Salaries: What You Can Expect to Earn
While media can be a lucrative field to work in, it's notoriously low-paying at the entry-level phase. Nonetheless, some jobs pay more than others. Here is some information on what people with certain jobs in the industry make, so you can gauge what you might earn starting out.
How Much Should Pay Matter?
Salary is a huge factor when it comes to your career. Here are some things to think about if you're going to be getting a job in media.
Salary is a huge factor when it comes to your career. Here are some things to think about if you're going to be getting a job in media.
Salary Negotiation
Salary negotiation can be tricky and, in the media world, where competition is stiff, it can be particularly tough. To negotiate your media salary smartly -- and get paid what your worth -- check out this rundown of do's and don'ts.
Salary negotiation can be tricky and, in the media world, where competition is stiff, it can be particularly tough. To negotiate your media salary smartly -- and get paid what your worth -- check out this rundown of do's and don'ts.
Top Paying Media Jobs
What are some of the top-paying media jobs? Everyone from editors-in-chief to news anchors do very well in this industry.
What are some of the top-paying media jobs? Everyone from editors-in-chief to news anchors do very well in this industry.
Assistant Art Director: Average Salary
Here’s a look at the average entry-level salary for an assistant-level position in the design department at a magazine or a book publisher.
Here’s a look at the average entry-level salary for an assistant-level position in the design department at a magazine or a book publisher.
Editor: Average Salary
Though you likely won’t be hired for your first job and given the title of editor -- it's usually earned after a stint as an editorial assistant followed by another stint as an associate editor (at both magazines and book publishing houses) -- this chart offers a glimpse of how much an editor usually earns.
Though you likely won’t be hired for your first job and given the title of editor -- it's usually earned after a stint as an editorial assistant followed by another stint as an associate editor (at both magazines and book publishing houses) -- this chart offers a glimpse of how much an editor usually earns.
Entry-Level Reporter: Average Salary
A look at starting salaries for newspapers reporters.
A look at starting salaries for newspapers reporters.
Salary Calculator
You know you want to work in media, which is great. But it never hurts to know what you could be making in another field. This salary calculator will let you see how entry-level media salaries stack up against entry-level salaries in other fields.
You know you want to work in media, which is great. But it never hurts to know what you could be making in another field. This salary calculator will let you see how entry-level media salaries stack up against entry-level salaries in other fields.
What do people in the field make now?
Ed2010.com’s salary survey offers a great inside peek at what people currently working in various media jobs make. (NOTE: This is not a scientific survey -- it’s a collection of information from media professionals who, in confidence, volunteered the information.)
Ed2010.com’s salary survey offers a great inside peek at what people currently working in various media jobs make. (NOTE: This is not a scientific survey -- it’s a collection of information from media professionals who, in confidence, volunteered the information.)