Casting room helper vs production assistant

The differences between casting room helpers and production assistants can be seen in a few details. Each job has different responsibilities and duties. Additionally, a casting room helper has an average salary of $37,899, which is higher than the $33,405 average annual salary of a production assistant.

The top three skills for a casting room helper include guest rooms, and . The most important skills for a production assistant are video production, teleprompter, and audio board.

Casting room helper vs production assistant overview

	Casting Room Helper	Production Assistant
Yearly salary	$37,899	$33,405
Hourly rate	$18.22	$16.06
Growth rate	-	-5%
Number of jobs	38,121	51,905
Job satisfaction	-	4
Most common degree	High School Diploma, 58%	Bachelor's Degree, 71%
Average age	38	38
Years of experience	-	-

Casting room helper vs production assistant salary

Casting room helpers and production assistants have different pay scales, as shown below.

	Casting Room Helper	Production Assistant
Average salary	$37,899	$33,405
Salary range	Between $21,000 And $67,000	Between $25,000 And $44,000
Highest paying City	-	Bristol, CT
Highest paying state	-	Hawaii
Best paying company	-	National Football League
Best paying industry	-	Manufacturing

Differences between casting room helper and production assistant education

There are a few differences between a casting room helper and a production assistant in terms of educational background:

	Casting Room Helper	Production Assistant
Most common degree	High School Diploma, 58%	Bachelor's Degree, 71%
Most common major	English	Communication
Most common college	-	-

Casting room helper vs production assistant demographics

Here are the differences between casting room helpers' and production assistants' demographics:

	Casting Room Helper	Production Assistant
Average age	38	38
Gender ratio	Male, 66.7% Female, 33.3%	Male, 53.4% Female, 46.6%
Race ratio	Black or African American, 11.0% Unknown, 3.7% Hispanic or Latino, 30.0% Asian, 7.2% White, 47.3% American Indian and Alaska Native, 0.8%	Black or African American, 11.0% Unknown, 4.4% Hispanic or Latino, 20.5% Asian, 6.5% White, 56.3% American Indian and Alaska Native, 1.4%
LGBT Percentage	9%	9%

Differences between casting room helper and production assistant duties and responsibilities

Casting room helper example responsibilities.

Assist in loading mixers, scale ingredients accurately according to product recipe specifications.
Assist in loading mixers, scale ingredients accurately according to product recipe specifications.

Production assistant example responsibilities.

Manage customer accounts using Quickbooks.
Manage cross-departmental communication and collaboration to increase ESPN viewers.
Manage QA process including test/debug cycles and platform compliance/compatibility testing.
Manage all office aspects including general administrative duties and assisting with staff payroll.
Manage client photography house accounts and submissions, including calculating usage rights and licensing royalty-free and rights-manage images.
Manage and refine the metadata system for a photography database -communicate with customers over e-mail with regards to advertisement proofs

Casting room helper vs production assistant skills

Common casting room helper skills

Guest Rooms, 100%

Common production assistant skills

Video Production, 18%
Teleprompter, 7%
Audio Board, 7%
Purchase Orders, 4%
Production Equipment, 4%
Photography, 4%

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Updated January 8, 2025

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