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标题：Production Directors - Brief Article - Statistical Data Included
期刊名称：Folio: The Magazine for Magazine Management
印刷版ISSN：0046-4333
出版年度：2000
卷号：June 2000
出版社：Red 7 Media, LLC

Production Directors - Brief Article - Statistical Data Included

(May be called vice president of production or director of manufacturing.) Negotiates printing contracts and other vendor relationships; establishes production schedules. Oversees one or more production managers. Responsible for technical matters, internal production coordination and quality control.

Lowest salary reported $30,000

Highest salary reported $160,000

After slowing down in 1999, salaries for production directors continued a trend of strong growth in 2000. Buoyed by a 15.1 percent increase in pay for trade directors, average salaries grew by 9.2 percent in 2000. Salaries for production directors at consumer titles, however, grew by less than 2 percent for the second straight year after jumping 9 percent in 1998.

               Average base salaries for the last five years
          1996    1997     %    1998     %    1999     %    2000     %
Average  $53,226 $58,075 +9.1% $62,610 +7.8% $64,667 +3.3% $70,586  +9.2%
Business $50,605 $54,979 +8.6% $58,671 +6.7% $61,252 +4.4% $70,500 +15.1%
Consumer $57,345 $62,939 +9.8% $68,621 +9.0% $69,752 +1.6% $70,664  +1.3%
                             Average salaries
                         for Production directors
                                           Average  Average
                                  Average Business Consumer
BY AGE
39 or younger                     $67,389  $67,441  $67,319
40 or older                       $72,095  $71,986  $72,173
RESPONSIBLE FOR
1-2 magazines                     $69,044  $70,498  $68,110
More than 2 magazines             $71,239  $69,357  $73,328
BY NUMBER OF FULL-TIME EMPLOYEES
SUPERVISED
0-2                               $62,388  $57,333  $66,379
3 or more                         $74,409  $76,030  $72,853
BY CIRCULATION
Under 100,000                     $60,589  $64,890  $51,938
Over 100,000                      $77,849  $78,653  $77,446
BY FREQUENCY
Weekly/biweekly                   $73,844        *        *
Monthly                           $69,843  $71,647  $68,172
Other                             $70,542        *  $69,266
BY TOTAL PAGES PUBLISHED ANNUALLY
Less than 1,000 pages             $63,243        *  $63,272
1,000 pages or more               $73,012  $72,102  $74,029
(*.)NOT ENOUGH INFORMATION SUPPLIED
TO REPORT RESULTS.