2001 production salary survey: with an average 15 percent hike, art directors collected the biggest pay raises among production execs last year

Folio: The Magazine for Magazine Management, Jan, 2002 by Bob Moseley, Caroline Jenkins

LOWEST AND HIGHEST SALARY REPORTED: $32,000/$186,000

AVERAGE BASE SALARIES FOR THE LAST FIVE YEARS

Production directors' pay grew moderately this year, for a five-year
compound annual growth rate of 5 percent. Salaries for those at consumer
titles, which increased 7.5 percent, significantly outpaced salaries for
those at business titles (an increase of just 1.5 percent). This is a
direct turnaround from 2000, when business pay shot up 15 percent and
consumer pay gained just 1.3 percent.

      AVERAGE  BUSINESS  CONSUMER

1997  $58,075   $54,979   $62,939

1998  $62,610   $58,671   $68,621
      ( 7.8%)   ( 6.7%)   ( 9.0%)

1999  $64,667   $61,252   $69,752
      ( 3.3%)   ( 4.4%)   ( 1.6%)

2000  $70,586   $70,500   $70,664
      ( 9.2%)  ( 15.1%)   ( 1.3%)

2001  $73,765   $71,551   $75,979
      ( 4.5%)   ( 1.5%)   ( 7.5%)

Note: Table made from line graph
AVERAGE SALARIES FOR PRODUCTION DIRECTORS

BY AGE                  AVERAGE

UNDER 35 YEARS          $59,296
35 TO 44                $74,727
45 OR OLDER             $75,647

RESPONSIBLE FOR

1 MAGAZINE              $75,408
2 TO 3 MAGAZINES        $69,545
4 OR MORE MAGAZINES     $75,017

BY NUMBER OF FULL-TIME
EMPLOYEES SUPERVISED

1 EMPLOYEE                  (*)
2 TO 4                  $64,587
5 OR MORE               $82,031

BY CIRCULATION

LESS THAN 50,000        $59,391
50,000-99,999           $60,238
100,000-499,999         $81,730
500,000 OR MORE         $96,462

BY CIRCULATION TYPE

PAID                    $74,281
NONPAID (CONTROLLED)    $72,785

BY FREQUENCY

WEEKLY/BIWEEKLY         $92,869
MONTHLY                 $69,937

BY COMPANY REVENUE

LESS THAN $5 MILLION    $55,127
$5-$24.9 MILLION        $70,276
$25 MILLION OR MORE     $88,694

BY TOTAL PAGES
PUBLISHED ANNUALLY

LESS THAN 750 PAGES     $64,190
750 TO 1,499 PAGES      $64,358
1,500 PAGES OR MORE     $81,966

(*)NOT ENOUGH INFORMATION SUPPLIED TO REPORT RESULTS.

PRODUCTION MANAGERS

Directly responsible for daily production operations on one or more titles, including publication page make-up, quality control and maintenance of production schedules; is liaison with printing plant and service bureaus. In addition, may oversee traffic of advertising and editorial materials.

LOWEST AND HIGHEST SALARY REPORTED: $24,500/$118,000

AVERAGE BASE SALARIES FOR THE LAST FIVE YEARS

Although salaries for production managers at consumer titles show the
best individual five-year growth among production workers (7.7 percent),
average salaries for production managers went flat this year. Managers
at business titles even lost a few dollars, on average, from $46,708
last year to $46,527 this year.

       AVERAGE  BUSINESS  CONSUMER

1997   $37,481   $38,590   $35,699

1998   $41,631   $43,162   $38,835
      ( 11.1%)  ( 11.8%)   ( 8.9%)

1999   $43,562   $44,912   $41,191
       ( 4.6%)   ( 4.1%)   ( 6.1%)

2000   $48,232   $46,708   $49,651
      ( 10.7%)   ( 4.0%)  ( 20.5%)

2001   $49,122   $46,527   $51,715
       ( 1.8%)   (-0.4%)   ( 4.2%)

Note: Table made from line graph.
AVERAGE SALARIES FOR PRODUCTION MANAGERS

BY AGE                  AVERAGE

UNDER 35 YEARS          $47,429
35 TO 44                $49,753
45 OR OLDER             $51,079

RESPONSIBLE FOR

1 MAGAZINE              $51,479
2 TO 3 MAGAZINES        $46,487
4 OR MORE MAGAZINES     $48,349

BY NUMBER OF FULL-TIME
EMPLOYEES SUPERVISED

1 EMPLOYEE              $46,931
2 TO 4                  $56,024
5 OR MORE                   (*)

BY CIRCULATION
LESS THAN 50,000        $42,059
50,000-99,999           $41,655
100,000-499,999         $50,143
500,000 OR MORE         $66,798

BY CIRCULATION TYPE

PAID                    $52,435
NONPAID (CONTROLLED)    $44,923

BY FREQUENCY

WEEKLY/BIWEEKLY         $50,483
MONTHLY                 $49,561

BY COMPANY REVENUE

LESS THAN $5 MILLION    $40,620
$5-$24-9 MILLION        $48,598
$25 MILLION OR MORE     $55,220

BY TOTAL PAGES
PUBLISHED ANNUALLY

LESS THAN 750 PAGES     $45,501
750 TO 1,499 PAGES      $45,991
1,500 PAGES OR MORE     $52,724

(*)NOT ENOUGH INFORMATIONSUPPLIED TO REPORT RESULTS.