Concert promoter vs promoter

The differences between concert promoters and promoters can be seen in a few details. Each job has different responsibilities and duties. Additionally, a concert promoter has an average salary of $37,721, which is higher than the $37,603 average annual salary of a promoter.

The top three skills for a concert promoter include booking, ticket sales and promotional materials. The most important skills for a promoter are customer service, facebook, and windows.

Concert promoter vs promoter overview

	Concert Promoter	Promoter
Yearly salary	$37,721	$37,603
Hourly rate	$18.14	$18.08
Growth rate	-	-
Number of jobs	427	12,975
Job satisfaction	-	-
Most common degree	Bachelor's Degree, 63%	Bachelor's Degree, 67%
Average age	45	45
Years of experience	-	-

Concert promoter vs promoter salary

Concert promoters and promoters have different pay scales, as shown below.

	Concert Promoter	Promoter
Average salary	$37,721	$37,603
Salary range	Between $23,000 And $60,000	Between $25,000 And $55,000
Highest paying City	-	San Francisco, CA
Highest paying state	-	New York
Best paying company	-	HP
Best paying industry	-	Finance

Differences between concert promoter and promoter education

There are a few differences between a concert promoter and a promoter in terms of educational background:

	Concert Promoter	Promoter
Most common degree	Bachelor's Degree, 63%	Bachelor's Degree, 67%
Most common major	Business	Business
Most common college	-	-

Concert promoter vs promoter demographics

Here are the differences between concert promoters' and promoters' demographics:

	Concert Promoter	Promoter
Average age	45	45
Gender ratio	Male, 66.9% Female, 33.1%	Male, 43.9% Female, 56.1%
Race ratio	Black or African American, 15.7% Unknown, 7.3% Hispanic or Latino, 14.6% Asian, 7.6% White, 54.5% American Indian and Alaska Native, 0.3%	Black or African American, 15.5% Unknown, 7.7% Hispanic or Latino, 20.2% Asian, 5.9% White, 50.5% American Indian and Alaska Native, 0.3%
LGBT Percentage	7%	7%

Differences between concert promoter and promoter duties and responsibilities

Concert promoter example responsibilities.

Manage twitter, assist the production of air commercials and utilize interpersonal skills at promotional events
Execute content marketing strategies on social media platforms, such as Facebook and Instagram.
Operate computerize ticketing machines by entering information into a keyboard and loading tickets and replacing ribbons on a ticket printer.
Handle contract negotiations, writing and editing of advertisements, ticket distribution and giveaways and creation and approval for co-promotional items.
Coordinate mass mailings of promotional CDs and information for radio stations.

Promoter example responsibilities.

Manage the social media every Saturday night recording the event and sharing on Snapchat and Instagram platform.
Create a successful gift with purchase promotion that leverage existing inventory, spur online sales and maximize ROI.
Manage twitter, assist the production of air commercials and utilize interpersonal skills at promotional events
Require regular contact and updates on twitter and Instagram.
Research information on DJ's & songwriters to be used by management to post on Facebook for events and promotions.
Create Instagram content for the station

Concert promoter vs promoter skills

Common concert promoter skills

Booking, 48%
Ticket Sales, 22%
Promotional Materials, 9%
Press Releases, 8%
Facebook, 8%
Event Management, 5%

Common promoter skills

Customer Service, 28%
Facebook, 6%
Windows, 5%
Local Events, 5%
Twitter, 5%
Photoshop, 4%

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Updated January 8, 2025

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