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Producer and Director Salary in Los Angeles-Long Beach-Santa Ana, California

The annual salary statistics of producers and directors in Los Angeles-Long Beach-Santa Ana, California is shown in Table 1. The wage data of producers and directors in Los Angeles-Long Beach-Santa Ana is based on the national compensation survey conducted by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics in 2022 and published in April 2023 [1].

Table 1. Annual Salary of Producers and Directors in Los Angeles-Long Beach-Santa Ana, California

Percentile BracketAverage Annual Salary
10th Percentile Wage
$40,710
25th Percentile Wage
$64,810
50th Percentile Wage
$99,610
75th Percentile Wage
$182,800
90th Percentile Wage
No Data

Table 1 shows the average annual salary for producers and directors in Los Angeles-Long Beach-Santa Ana, California in 5 percentile scales. The average annual salary for the 75th percentile (the top 25 percent of the highest paid) is $182,800. The median (50th percentile) annual salary is $99,610. The average annual salary for the bottom 10 percent earners is $40,710.

Median salary trend

The table and chart below show the trend of the median salary of producers and directors from 2012 to 2014. Note that there is no salary data for some years between 2012 and 2022.

YearMedian Salary Growth2-Year Growth
2014
$99,610
-1.63% -14.39%
2013
$101,230
-12.56% -
2012
$113,940
- -

Table 2. Compare Producer and Director Salary in Los Angeles-Long Beach-Santa Ana with Other California Cities

From Table 3 we note that the median annual salary of $99,610 in Los Angeles-Long Beach-Santa Ana is in the middle of salary range for producers and directors in state of California. In comparison, the annual salary of producers and directors in Los Angeles-Long Beach-Santa Ana is 18.7 percent (18.7%) lower than that in the highest paying San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara and 62.5 percent (62.5%) higher than that in the lowest paying Chico.

Cities/Areas Median Annual Salary
San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara
$122,540
Vallejo-Fairfield
$109,530
Los Angeles-Long Beach-Glendale
$109,060
Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim
$107,120
San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont
$103,820
Los Angeles-Long Beach-Santa Ana
$99,610
Santa Cruz-Watsonville
$99,520
San Diego-Carlsbad-San Marcos
$91,540
San Francisco-San Mateo-Redwood City
$87,250
Santa Maria-Santa Barbara
$85,600
Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario
$80,200
San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles
$78,830
Sacramento-Arden-Arcade-Roseville
$77,490
Oakland-Fremont-Hayward
$75,360
Santa Barbara-Santa Maria-Goleta
$73,670
Stockton
$71,340
Salinas
$66,190
Santa Rosa-Petaluma
$65,020
Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura
$64,620
Santa Ana-Anaheim-Irvine
$62,360
Bakersfield-Delano
$58,900
Fresno
$57,070
North Coast Region of California nonmetropolitan area
$51,650
Redding
$51,450
Visalia-Porterville
$48,000
Chico
$37,370