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The Annual Survey of Journalism & Mass Communication Graduates is designed to monitor employment rates and salaries of graduates of journalism and mass communication programs in the United States, including Puerto Rico. Since 1997, this study has been conducted by Dr. Lee B. Becker, a professor in the Grady College of Journalism and Mass Communication at the University of Georgia and director of the James M. Cox Jr. Center for International Mass Communication Training and Research in the Grady College.
For this study, a sample of schools is drawn from those listed in the Journalism and Mass Communication Directory and The Journalist's Road to Success: A Career Guide. Administrators at the selected schools are asked to provide the names and addresses of their spring bachelor's and master's degree recipients. A questionnaire is mailed in November to all the graduates from the selected schools. The questionnaire explores the graduates university experiences, job-seeking and employment, and salary and benefits.
Click here for 1986-1994 Data.
CPI-U (Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers) is a price measure that shows the amount of inflation since a base period. In this table the base is 1985 which is expressed as 100.
|
1997 |
1998 |
1999 |
2000 |
2001 |
2002 |
2003 |
2004 |
| CPI-U Cumulative from '85 |
1.52 |
1.545 |
1.593 |
1.65 |
1.67 |
1.705 |
1.758 |
1.807 |
| Master Total |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Nominal salary/wk |
$548 |
$577 |
$673 |
$602 |
$579 |
$615 |
$630 |
$635 |
| Nominal salary/yr |
$28,500 |
$30,000 |
$34,996 |
$31,304 |
$30,120 |
$32,000 |
$32,760 |
$33,000 |
| Real Salary 85 $ |
$18,745 |
$19,421 |
$21,974 |
$18,973 |
$18,038 |
$18,770 |
$18,638 |
$18,263 |
| N |
119 |
118 |
112 |
108 |
102 |
105 |
101 |
159 |
| Bachelor Total |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Nominal salary/wk |
$442 |
$462 |
$481 |
$519 |
$500 |
$500 |
$500 |
$535 |
| Nominal salary/yr |
$23,000 |
$24,000 |
$25,000 |
$26,988 |
$26,000 |
$26,000 |
$26,000 |
$27,800 |
| Real Salary 85 $ |
$15,127 |
$15,537 |
$15,697 |
$16,357 |
$15,571 |
$15,251 |
$14,792 |
$15,386 |
| N |
1,523 |
1,624 |
1,969 |
1,978 |
1,749 |
1,695 |
1,585 |
1,995 |
| Daily Newspapers |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Nominal salary/wk |
$404 |
$434 |
$480 |
$500 |
$498 |
$481 |
$490 |
$500 |
| Nominal salary/yr |
$21,000 |
$22,560 |
$24,960 |
$26,000 |
$25,896 |
$25,000 |
$25,480 |
$26,000 |
| Real Salary 85 $ |
$13,812 |
$14,604 |
$15,672 |
$15,758 |
$15,509 |
$14,664 |
$14,496 |
$14,389 |
| N |
131 |
122 |
181 |
162 |
120 |
152 |
127 |
146 |
| Weeklies |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Nominal salary/wk |
$378 |
$389 |
$404 |
$440 |
$462 |
$423 |
$462 |
$462 |
| Nominal salary/yr |
$19,630 |
$20,250 |
$21,000 |
$22,880 |
$24,000 |
$22,000 |
$24,000 |
$24,000 |
| Real Salary 85 $ |
$12,911 |
$13,109 |
$13,186 |
$13,867 |
$14,373 |
$12,905 |
$13,654 |
$13,282 |
| N |
40 |
50 |
59 |
47 |
43 |
45 |
39 |
69 |
|
1997 |
1998 |
1999 |
2000 |
2001 |
2002 |
2003 |
2004 |
| Radio |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Nominal salary/wk |
$385 |
$399 |
$433 |
$450 |
$481 |
$462 |
$462 |
$442 |
| Nominal salary/yr |
