7-2-13
Hofstra University's Bob Papper has released his 2013 survey of news salaries and the results show radio salaries increased 0.8 percent over last year. That's not enough to compensate for 2.1 percent inflation, leaving radio news salaries down 1.3 percent in terms of real wages, according to the study. Papper says major market salaries rose in 2012 by quite a bit. "The overall number was so much lower because median salaries actually fell in large, medium, and small markets, although the small market results were a bit more mixed. As usual, the larger the market, generally, the higher the salary." Here's how some of the news salaries in radio break down.
Overall, the maximum salary in Papper's survey is $130,000 for a News Director, while the average is about $43,000. News reporters average $37,200 with a maximum salary of $110,000. Sports anchor's average $36,700 with a maximum salary of $75,000.
A major market News Director averages $67,000 per year while a large market News Director makes $41,500, a medium market News Director makes $35,500, and a small market News Director is paid $30,000. Papper also looked at radio reporters. In a major market they average a salary of $50,000 compared to a large market reporter at $32,000, a medium market reporter at $32,500, and a small market reporter at $24,000.
Papper says comparisons this year are problematic because of two factors. "First, a disproportionate percentage of major market news directors are skewing this year's numbers out of line on an overall basis, and, second, that's throwing off the numbers of other positions, like producer, anchor and sports anchor, which are becoming less and less common in smaller- and medium-sized markets. The salaries by staff size are almost always highly variable, although there has almost always been a general tendency for the largest news operations to pay more. As with previous years, there is no consistent pattern to salaries based on the number of stations a news director supervises."
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