How Much Do Public Address Announcers Make in 2021 (including Starting Salary)

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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.

Salary
$57300
Becoming One
Easy
Education
No degree required
Job Satisfaction
Job Growth

Personality



Table of contents
  1. Average salary
  2. Starting salary
  3. Salary rank
  4. Salary range
  5. Highest paying states
  6. Highest paying industries

Average salary

Annual salary
$57300 per year
Hourly wage
$28 per hour

Starting salary

Entry-level annual salary
$19,580 to $25,110 per year
Entry-level hourly wage
$9 to $12 per hour

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

Salary rank
C

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 $ $*

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