What are different jobs paying?

[Gspotornado]

What is the usual payscale for jobs in radio for someone getting into the biz with little or no experience, I know there are a few variables.
Entercom Bustos Infinity Fisher Sandusky and smaller companies in the Seattle area may be different. Also education and so on.

Jocks
AM
Midday
Afternoon
Nite

Sales

Board OP

Promotions

Engineer
On site "in the building"
Remote broadcast
Computer guy
TX

Receptionist



Anything else you can think of.


Right now I work for the state taking care of Disabled people but I am interested in moving to radio.



Thanks

 

[robojock]

> What is the usual payscale for jobs in radio for someone
> getting into the biz with little or no experience, I know
> there are a few variables.
> Entercom Bustos Infinity Fisher Sandusky and smaller
> companies in the Seattle area may be different. Also
> education and so on.
>
> Jocks
> AM
> Midday
> Afternoon
> Nite
>
> Sales
>
> Board OP
>
> Promotions
>
> Engineer
> On site "in the building"
> Remote broadcast
> Computer guy
> TX
>
> Receptionist
>
>
>
> Anything else you can think of.
>
>
> Right now I work for the state taking care of Disabled
> people but I am interested in moving to radio.
>
>
>
> Thanks
>
As far as I am concerned there is no way to answer your questions. There is no "average" in radio salaries. Some people get royally screwed, and others (typically sales, and morning drive jocks) live fat and happy.

Board Ops can count on close to minimum wage, maybe a little more in a market like seattle...same for a receptionist.
An engineer might make between 35 and 70k maybe a little more.

Jock salaries as I said vary greatly...for seattle (as an example)
Mornings: 50k to well over a million, maybe two (what is t-man pulling down these days?)
Middays: pshh...living on top ramen 28k?
Afternoons...depends on the jock and the station 45-200k?
Nights...poorhouse, i won't even make a guess on what night jocks in seattle get paid.

For the most part the "glory days" of getting rich by "rockin' the mic" are way over.

 

[djdan]

Just saw a CC survey on that subject. In Seattle:

Mornings: Average 238,000 (High is 2.2 million, low is 48K)
Mid-day: 52,000 average
Afternoon: 66,000 average
Nights: 32,000 average

GM: 217,000 average
SM: 128,000 average
Sales: 68,000 average

Moral of the story. Unless you do mornings, the money is in
sales!

 

[eastsidah]

> Just saw a CC survey on that subject. In Seattle:
>
> Mornings: Average 238,000 (High is 2.2 million, low is 48K)
> Mid-day: 52,000 average
> Afternoon: 66,000 average
> Nights: 32,000 average
>
> GM: 217,000 average
> SM: 128,000 average
> Sales: 68,000 average
>
> Moral of the story. Unless you do mornings, the money is in
>
> sales!
>
52,000 isn't bad for mids. I knew a guy in Chicago making half of that a few yeaers ago.

 

[seattlex19]

> 52,000 isn't bad for mids. I knew a guy in Chicago making
> half of that a few yeaers ago.

But remember these are averages. One guy could be making huge bank and everyone else making squat. I bet whoever's pulling 2 mil really threw the curve on that morning number too...

 

[skippypeanutbut]

> > 52,000 isn't bad for mids. I knew a guy in Chicago making
>
> > half of that a few yeaers ago.
>
> But remember these are averages. One guy could be making
> huge bank and everyone else making squat. I bet whoever's
> pulling 2 mil really threw the curve on that morning number
> too...
>
afternoon co-host/sidekick?

 

[maybescrewed]

The monkey in this wrench is

when you can get a person with one job description doing the jobs of another job description as well.

So you get someone who's offical job is being a board op.
Then you get them into the production room, and doing some producing...and you're still paying them to be a board op.

Pure genius if you look at it from a money point of view.
Pretty common in small market radio actually. But usuaully there it's an air person doing some production (obviously running a board) and producing thier own show so that's a wash there. It comes with the territory and you know what's expected going in.