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Theatre Operating Budget

Position <250K $250-499 $500-999 $1-2mil $2-5mil >$5mil
High $87,360*** $90,000 $115,000 $160,000 $202,241 $574,551
Executive Director / CEO Low $42,000 $35,000 $35,000 $55,000 $74,550 $163,000
Average $58,840 $59,329 $75,346 $82,883 $135,569 $291,617
2022 National Average (all Arts/Culture) $50,219 $59,584 $125,590 $327,000
High $66,000 $78,000 $100,000 $132,000 $150,000 $386,611
Theater Manager /Operations Director Low $25,000 $30,000 $39,000 $22,000 $62,500 $74,000
Average $38,743 $51,091 $67,750 $61,031 $86,471 $174,659
High ** * * $68,000 $140,000 $275,000
Programming Director Low ** * * $43,000 $59,000 $105,000
Average ** $50,000 $55,000 $48,263 $85,427 $171,987***
High ** $48,000 $44,000 $70,000 $100,000 $90,000
Artistic Director Low ** $38,000 $37,000 $40,000 $66,300 $90,000
Average ** $42,000 $40,500 $49,000 $78,560 $90,000***
High ** * $55,090 $76,000 $130,000 $187,000
CFO Low ** * $32,000 $40,000 $39,600 $71,000
Average ** * $46,118 $55,751 $89,397 $136,517***
National Average (all Arts/Culture) $41,264 $67,789 $93,808 $178,443
High ** $70,000 $60,000 $88,000 $125,000 $192,000
Marketing Director Low ** $25,000*** $43,360 $36,000 $41,600 $75,000
Average ** $46,555 $50,201 $53,650 $68,152 $115,989
National Average (all Arts/Culture) $115,817 $174,475
High $40,000 $50,000 $56,000 $55,000 $87,000 $85,000
Front of House Low $40,000 $40,000 $42,000 $25,000 $32,400 $62,000
Average $40,000 $45,000 $47,553 $41,221 $47,279 $71,486
High * ** $75,000 $90,000 $145,000 $182,000
Development Director Low * ** $39,000 $44,730 $62,000 $75,000
Average $65,000 ** $70,000 $62,573 $88,845 $114,357
National Average (all Arts/Culture) $45,065 $82,425 $125,834 $189,646
High $50,000 $57,000 $75,000 $75,000 $96,900 $136,000
Production Manager/ Low $48,000 $37,800 $25,350 $42,000 $40,000 $65,000
Technical Director/Projection Director Average $49,000 $48,200 $52,000 $54,236 $62,279 $103,481
High ** $47,000 $48,000 $65,000 $85,000 $105,000
Box Office Manager Low ** $22,000 $20,000 $25,000 $34,320 $57,231
Average ** $35,940 $34,063 $42,731 $55,424 $75,306
High ** $18,000 $65,000 $40,000 $65,000 $70,000
Bar Manager Low ** $13,000 $15,000 $33,000 $41,600 $42,000
Average ** $15,500 $58,000 $36,000 $52,560 $53,492***
High ** $34,000 $55,000 $50,000 $63,860 $42,000
Rental/ Events Coordinator Low ** $18,700 $40,000 $32,375 $37,440 $40,000
Average ** $27,967 $44,253 $44,325 $46,377 $67,600
High ** $42,000 $48,000 $61,500 $95,000 $145,000
Education/Outreach Manager Low ** $35,000 $36,000 $39,520 $29,542 $62,000
Average ** $38,500 $41,333 $53,375 $53,526 $102,673
National Average (all Arts/Culture) $36,461 $39,887 $102,988 $180,940
Notes:
* Only one theatre reported
** No theatre reporting
*** Adjusted to account for an outlier

78% of all reporting theatres offer an employee health program
47% of all reporting theatres offer an incentive bonus program
Statistically speaking, the single salary entries (*) are not meaningful, but are listed to show the reporting theatre
that their data was received.

When an unusually high or low salary was reported, that anomaly was dismissed.
RED indicates below the national average
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