Agents and Business Managers of Artists, Performers and Athletes: Salary, Job Description, How To Become One, and Quiz

Job description

Agents and Business Managers of Artists, Performers and Athletes represent and promote artists, performers, and athletes in dealings with current or prospective employers. May handle contract negotiation and other business matters for clients.

• Collect fees, commissions, or other payments, according to contract terms.
• Confer with clients to develop strategies for their careers, and to explain actions taken on their behalf.
• Develop contacts with individuals and organizations, and apply effective strategies and techniques to ensure their clients’ success.
• Schedule promotional or performance engagements for clients.

Salary

Celebrity Agents with little to no experience tend to make between $33440 and $45340 while the more experienced ones can earn over $107720 per year.

One of the easiest ways to increase your salary as an Agent and Business Manager of Artists, Performers and Athlete is to move to a higher paying state like CT. Right now, the highest paying states for Celebrity Agents are CT, NY, CA, MI and KS.

However, a higher pay at CT doesn’t guarantee that you will make more because the living expenses at CT might be twice as high than where you are currently at now.

Three other factors that can increase your salary as an Agent and Business Manager of Artists, Performers and Athlete is the degree you hold, the industry you work in, and lastly the company you work for.

Requirements

We asked other Celebrity Agents what degree they had when they got the job and most of them said they had a Bachelor’s Degree followed by a College Certificate.

Other than that, we also asked them what did they major in and here are the most popular majors that came up.

Pros and Cons

Here are some of the pros and cons of being an Agent and Business Manager of Artists, Performers and Athlete.

What is the job like

70% of Celebrity Agents said they were satisfied with their job and 47% said they feel like their job is making other people’s lives better.

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Claïs Lemmens

The Belgian music industry

My name is Claïs Lemmens, I’m a freelance artist manager and marketeer in the Belgian music industry. A typical day is more administration than you’d think. Writing up emails, crafting proposals and funding applications, making a lot of calls. Meetings with labels, photographers, booking agencies. Being an artist manager is being a part-time therapist. And … Read More

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Is this right for me

You can read more about these career personality types here.

People who are suitable for this job tends to like starting up and carrying out projects. They like leading people and making many decisions. Sometimes they require risk taking and often deal with business..

They also like following set procedures and routines. They like working with data and details more than with ideas.

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