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Freelance producer salary

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Johnathan Paul

Average freelance producer salary

$62,218

$29.91 hourly rate

Entry-level freelance producer salary
$33,000 yearly salary
Updated January 8, 2025
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Average freelance producer salary by state

Highest paying states for freelance producers

RankStateAvg. salaryHourly rate
1New York$97,345$46.80
2California$90,411$43.47
3Connecticut$82,662$39.74
4District of Columbia$72,269$34.74
5Vermont$61,988$29.80
6Oregon$65,409$31.45
7Washington$70,060$33.68
8Georgia$68,632$33.00
9Colorado$62,048$29.83
10Nevada$66,095$31.78
11New Hampshire$81,978$39.41
12Utah$57,715$27.75
13Rhode Island$61,122$29.39
14West Virginia$56,767$27.29
15Wyoming$52,715$25.34
16North Dakota$61,038$29.35
17New Jersey$63,493$30.53
18Maryland$56,425$27.13
19Arizona$57,878$27.83
20New Mexico$58,465$28.11
21Massachusetts$59,061$28.39
22Texas$54,238$26.08
23North Carolina$50,188$24.13
24Arkansas$48,926$23.52
25Delaware$56,321$27.08
26Alaska$53,666$25.80
27Kentucky$52,455$25.22
28Idaho$52,681$25.33
29Hawaii$45,908$22.07
30Pennsylvania$48,632$23.38
31Michigan$44,855$21.56
32Virginia$50,816$24.43
33Oklahoma$47,678$22.92
34Minnesota$50,759$24.40
35Louisiana$44,805$21.54
36Maine$46,389$22.30
37Montana$49,562$23.83
38Mississippi$44,900$21.59
39Tennessee$41,843$20.12
40Illinois$48,593$23.36
41South Dakota$43,225$20.78
42Alabama$43,124$20.73
43Nebraska$44,402$21.35
44Florida$41,874$20.13
45Kansas$46,621$22.41
46Iowa$42,699$20.53
47Ohio$43,137$20.74
48South Carolina$37,330$17.95
49Missouri$44,128$21.22
50Wisconsin$41,508$19.96
51Indiana$40,367$19.41

Freelance producer salary details

A freelance producer's salary ranges from $33,000 a year at the 10th percentile to $113,000 at the 90th percentile.

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Average freelance producer salary graph, trends, and summary

What is a freelance producer's salary?

PercentileAnnual salaryMonthly salaryHourly rate
90th Percentile$113,000$9,417$54
75th Percentile$85,000$7,083$41
Average$62,218$5,185$30
25th Percentile$45,000$3,750$22
10th Percentile$33,000$2,750$16

Highest paying freelance producer jobs

The highest paying types of freelance producers are executive producer, senior producer, and producer.

Job titleAnnual salaryMonthly salaryHourly rateJob openings
Camera Operator$43,609$3,634$20.9726,006
Photographer, Editor$51,131$4,261$24.5811,039
Videographer$43,620$3,635$20.971,267
Video Production Internship$33,585$2,799$16.15105,041
Producer Director$54,924$4,577$26.4113,931
Freelance Video Editor$54,795$4,566$26.345,910

How would you rate the starting salaries for freelance producers, as well as the prospects for salary advancement?

Johnathan Paul

Adjunct Professor, University of North Texas

Trying to pinpoint a starting salary in the film and television industry is incredibly challenging. There are so many different avenues that a recent graduate can go into, and each one of those job tracks has a benchmark for what number their starting salary begins at. For example, someone joining a film crew as a Production Assistant will typically make less than someone taking an entry level office job at a studio. The video game industry tends to have better starting salaries; however, many of those jobs are temporarily based on a development cycle. Freelance and contract work are just a reality of the media industry, and it's something I try to prepare my students for.

Top companies hiring freelance producers now:

  1. Google jobs (3)
  2. Microsoft jobs (4)
  3. Bloomberg jobs (4)
  4. Fox News jobs (13)
  5. ESPN jobs (19)

Wage gap by gender, race and education

$62,000$61,400$60,800$60,200$59,600$59,000
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Freelance producer salary trends

The average freelance producer salary has risen by $4,674 over the last ten years. In 2014, the average freelance producer earned $57,544 annually, but today, they earn $62,218 a year. That works out to a 8% change in pay for freelance producers over the last decade.

Compare freelance producer salaries for cities or states with the national average over time.

Average freelance producer salary over time

Compare freelance producer salaries for individual cities or states with the national average.

Freelance producer salary by year

YearAvg. salaryHourly rate% Change
2025$62,200$29.91+2.6%
2024$60,600$29.14+3.7%
2023$58,400$28.06+0.1%
2022$58,300$28.04+0.9%
2021$57,800$27.78+3.5%

Recently added freelance producer salaries

CompanyJobLocationDate addedSalary
Publicis GroupeFreelance 3D ProducerEl Segundo, CA06/26/2025$130,438
Greatness MediaFreelance Technical ProducerLos Angeles, CA05/17/2025$104,350
Foxnew Fox News NetworkFreelance Producer, FOX News LiveIone, WA02/18/2025$73,045
FoxcareersFreelance Producer, FOX News Live (R50027693)Washington, DC02/17/2025$73,045
La 411Freelance ProducerLos Angeles, CA02/16/2025$83,480
Fox CorporationFreelance Producer, FOX News LiveWashington, DC02/15/2025$73,045
Weber ShandwickFreelance ProducerDetroit, MI01/26/2025$156,525
La 411Freelance ProducerCulver City, CA12/10/2024$83,480
Stage 32, LLCFreelance ProducerLos Angeles, CA10/24/2024$83,480
FoxFreelance Producer, The Bottom Line With Dagen Mcdowell & Sean DuffyNew York, NY10/17/2024$93,915

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