMinMax
Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA$127,590$57,980N/A
San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA$122,210$59,310N/A
California$122,150$51,600N/A
New Jersey$107,850$57,760$200,230
New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ$106,730$60,260$214,590
New York$104,010$58,750$213,990
Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, FL$101,840$47,630$170,730
District of Columbia$99,900$62,060$161,910
Waterbury-Shelton, CT$98,920$60,070$169,520
Central East New York nonmetropolitan area$98,520$41,790$199,630
Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV$96,530$54,910$159,750
Bridgeport-Stamford-Danbury, CT$95,540$55,610$168,620
Delaware$93,930$47,860$216,270
San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA$88,090$50,170$176,180
Tuscaloosa, AL$87,920$56,050$87,920
Trenton-Princeton, NJ$87,280$58,050$187,800
Connecticut$85,710$51,110$169,520
Santa Cruz-Watsonville, CA$84,660$47,410$151,360
Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom, CA$83,600$49,350$166,250
Atlantic City-Hammonton, NJ$83,290$51,630$172,630
Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA$83,250$49,100$144,650
Naples-Marco Island, FL$82,300$46,260$160,040
Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA$81,720$46,140$168,680
Florida$81,240$46,120$159,070
Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA$81,030$43,290$205,130
Lakeland-Winter Haven, FL$80,780$42,290$129,550
Oregon$80,610$46,970$144,650
Rochester, NY$80,320$47,470$171,690
Northwest Colorado nonmetropolitan area$80,250$44,210$160,720
Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH$79,910$49,120$146,820
Washington$79,220$43,290$178,010
Massachusetts$79,100$46,820$147,420
Boulder, CO$79,000$47,300$153,990
Las Vegas-Henderson-North Las Vegas, NV$78,920$38,800$163,370
Napa, CA$78,770$39,050$174,370
Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN$78,490$45,860$149,990
Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD$78,430$46,330$163,590
Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA$78,330$46,550$170,920
Stockton-Lodi, CA$78,220$37,770$144,290
Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL$78,130$45,030$147,830
Nevada$78,050$39,480$157,220
Jacksonville, FL$77,960$44,750$148,760
Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, CA$77,950$37,250$159,520
San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles, CA$77,820$41,790$170,760
Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL$77,700$46,180$164,480
Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC$77,650$37,410$139,580
Vallejo, CA$77,610$49,560$170,930
Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY$77,240$44,810$172,840
Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN$77,150$42,070$136,310
Gainesville, FL$77,020$41,590$146,710
Santa Rosa-Petaluma, CA$76,950$43,670$168,490
Georgia$76,800$39,370$169,750
Rhode Island$76,490$38,410$131,380
Illinois$76,370$39,110$149,150
Worcester, MA$76,360$44,990$152,800
Hawaii / Kauai nonmetropolitan area$76,210$38,820$99,640
Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD$75,920$44,270$153,340
Maryland$75,900$39,750$156,060
Fresno, CA$75,700$39,930$124,010
Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI$75,660$35,880$129,320
Kiryas Joel-Poughkeepsie-Newburgh, NY$75,390$39,000$163,430
Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO$74,740$47,250$138,050
Harrisburg-Carlisle, PA$74,670$38,740$154,470
Providence-Warwick, RI-MA$74,290$39,180$120,620
Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY$74,260$41,600$159,630
Norwich-New London-Willimantic, CT$74,160$42,470$109,870
Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX$73,540$44,990$178,070
Provo-Orem-Lehi, UT$73,450$49,890$126,850
Durham-Chapel Hill, NC$73,090$48,710$129,990
Decatur, IL$73,000$35,720$127,730
Bakersfield-Delano, CA$72,900$46,060$152,490
Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX$72,770$41,400$137,860
Amherst Town-Northampton, MA$72,460$41,200$109,890