$20,000 |
$20,750 |
$22,500 |
$23,400 |
$25,000 |
$24,000 |
$24,000 |
$23,000 |
| Real Salary 85 $ |
$13,154 |
$13,433 |
$14,128 |
$14,182 |
$14,972 |
$14,078 |
$13,654 |
$12,729 |
| N |
33 |
38 |
38 |
39 |
46 |
33 |
20 |
29 |
| Television |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Nominal salary/wk |
$360 |
$350 |
$384 |
$420 |
$413 |
$423 |
$423 |
$452 |
| Nominal salary/yr |
$18,720 |
$18,200 |
$19,968 |
$21,840 |
$21,500 |
$22,000 |
$22,000 |
$23,492 |
| Real Salary 85 $ |
$12,312 |
$11,782 |
$12,538 |
$13,237 |
$12,876 |
$12,905 |
$12,517 |
$13,001 |
| N |
111 |
135 |
169 |
149 |
117 |
115 |
112 |
132 |
| Cable Television |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Nominal salary/wk |
$404 |
$442 |
$450 |
$481 |
$538 |
$548 |
$538 |
$577 |
| Nominal salary/yr |
$21,000 |
$23,000 |
$23,400 |
$25,012 |
$28,000 |
$28,500 |
$28,000 |
$30,000 |
| Real Salary 85 $ |
$13,812 |
$14,889 |
$14,693 |
$15,159 |
$16,769 |
$16,717 |
$15,930 |
$16,603 |
| N |
45 |
42 |
46 |
61 |
38 |
28 |
37 |
35 |
| PR Agency/Dept |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Nominal salary/wk |
$444 |
$481 |
$481 |
$557 |
$534 |
$519 |
$538 |
$548 |
| Nominal salary/yr |
$23,088 |
$25,000 |
$25,012 |
$28,964 |
$27,750 |
$27,000 |
$28,000 |
$28,500 |
| Real Salary 85 $ |
$15,185 |
$16,184 |
$15,705 |
$17,554 |
$16,619 |
$15,837 |
$15,930 |
$15,773 |
| N |
143 |
126 |
178 |
166 |
104 |
118 |
109 |
145 |
|
1997 |
1998 |
1999 |
2000 |
2001 |
2002 |
2003 |
2004 |
| Ad Agency/Dept |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Nominal salary/wk |
$423 |
$481 |
$481 |
$519 |
$510 |
$519 |
$519 |
$538 |
| Nominal salary/yr |
$22,000 |
$25,000 |
$25,000 |
$26,988 |
$26,500 |
$27,000 |
$27,000 |
$28,000 |
| Real Salary 85 $ |
$14,470 |
$16,184 |
$15,697 |
$16,357 |
$15,871 |
$15,837 |
$15,361 |
$15,496 |
| N |
127 |
142 |
164 |
171 |
124 |
99 |
114 |
161 |
| Newsletter/Trades |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Nominal salary/wk |
$446 |
$504 |
$500 |
$538 |
$577 |
$551 |
$519 |
$538 |
| Nominal salary/yr |
$23,200 |
$26,200 |
$26,000 |
$27,976 |
$30,000 |
$28,655 |
$27,000 |
$28,000 |
| Real Salary 85 $ |
$15,259 |
$16,961 |
$16,325 |
$16,956 |
$17,967 |
$16,808 |
$15,361 |
$15,496 |
| N |
34 |
36 |
40 |
44 |
25 |
28 |
21 |
31 |
| Magazine |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Nominal salary/wk |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Nominal salary/yr |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Real Salary 85 $ |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| N |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Consumer Magazine |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Nominal salary/wk |
$423 |
$481 |
$510 |
$543 |
$500 |
$526 |
$481 |
$519 |
| Nominal salary/yr |
$22,000 |
$25,000 |
$26,494 |
$28,236 |
$26,000 |
$27,350 |
$25,000 |
$27,000 |
| Real Salary 85 $ |
$14,470 |
$16,184 |
$16,635 |
$17,113 |
$15,571 |
$16,043 |
$14,223 |
$14,943 |
| N |
26 |
25 |
34 |
48 |
37 |
28 |
25 |
47 |
| Online Publishing |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Nominal salary/wk |
$525 |
$577 |
$538 |
$577 |
$644 |
$500 |
$620 |
$615 |
| Nominal salary/yr |
$27,320 |
$30,000 |
$28,000 |
$30,004 |
$33,500 |
$26,000 |
$32,250 |
$32,000 |
