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PRE-PANDEMIC SALARY SURVEY (2019)

Theatre Operating Budget

Position <250K $250-499 $500-999 $1-2mil $2-5mil >$5mil
High $75,000 $90,000 $120,000 $140,000 $200,000 $350,000
Executive Director / CEO Low $26,000 $28,000 $41,000 $55,000 $65,000 $103,000
Average $53,000 $57,333 $62,110 $85,558 $130,000 $228,000
High $62,000 $71,000 $71,000 $85,000 $120,000 $215,000
Theater Manager /Operations Director Low $18,000 $18,500 $26,000 $30,000 $44,000 $50,000
Serving the Design Balboa Theatre; San Diego, CA Average $40,700 $41,322 $47,701 $57,271 $78,214 $114,763
High
$168,300
$82,000 $80,000
**
$60,000
*
**
*
$47,000
Needs of Historic Programming Director Low $15,000 $75,000 $51,000 $32,000 $30,000 $129,616
Average
$43,557 $59,050
**
$37,500
High
**
$51,000
*
$85,000
$90,000
*
$32,000
Theatres for 40 Years Artistic Director Low ** $21,000 $39,333 $42,500 $52,000 $165,000
Average
**
$63,750 $68,500
$39,150
Low
$52,500
$13,520
CFO High ** $36,000 $85,000 $100,000 $90,000 $205,000
$18,000
$23,000
$34,000
**
Average ** $29,500 $43,929 $49,623 $68,878 $117,000
Multi-disciplinary services and Marketing Director High * * $63,000 $50,000 $75,000 $92,000 $101,154
$29,000
$28,000
$30,000
$2,500
Low
$65,000
specialized resources in a single firm Average $32,000 $40,500 $41,000 $46,857 $62,964 $82,000
High ** $35,000 $60,000 $60,000 $61,295 $86,062
Architecture Front of House Low ** $18,000 $20,800 $30,000 $32,000 $32,300
State Theatre New Jersey; New Brunswick, NJ Average ** $34,750 $38,160 $38,307 $43,019 $61,050
Engineering High ** $70,000 $45,000 $76,000 $98,500 $190,961
Interiors Development Director Low ** $18,000 $25,000 $39,312 $48,900 $84,000
Preservation Average ** $38,000 $39,615 $53,929 $68,725 $115,140
Theatre Planning + Technology High ** $65,000 $65,000 $65,000 $75,000 $86,201
Acoustics Production/ Back of House Low ** $18,000 $25,000 $36,000 $38,000 $60,000
Average
$49,620
$41,636
**
$72,440
$38,000
$50,825
Audiovisual High ** * ** $31,200 $73,000 $100,000
Lighting Bar Manager Low ** * ** $12,600 $24,000 $46,000
Market Analysis Average ** $17,000 ** $22,880 $37,129 $57,000
Needs Assessment High ** $43,000 $50,000 $70,000 $85,000 $76,125
Business Operations Planning Box Office Manager Low ** $18,000 $11,960 $27,256 $25,000 $42,000
Average
**
$38,980
$47,343
$24,000
$57,800
$24,865
Fundraising Support High $45,000 $45,000 $42,206 $60,000 $53,750 $87,791
Sustainability Consulting Rental/ Events Coordinator Low $27,000 $29,000 $21,632 $18,670 $20,000 $41,204
Ohio Theatre Lobby, Playhouse Square; Cleveland, OH
Average $31,000 $32,000 $33,768 $38,691 $41,628 $57,479
* Only one salary reported
** No salaries reported
Connect with us | @DLRGroup | dlrgroup.com Notes:
Statistically speaking, the single salary entries (*) are not meaningful, but are
listed to show the reporting theatre that their data was received.
Contact
Paul Siemborski, AIA When an unusually high or low salary was reported, that anomaly was
602.692.0444 | psiemborski@dlgroup.com dismissed.
Tampa Theatre; Tampa, FL
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