Pennsylvania$72,450$39,050$132,340
Salem, OR$72,330$47,440$136,890
Springfield, MA$72,060$36,690$117,870
Syracuse, NY$71,550$37,870$173,940
Utah$71,500$39,840$158,690
Colorado$71,480$46,410$134,270
Kahului-Wailuku, HI$71,220$29,120$120,060
South Georgia nonmetropolitan area$71,120$31,950$132,650
New Haven, CT$71,020$39,700$127,510
Barnstable Town, MA$70,960$45,250$118,310
New Orleans-Metairie, LA$70,310$36,720$133,170
Virginia$70,310$39,590$114,260
Port St. Lucie, FL$70,210$47,310$165,400
Salt Lake City-Murray, UT$70,030$41,790$159,180
Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT$69,990$42,500$137,430
Northern Vermont nonmetropolitan area$69,890$42,630$120,590
Reading, PA$69,760$40,340$124,180
Hawaii$69,760$41,790$128,650
Green Bay, WI$69,310$38,690$108,970
Salinas, CA$69,120$36,320$144,290
Altoona, PA$68,800$37,190$212,490
Manchester-Nashua, NH$68,570$47,460$105,240
Urban Honolulu, HI$68,370$41,790$129,530
Southwest Maine nonmetropolitan area$68,120$48,810$204,810
Reno, NV$68,040$39,480$165,880
Olympia-Lacey-Tumwater, WA$67,680$47,630$152,440
Bloomington, IN$67,210$35,080$100,010
Maine$67,000$40,710$139,490
Modesto, CA$66,540$35,120$141,300
St. Louis, MO-IL$66,520$38,410$122,920
Raleigh-Cary, NC$66,000$36,380$123,200
North Carolina$66,000$36,380$129,540
New Mexico$65,980$45,130$196,190
Pensacola-Ferry Pass-Brent, FL$65,540$29,610$148,030
Iowa City, IA$65,480$42,460$84,090
Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI$65,050$39,770$125,560
Auburn-Opelika, AL$64,990$48,940$103,840
Scranton--Wilkes-Barre, PA$64,880$35,560$139,360
Albuquerque, NM$64,840$42,690N/A
Birmingham, AL$64,670$44,140$173,430
Huntsville, AL$64,490$44,740$101,490
Louisiana$64,370$27,750$133,120
Ann Arbor, MI$64,350$45,600$103,210
Alabama$63,920$40,020$103,840
Lancaster, PA$63,820$37,710$119,270
Madison, WI$63,690$43,490$108,910
York-Hanover, PA$63,680$35,630$133,990
Columbus, OH$63,490$42,730$124,080
Tennessee$63,410$37,320$125,240
Texas$63,400$36,830$135,360
Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ$63,340$39,580$134,990
Bend, OR$63,280$33,310$188,870
Champaign-Urbana, IL$63,220$38,670$128,130
Wisconsin$63,200$38,000$106,990
Portland-South Portland, ME$63,130$45,700$131,580
North Port-Bradenton-Sarasota, FL$63,110$42,170$105,050
Milwaukee-Waukesha, WI$62,840$39,290$105,560
St. George, UT$62,830$30,370$117,730
Pittsburgh, PA$62,810$39,340$124,920
Kansas City, MO-KS$62,720$38,570$110,320
Michigan$62,710$39,380$120,820
Lansing-East Lansing, MI$62,560$39,640$106,660
Greensboro-High Point, NC$62,420$36,250$116,520
Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN$62,410$38,180$116,130
Massachusetts nonmetropolitan area$62,340$44,100$117,050
Fort Collins-Loveland, CO$62,320$45,800$103,840
Ithaca, NY$62,190$42,920$80,350
New Hampshire$62,040$43,850$106,450
Wilmington, NC$61,990$31,970$173,370
Cleveland, OH$61,860$37,110$123,040
Northeastern Wisconsin nonmetropolitan area$61,570$37,940$100,840
Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ$61,340$34,970$102,530
Minnesota$61,300$35,300$126,240
Ohio$61,260$37,730$121,610
South Central Wisconsin nonmetropolitan area$61,240$38,280$89,720
Alaska nonmetropolitan area$61,210$46,670$75,020
Tallahassee, FL$61,200$37,510$137,290
Dayton-Kettering-Beavercreek, OH$61,140$39,900$120,480
San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX$61,020$36,040$102,910
Tucson, AZ$60,970$34,960$121,690
Montgomery, AL$60,950$40,010$94,400
Akron, OH$60,910$34,390$118,760
Redding, CA$60,900$35,010$187,240
Colorado Springs, CO$60,830$40,570$109,490
Southwest Colorado nonmetropolitan area$60,540$41,850$120,040
Eugene-Springfield, OR$60,480$38,340$103,000
Spokane-Spokane Valley, WA$60,440$37,720$122,520
Richmond, VA$60,310$41,360$95,420
Arizona$60,260$33,660$104,520
Wyoming$60,260$32,500$81,310
Western Wyoming nonmetropolitan area$60,260$34,220$74,670
Springfield, IL$60,210$44,990$91,240
Binghamton, NY$60,160$39,010$133,550
Greenville-Anderson-Greer, SC$60,100$38,190$118,910
