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Production Assistant salary

Average production assistant salary

$16.06

$33,405 yearly

Entry-level production assistant salary
$25,000 yearly salary
Updated January 8, 2025

How much does a production assistant make?

The average production assistant salary in the United States is $33,405. Production assistant salaries typically range between $25,000 and $44,000 yearly. The average hourly rate for production assistants is $16.06 per hour.

Production assistant salary is impacted by location, education, and experience. Production assistants earn the highest average salary in Hawaii.

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Where can a Production Assistant earn more?

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Production Assistant

Production Assistant salary estimates from across the web

Based on the latest salary information compiled by Zippia, Salary.com, Indeed, Ziprecruiter and Comparably, the average salary for a production assistant typically falls between $32,199 and $45,493.
zippia
$33,405yearly
indeed[1]
$37,002yearly
comparably[2]
$32,199yearly
Salary.com[3]
$45,493yearly
ZipRecruiter[4]
$39,360yearly

Average production assistant salary by state

The highest-paying states for production assistants are Hawaii, Connecticut, and New York. The lowest average production assistant salary states are Georgia, New Mexico, and North Carolina.

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Highest paying states for production assistants

RankStateAvg. SalaryHourly Rate
1Connecticut$43,573$20.95
2Idaho$36,552$17.57
3Maine$36,307$17.46
4Minnesota$36,355$17.48
5North Dakota$38,480$18.50
6New York$42,649$20.50
7New Hampshire$36,522$17.56
8Hawaii$50,412$24.24
9Wisconsin$33,816$16.26
10Iowa$33,446$16.08
11Massachusetts$37,947$18.24
12Alaska$40,482$19.46
13Vermont$35,291$16.97
14Pennsylvania$34,547$16.61
15Wyoming$36,897$17.74
16Ohio$32,477$15.61
17California$38,293$18.41
18Washington$36,617$17.60
19Michigan$32,576$15.66
20Montana$36,688$17.64
21South Dakota$35,589$17.11
22Oregon$34,732$16.70
23Rhode Island$35,487$17.06
24Utah$31,905$15.34
25Illinois$32,739$15.74
26Delaware$36,145$17.38
27Indiana$30,329$14.58
28Nevada$32,231$15.50
29Arizona$31,309$15.05
30New Jersey$34,519$16.60
31Alabama$31,279$15.04
32Kentucky$28,872$13.88
33Colorado$31,778$15.28
34Kansas$28,738$13.82
35Mississippi$29,200$14.04
36Missouri$29,453$14.16
37West Virginia$29,230$14.05
38Tennessee$28,230$13.57
39Nebraska$29,250$14.06
40Georgia$28,035$13.48
41Louisiana$29,861$14.36
42South Carolina$28,212$13.56
43Texas$28,559$13.73
44Maryland$28,979$13.93
45Virginia$28,631$13.76
46District of Columbia$29,539$14.20
47North Carolina$26,754$12.86
48New Mexico$27,489$13.22
49Florida$24,547$11.80
50Arkansas$22,461$10.80
51Oklahoma$26,242$12.62

Highest paying cities for production assistants

The highest-paying cities for production assistants are Bristol, CT, New York, NY, and San Francisco, CA.

RankCityAvg. SalaryHourly Rate
1Bristol, CT$43,664$20.99
2New York, NY$42,636$20.50
3San Francisco, CA$39,700$19.09
4Boston, MA$37,918$18.23
5Seattle, WA$36,808$17.70
6Saint Cloud, MN$36,675$17.63
7Portland, ME$36,493$17.54
8Scranton, PA$35,604$17.12
9Green Bay, WI$34,963$16.81
10Paramus, NJ$34,840$16.75
11Portland, OR$34,697$16.68
12Cleveland, OH$34,248$16.47
13Belvidere, IL$33,279$16.00
14Ann Arbor, MI$32,257$15.51
15Las Vegas, NV$32,049$15.41
16Fort Collins, CO$31,951$15.36
17Salt Lake City, UT$31,906$15.34
18Phoenix, AZ$31,342$15.07
19Indianapolis, IN$29,891$14.37
20Washington, DC$29,569$14.22

Production Assistants are the most in-demand in these five cities:

  1. Bristol, CT
  2. New York, NY
  3. San Francisco, CA
  4. Boston, MA
  5. Seattle, WA

Production Assistant salary details

A production assistant's salary ranges from $25,000 a year at the 10th percentile to $44,000 at the 90th percentile.

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Average Production Assistant Salary Graph, Trends, and Summary

What is a production assistant's salary?

PercentileAnnual SalaryMonthly SalaryHourly Rate
90th Percentile$44,000$3,667$21
75th Percentile$38,000$3,167$18
Average$33,405$2,784$16
25th Percentile$28,000$2,333$13
10th Percentile$25,000$2,083$12

Highest paying production assistant jobs

The highest paying types of production assistants are production coordinator, production specialist, and assistant.

Job TitleAnnual SalaryMonthly SalaryHourly RateJob Openings
Line Up Worker$27,868$2,322$13.4078,644
Labour Worker$30,080$2,507$14.4685,623
Generator Worker$32,651$2,721$15.7076,094
Factory Worker$29,343$2,445$14.11106,768
Assembly Line Worker$27,929$2,327$13.4388,030
Woodworking Shop Hand$31,846$2,654$15.3114,926

Top companies hiring production assistants now:

  1. National Football League Jobs (128)
  2. ESPN Jobs (572)
  3. NBCUniversal Jobs (371)
  4. Sony Pictures Jobs (111)
  5. Warner Bros. Jobs (91)

Which companies pay production assistants the most?

Production assistant salaries at National Football League and Deloitte are the highest-paying according to our most recent salary estimates. In addition, the average production assistant salary at companies like Mars and ESPN are highly competitive.

RankCompanyAverage SalaryHourly Rate
1National Football League$47,168$22.68
2Deloitte$42,372$20.37
3Mars$40,454$19.45
4ESPN$40,178$19.32
5NBCUniversal$39,978$19.22
6Activision Blizzard$39,665$19.07
7Ecolab$39,207$18.85
8Constellation Brands$39,123$18.81
9Broadridge$38,687$18.60
10Owens Corning$38,648$18.58
11Gotham Greens$38,498$18.51
12SealMaster$37,765$18.16
13SiriusXM$37,706$18.13
14Fortune Brands Home & Security$37,675$18.11
15MVP Group Int$37,597$18.08
16DreamWorks Animation$37,580$18.07
17American Enterprise Institute$37,252$17.91
18Cumulus Media$37,128$17.85
19WestRock$36,809$17.70
20Denver Botanic Gardens$36,786$17.69

Wage gap by gender, race and education

$35,000$34,600$34,200$33,800$33,400$33,000
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Production Assistant salary trends

The average production assistant salary has risen by $8,740 over the last ten years. In 2014, the average production assistant earned $24,665 annually, but today, they earn $33,405 a year. That works out to a 23% change in pay for production assistants over the last decade.

Compare production assistant salaries for cities or states with the national average over time.

Average production assistant salary over time

Compare production assistant salaries for individual cities or states with the national average.

    Production Assistant salary by year

    YearAvg. SalaryHourly Rate% Change
    2025$33,400$16.06+4.6%
    2024$31,900$15.32+4.7%
    2023$30,400$14.60+6.0%
    2022$28,600$13.73+4.8%
    2021$27,200$13.07+3.5%

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