Annual Salary, Salary Range, and Highest Paying States and Industries
Public Address Announcers
Public Address Announcers make announcements over public address system at sporting or other public events. May act as master of ceremonies or disc jockey at weddings, parties, clubs, or other gathering places.
Table of contents
- Average salary
- Starting salary
- Salary rank
- Salary range
- Highest paying states
- Highest paying industries
Average salary
Starting salary
Entry-level Public Address System and Other Announcers with little to no experience can expect to make anywhere between $19,580 to $25,110 per year or $9 to $12 per hour. Similar to any other job, their salary will increase as they gain experience.
Salary rank
We wanted to make it easy for our readers to compare the salary of Public Address System and Other Announcers to all the other careers out there. So we created Salary Rank. We compared the salary of all careers then we gave them a rank of A, B, C, or D depending on where their average salary sit in comparison to other careers.
Salary range
Level | Hourly | Annual |
---|---|---|
Highest (Top 10%) | $55 | $114,050 |
Senior (Top 25%) | $29 | $59,980 |
Middle (Mid 50%) | $18 | $36,770 |
Junior (Bottom 25%) | $12 | $25,110 |
No experience (Bottom 10%) | $9 | $19,580 |
Highest paying states
State | Hourly | Annual |
---|---|---|
NY | $40 | $83,400 |
CA | $40 | $82,980 |
WA | $37 | $77,260 |
MA | $36 | $75,730 |
DC | $36 | $75,050 |
OR | $30 | $62,940 |
AZ | $30 | $61,960 |
UT | $29 | $60,460 |
MD | $29 | $59,610 |
FL | $29 | $59,560 |
Another simple way to increase your salary as a Public Address System and Other Announcer is to move to a higher paying state. However moving to a higher paying state like NY doesn’t guarantee that you will make more because the expenses at NY might be much higher than where you are currently living at right now.
According to BLS, the highest paid Public Address Announcers are in the states of NY, CA, WA, MA and DC.
Highest paying industries
Salary by industry | Annual | Hourly |
---|---|---|
Spectator Sports | $108080 | $51.96 |
Other Information Services | $71120 | $34.19 |
Junior Colleges | $62250 | $29.93 |
Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools | $58100 | $27.93 |
Independent Artists, Writers, and Performers | $57750 | $27.77 |
Radio and Television Broadcasting | $55150 | $26.51 |
Advertising, Public Relations, and Related Services | $42900 | $20.62 |
Elementary and Secondary Schools | $39750 | $19.11 |
Local Government | $35840 | $17.23 |
Other Amusement and Recreation Industries | $34790 | $16.73 |
Motion Picture and Video Industries | $ | $* |
Cable and Other Subscription Programming | $ | $* |
Promoters of Performing Arts, Sports, and Similar Events | $ | $* |
Newspaper, Periodical, Book, and Directory Publishers | $ | $* |