Central Pennsylvania nonmetropolitan area$60,070$36,740$103,390
Kalamazoo-Portage, MI$60,050$41,670$117,730
Eastern Washington nonmetropolitan area$60,020$36,560$101,890
North Valley-Northern Mountains Region of California nonmetropolitan area$60,010$39,240$130,580
Southwest New York nonmetropolitan area$59,990$36,650$125,090
North Coast Region of California nonmetropolitan area$59,820$36,790$158,130
Deltona-Daytona Beach-Ormond Beach, FL$59,780$43,490$146,890
Pittsfield, MA$59,750$35,510$94,540
Baton Rouge, LA$59,630$25,180$144,680
Virginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk, VA-NC$59,430$38,600$94,140
Omaha, NE-IA$59,400$35,710$98,610
Ogden, UT$59,190$29,400$140,940
Grand Rapids-Wyoming-Kentwood, MI$59,090$39,690$99,790
Mobile, AL$59,020$39,940$97,600
Topeka, KS$59,000$36,830$106,390
Southern Ohio nonmetropolitan area$58,890$36,500$102,200
North Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area$58,840$27,340$101,050
Knoxville, TN$58,770$37,650$101,030
Lincoln, NE$58,750$36,150$100,440
Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA$58,690$34,400$104,470
Panama City-Panama City Beach, FL$58,650$40,050$132,260
Memphis, TN-MS-AR$58,440$38,120$99,190
Alaska$58,240$45,340$79,020
Savannah, GA$58,170$35,260$170,870
Mid Michigan nonmetropolitan area$57,990$40,260$74,160
Maryland nonmetropolitan area$57,940$31,200$99,950
Western Washington nonmetropolitan area$57,860$36,570$86,470
San Juan-Bayamon-Caguas, PR$57,770$29,990$92,700
Puerto Rico$57,770$29,620$84,890
Charleston-North Charleston, SC$57,610$39,670$126,190
McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, TX$57,560$31,270$93,920
Boise City, ID$57,480$35,050$91,310
Flint, MI$57,450$37,290$98,080
Erie, PA$57,410$36,300$103,630
Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN$57,340$38,100$108,450
Missouri$57,320$35,760$110,280
Kingston, NY$57,270$39,390$118,190
Waterloo-Cedar Falls, IA$57,180$29,780$84,120
Macon-Bibb County, GA$57,180$29,460$126,300
Davenport-Moline-Rock Island, IA-IL$56,950$34,520$89,950
Sioux Falls, SD-MN$56,870$40,200$76,280
Anchorage, AK$56,800$42,460$97,820
Vermont$56,650$42,880$103,100
Medford, OR$56,630$36,640$100,640
Chattanooga, TN-GA$56,460$35,720$97,370
South Dakota$56,340$37,520$75,990
Burlington-South Burlington, VT$56,300$43,060$93,540
Northern New Hampshire nonmetropolitan area$56,090$40,120$100,850
Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX$56,000$36,170$119,520
Santa Fe, NM$55,810$24,960$98,150
Waco, TX$55,810$34,490$92,450
Columbus, GA-AL$55,470$34,670$110,970
Toledo, OH$55,460$40,030$114,350
Cedar Rapids, IA$55,140$35,510$102,010
West Central Illinois nonmetropolitan area$55,080$33,750$104,250
South Carolina$54,870$36,890$119,480
Joplin, MO-KS$54,780$34,990$103,860
Kansas$54,750$34,560$102,410
Indiana$54,600$35,540$99,560
Bozeman, MT$54,160$36,520$99,810
Crestview-Fort Walton Beach-Destin, FL$53,900$37,750$155,350
Fayetteville-Springdale-Rogers, AR$53,900$27,390$83,860
Cape Coral-Fort Myers, FL$53,510$37,350$138,570
Greeley, CO$53,470$36,930$100,100
Western North Carolina nonmetropolitan area$53,440$41,590$113,820
Southwest Missouri nonmetropolitan area$53,390$25,580$112,300
Eastern North Carolina nonmetropolitan area$53,250$31,200$116,080
Nebraska$53,220$35,080$97,450
Peoria, IL$53,110$36,890$98,640
Eau Claire, WI$52,790$37,640$102,200
Tulsa, OK$52,550$37,830$91,210
Idaho$52,220$30,150$77,960
Lynchburg, VA$52,220$38,100$79,420
Hill Country Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area$51,990$35,400$103,580
East Central Illinois nonmetropolitan area$51,730$29,120$160,690
Charlottesville, VA$51,530$32,120$97,830
Oklahoma City, OK$51,180$37,380$97,490
Oklahoma$51,180$36,750$96,530
South Bend-Mishawaka, IN-MI$51,150$34,140$82,700
Columbia, MO$51,090$37,120$87,940
St. Cloud, MN$50,960$35,090$101,210
Hagerstown-Martinsburg, MD-WV$50,640$36,940$107,460
Central Indiana nonmetropolitan area$50,630$33,280$89,530
Kentucky$50,610$31,950$100,510
State College, PA$50,470$35,880$86,430
Central Kentucky nonmetropolitan area$50,360$31,600$93,370
