Producers and Directors
United States. Estimated employment 143,120, with pages for 13 metro areas below.
Data released May 2025
BLS OEWS · SOC 27-2012
Fig. 1 — The wage rule
Where you sit in the distribution
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$90,360 · 50th
$45,78010th
$62,67025th
$90,36050th
$134,80075th
$198,54090th
That is the median — half of producers and directors in the US earn more.
Table 1 — By metro area
Where it pays
Every published Producers and Directors page, by median pay. Employment is the BLS estimate for the metro.
| Metro area | Median | Employment |
|---|---|---|
| Los Angeles, CA | $131,600 | 21,910 |
| San Francisco, CA | $130,640 | 5,030 |
| New York, NY | $108,460 | 27,020 |
| San Diego, CA | $99,520 | 990 |
| Riverside, CA | $97,360 | 470 |
| Bakersfield, CA | $92,510 | 110 |
| Salinas, CA | $87,900 | 100 |
| Rochester, NY | $83,030 | 360 |
| Kiryas Joel, NY | $82,440 | 160 |
| Syracuse, NY | $79,680 | 230 |
| Buffalo, NY | $79,450 | 350 |
| Albany, NY | $78,810 | 380 |
| Fresno, CA | $78,730 | 230 |
Sources
How this page was made
- Wage data
- Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025 release. Public domain.
- Employment
- 143,120 employed in this occupation nationally (BLS estimate; excludes the self-employed).
- Occupation
- SOC 27-2012, Producers and Directors. Mapped to our taxonomy as producers-and-directors.
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