| Real Salary 85 $ |
$17,969 |
$19,421 |
$17,581 |
$18,185 |
$20,063 |
$15,251 |
$18,348 |
$17,710 |
| N |
22 |
24 |
52 |
40 |
13 |
7 |
8 |
13 |
| |
1989 |
1990 |
1991 |
1992 |
1993 |
1994 |
1995 |
1996 |
| CPI-U Cumulative from '85 |
1.164 |
1.231 |
1.286 |
1.327 |
1.369 |
1.406 |
1.447 |
1.495 |
| Master Total |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Nominal salary/wk |
|
$481 |
$423 |
$476 |
$481 |
$481 |
$548 |
$554 |
| Nominal salary/yr |
|
$25,012 |
$21,996 |
$24,752 |
$25,012 |
$25,000 |
$28,500 |
$28,800 |
| Real Salary 85 $ |
|
$20,318 |
$17,104 |
$18,653 |
$18,270 |
$17,781 |
$19,696 |
$19,264 |
| N |
|
108 |
104 |
106 |
105 |
95 |
121 |
89 |
| Bachelor Total |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Nominal salary/wk |
$342 |
$346 |
$348 |
$350 |
$356 |
$385 |
$400 |
$413 |
| Nominal salary/yr |
$17,784 |
$17,992 |
$18,096 |
$18,200 |
$18,512 |
$20,000 |
$20,800 |
$21,500 |
| Real Salary 85 $ |
$15,278 |
$14,616 |
$14,072 |
$13,715 |
$13,522 |
$14,225 |
$14,375 |
$14,381 |
| N |
1,460 |
1,544 |
1,501 |
1,597 |
1,449 |
1,409 |
1,622 |
1,532 |
| Daily Newspapers |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Nominal salary/wk |
$327 |
$348 |
$350 |
$350 |
$350 |
$404 |
$423 |
$400 |
| Nominal salary/yr |
$17,004 |
$18,096 |
$18,200 |
$18,200 |
$18,200 |
$21,000 |
$21,970 |
$20,800 |
| Real Salary 85 $ |
$14,608 |
$14,700 |
$14,152 |
$13,715 |
$13,294 |
$14,936 |
$15,183 |
$13,913 |
| N |
133 |
112 |
107 |
124 |
96 |
112 |
114 |
117 |
| Weeklies |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Nominal salary/wk |
$283 |
$300 |
$289 |
$300 |
$300 |
$300 |
$327 |
$350 |
| Nominal salary/yr |
$14,716 |
$15,600 |
$15,028 |
$15,600 |
$15,600 |
$15,600 |
$17,000 |
$18,200 |
| Real Salary 85 $ |
$12,643 |
$12,673 |
$11,686 |
$11,756 |
$11,395 |
$11,095 |
$11,748 |
$12,174 |
| N |
64 |
68 |
64 |
51 |
59 |
64 |
67 |
44 |
|
1989 |
1990 |
1991 |
1992 |
1993 |
1994 |
1995 |
1996 |
| Radio |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Nominal salary/wk |
$260 |
$254 |
$269 |
$289 |
$325 |
$308 |
$327 |
$346 |
| Nominal salary/yr |
$13,520 |
$13,208 |
$13,988 |
$15,028 |
$16,900 |
$16,000 |
$17,000 |
$18,000 |
| Real Salary 85 $ |
$11,615 |
$10,729 |
$10,877 |
$11,325 |
$12,345 |
$11,380 |
$11,748 |
$12,040 |
| N |
53 |
55 |
43 |
36 |
35 |
25 |
39 |
37 |
| Television |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Nominal salary/wk |
$293 |
$289 |
$278 |
$300 |
$300 |
$308 |
$346 |
$337 |
| Nominal salary/yr |
$15,236 |
$15,028 |
$14,456 |
$15,600 |
$15,600 |
$16,000 |
$18,000 |
$17,500 |
| Real Salary 85 $ |
$13,089 |
$12,208 |
$11,241 |
$11,756 |
$11,395 |
$11,380 |
$12,440 |
$11,706 |
| N |
79 |
76 |
60 |
66 |
58 |
87 |
120 |
105 |
| Cable Television |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Nominal salary/wk |
$346 |
$327 |
$404 |
$346 |
$363 |
$456 |
$412 |
$404 |
| Nominal salary/yr |
$18,000 |
$17,000 |
$21,000 |
$18,000 |
$18,860 |
$23,700 |
$21,400 |
$21,000 |
| Real Salary 85 $ |
$15,464 |
$13,810 |
$16,330 |
$13,564 |
$13,776 |
$16,856 |
$14,789 |
$14,047 |
| N |
29 |
20 |
19 |
23 |
22 |
24 |
36 |
44 |
| PR Agency/Dept |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Nominal salary/wk |
$365 |
$378 |
$385 |
$375 |
$402 |
$404 |
$423 |
$442 |