Fayetteville, NC$50,240$28,980$96,780
Central North Carolina nonmetropolitan area$50,180$28,770$116,220
Asheville, NC$50,160$33,870$83,010
Iowa$50,130$30,870$90,590
Fort Wayne, IN$50,130$30,610$104,940
Rapid City, SD$49,610$36,040$63,330
Indianapolis-Carmel-Greenwood, IN$49,520$37,830$102,970
West Montana nonmetropolitan area$49,400$37,010$148,600
Winston-Salem, NC$49,320$43,760$82,210
Missoula, MT$49,250$35,120$91,460
Montana$49,100$33,520$96,500
Southeast Minnesota nonmetropolitan area$48,760$31,540$89,970
Upper Peninsula of Michigan nonmetropolitan area$48,560$30,300$74,920
Northern Michigan nonmetropolitan area$48,490$31,930$96,440
Evansville, IN$48,390$30,980$91,390
North Dakota$48,290$36,110$82,190
Bismarck, ND$48,290$35,930$97,550
Northwest Oklahoma nonmetropolitan area$48,280$39,380$84,330
Youngstown-Warren, OH$48,140$38,180$115,810
Fargo, ND-MN$47,880$36,110$82,750
Jackson, MS$47,860$37,860$76,220
Columbia, SC$47,650$36,890$80,900
East Tennessee nonmetropolitan area$47,570$35,520$91,980
Shreveport-Bossier City, LA$47,560$29,520$81,960
Southern Vermont nonmetropolitan area$47,520$42,250$146,250
Northwest Minnesota nonmetropolitan area$47,150$31,540$81,130
Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR$47,090$36,670$79,060
Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach, SC$46,890$35,200$88,660
Kansas nonmetropolitan area$46,740$29,160$83,470
Upper East Mississippi nonmetropolitan area$46,690$31,700$65,320
College Station-Bryan, TX$46,490$33,330$91,360
Bowling Green, KY$46,380$29,700$72,880
Wausau, WI$46,370$34,930$93,900
Lafayette, LA$46,310$27,690$76,850
El Paso, TX$46,240$35,340$94,580
Lexington-Fayette, KY$46,170$25,590$89,420
Roanoke, VA$46,150$36,360$77,780
Rochester, MN$45,810$32,170$124,110
Bangor, ME$45,610$38,360$93,070
Duluth, MN-WI$45,470$30,720$89,300
Rockford, IL$45,290$31,840$106,190
Spartanburg, SC$44,890$38,920$94,000
Amarillo, TX$44,830$37,690$87,560
Tyler, TX$44,780$31,870$81,120
Odessa, TX$44,720$36,700$76,480
Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC$44,550$34,970$96,370
Mississippi$44,290$26,430$65,050
Beaumont-Port Arthur, TX$44,190$35,480$88,020
Billings, MT$44,030$31,040$77,880
Brownsville-Harlingen, TX$43,960$35,310$76,480
Cape Girardeau, MO-IL$43,390$40,010$83,460
Corpus Christi, TX$43,300$33,970$87,570
Kingsport-Bristol, TN-VA$42,780$36,060$84,700
Southeast Iowa nonmetropolitan area$42,730$28,570$67,460
Sioux City, IA-NE-SD$42,110$37,730$92,190
Abilene, TX$41,600$34,480$83,480
Prescott Valley-Prescott, AZ$41,020$31,650$80,340
Lubbock, TX$40,980$38,120$73,790
West Kentucky nonmetropolitan area$39,470$29,020$71,690
Arkansas$39,420$27,830$79,060
West Virginia$39,150$34,310$99,170
East Kentucky nonmetropolitan area$39,150$29,020$83,180
Wichita Falls, TX$38,900$33,920$63,820
Northern West Virginia nonmetropolitan area$38,740$36,410$67,600
South Illinois nonmetropolitan area$38,610$35,150$107,510
Wichita, KS$38,010$32,590$82,160
Charleston, WV$37,780$23,660$59,090
Huntington-Ashland, WV-KY-OH$37,580$29,090$68,390
Lower East Mississippi nonmetropolitan area$37,380$31,650$59,990
La Crosse-Onalaska, WI-MN$37,150$32,760$98,770
Gulfport-Biloxi, MS$37,010$36,630$65,100
Springfield, MO$36,470$35,760$96,080
Fort Smith, AR-OK$35,720$32,140$50,010
Terre Haute, IN$35,670$29,520$89,400

Frequently Asked Questions

How much does a Producers and Directors make?β–Ύ

The median annual salary for a Producers and Directors is $83,480, with a typical range of $43,060 – $198,530 depending on experience, location, and employer.

What is the starting salary for a Producers and Directors?β–Ύ

Entry-level Producers and Directors positions typically start around $43,060 per year. Salaries increase significantly with experience and specialization.

Where do Producers and Directorss earn the most?β–Ύ

Producers and Directorss tend to earn the highest salaries in major metropolitan areas. Use the salary by city table above to compare compensation across different locations.