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Pay Rates in PublishingCompensation in the Publishing Field, 7th Edition - 2005PUBLISHED: June 2005 The following summary of the 228-page Compensation in the Publishing Field, 7th Edition - 2005 survey report of 56 benchmark jobs from Abbott, Langer & Associates, Inc. describes the highest and lowest paid job characteristics, and the national median total cash compensation for 22 benchmark jobs, and the factors affecting salary.
(Also, see Compensation in Manufacturing, which includes Publishing)
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The composite highest-income practitioner in this field (salary plus cash bonus and/or cash profit sharing) is the President of a publishing company. The company has anywhere from 25-49 to 1,000-2,499 employees; grosses at least $50 million in annual sales; has anywhere from 10-24 to 1,000-plus titles; and is headquartered in or near Los Angeles/Long Beach, New York City, Minneapolis/St. Paul, Chicago, Milwaukee, or Alexandria/Arlington. While the median President in this group has a total annual income of $173,000, the highest-income individuals reported in this group make well over $300,000.
Toward the bottom of the income spectrum, Customer Service Representatives have a median income of $27,924. Sometimes earning under $22,000, the lowest-paid employees in this group work for a publishing firm that grosses between $10 and $49.9 million; usually has 1,000 or more titles; and is located in or near Dayton, Washington (DC), Minneapolis/St. Paul, Raleigh/Durham/Chapel Hill, or Philadelphia. These composites represent the briefest possible "boil-down" of the voluminous data provided regarding current salaries and cash bonuses and/or profit sharing, and numerous demographic variables provided by 31 publishing companies. The end results of the survey appear in Compensation in the Publishing Field, 7th Edition - 2005, a 228-page statistical analysis of compensation received by over 2,000 employees in 56 benchmark jobs, ranging from publishers to fork lift operators. Copies of the report are available for $875.00 through our On-Line Order Form or from Abbott, Langer & Associates, Inc., Dept. NET, 548 First St., Crete, IL 60417 (telephone 708/672-4200; fax 708/672-4674). In addition to the incomes of the benchmark jobs already discussed, the median total cash compensation nationally of some of the other 54 benchmark jobs included in the survey report is:
Naturally, these nation-wide pay rates vary by region, state & metropolitan area, annual sales received by the firm, size of firm, type of publication, and supervisory/managerial responsibility involved - all demographic variables for which data are provided in the complete report. Overall Compensation Overall, administrative and professional employees are paid best in the midwestern and north central states and least well in the Pacific and southern states. The northeastern states fall in the middle. For the sales/marketing group of employees, the highest income is found in the Rocky Mountain, southwestern, and northeastern states, while the lowest is found in the southern, north central, and midwestern states, with the Pacific states in between. MIS/dp employees are paid best in the midwestern, Pacific, and southern states and least in the northeastern and north central states. For the financial group of employees, the highest income is found in the Pacific and midwestern states, with the lowest income found in the north central, northeastern, and southern states. Clerical workers are paid best in the north central, Pacific, and southwestern states and the least in the northeastern and midwestern states. The southern states fall in the middle range. In descending order, the maintenance & repair group of employees are paid best in the northeastern, midwestern, and southern states. For the editorial group of employees, the income is highest in the southwestern, northeastern, and southern states; lowest in the Rocky Mountain, midwestern, and north central states; and in the midrange in the Pacific states. Material acquisition/control/movement employees receive the best income in the midwestern, southwestern, and Pacific states and the lowest in the northeastern, southern, and north central states. Income for the production group of employees is highest in the north central and northeastern states. It is lowest in the southern and Pacific states, with the midwestern states in the midrange. For the creative group of employees, the southwestern, Pacific, and northeastern states pay best, while the midwestern, north central, and southern states pay worst. The best income for circulation/fulfillment/renewal department employees is found - in descending order - in the southern, midwestern, southwestern, and north central states. Advertising/market research/sales promotion jobs receive the best income in the northeastern states, followed by the southern states. For media/list jobs, income is highest in the northeastern states, followed by the north central and midwestern states. Type of Publication Publishing firms are reported as to which provide the highest income for the groups of employees surveyed. Book publishing firms pay the highest for the maintenance & repair, production, and media/ list employees. Newspaper publishers are the highest paying for MIS/dp, circulation/fulfillment/renewal, and advertising/market research/sales promotion jobs. However, firms that produce two or more types of publications in two or more media provide the highest income for these groups of employees: sales/marketing and clerical. For administrative & professional and editorial employees, the highest income is in firms that publish CD-ROM multimedia books. Firms that produce other types of publications provide the highest income for the material acquisition/control/movement and creative jobs. For administrative, financial, editorial, production, and creative employees, the lowest income is found in firms that publish newspapers. Circulation/fulfillment/renewal, clerical, sales/marketing, MIS/dp, and media/list groups of employees receive the lowest income from firms that publish books; while maintenance & repair and advertising/market research/sales promotion employees are paid least by firms that publish magazines.
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