| Nominal salary/yr |
$18,980 |
$19,656 |
$20,020 |
$19,500 |
$20,904 |
$21,000 |
$22,000 |
$23,000 |
| Real Salary 85 $ |
$16,306 |
$15,968 |
$15,568 |
$14,695 |
$15,270 |
$14,936 |
$15,204 |
$15,385 |
| N |
108 |
122 |
136 |
101 |
101 |
104 |
138 |
123 |
|
1989 |
1990 |
1991 |
1992 |
1993 |
1994 |
1995 |
1996 |
| Ad Agency/Dept |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Nominal salary/wk |
$346 |
$356 |
$348 |
$356 |
$365 |
$385 |
$392 |
$423 |
| Nominal salary/yr |
$17,992 |
$18,512 |
$18,096 |
$18,512 |
$18,980 |
$20,000 |
$20,400 |
$22,000 |
| Real Salary 85 $ |
$15,457 |
$15,038 |
$14,072 |
$13,950 |
$13,864 |
$14,225 |
$14,098 |
$14,716 |
| N |
127 |
122 |
111 |
137 |
100 |
114 |
130 |
129 |
| Newsletter/Trades |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Nominal salary/wk |
|
|
|
|
|
$385 |
$469 |
$453 |
| Nominal salary/yr |
|
|
|
|
|
$20,000 |
$24,406 |
$23,570 |
| Real Salary 85 $ |
|
|
|
|
|
$14,225 |
$16,867 |
$15,766 |
| N |
|
|
|
|
|
37 |
38 |
28 |
| Magazine |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Nominal salary/wk |
$355 |
$365 |
$370 |
$370 |
$348 |
$404 |
$414 |
|
| Nominal salary/yr |
$18,470 |
$19,000 |
$19,250 |
$19,250 |
$18,078 |
$21,000 |
$21,548 |
|
| Real Salary 85 $ |
$15,868 |
$15,435 |
$14,969 |
$14,506 |
$13,205 |
$14,936 |
$14,891 |
|
| N |
52 |
47 |
34 |
44 |
38 |
44 |
51 |
|
| Consumer Magazine |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Nominal salary/wk |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
$447 |
| Nominal salary/yr |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
$23,250 |
| Real Salary 85 $ |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
$15,552 |
| N |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
28 |
| Online Publishing |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Nominal salary/wk |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
$500 |
| Nominal salary/yr |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
$26,000 |
| Real Salary 85 $ |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
$17,391 |
| N |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
19 |
| |
1986 |
1987 |
1988 |
| CPI-U Cumulative from '85 |
1.02 |
1.06 |
1.107 |
| Master Total |
|
|
|
| Nominal salary/wk |
|
|
|
| Nominal salary/yr |
|
|
|
| Real Salary 85 $ |
|
|
|
| N |
|
|
|
| Bachelor Total |
|
|
|
| Nominal salary/wk |
$270 |
$292 |
$325 |
| Nominal salary/yr |
$14,040 |
$15,184 |
$16,900 |
| Real Salary 85 $ |
$13,765 |
$14,325 |
$15,266 |
| N |
644 |
850 |
490 |
| Daily Newspapers |
|
|
|
| Nominal salary/wk |
$268 |
$268 |
$310 |
| Nominal salary/yr |
$13,936 |
$13,936 |
$16,120 |
| Real Salary 85 $ |
$13,663 |
$13,147 |
$14,562 |
| N |
107 |
84 |
43 |
| Weeklies |
|
|
|
| Nominal salary/wk |
|
$249 |
$275 |
| Nominal salary/yr |
|
$12,948 |
$14,300 |
| Real Salary 85 $ |
|
$12,215 |
$12,918 |
| N |
|
32 |
33 |
|
1986 |
1987 |
1988 |
| Radio |
|
|
|
| Nominal salary/wk |
|
$246 |
$280 |
| Nominal salary/yr |
|
$12,792 |
$14,560 |
| Real Salary 85 $ |
|
$12,068 |
$13,153 |
| N |
|
37 |
24 |
| Television |
|
|
|
| Nominal salary/wk |
|
$249 |
$325 |
| Nominal salary/yr |
|
$12,948 |
$16,900 |
| Real Salary 85 $ |
|
$12,215 |
$15,266 |
| N |
|
49 |
25 |
| Cable Television |
|
|
|
| Nominal salary/wk |
|
|
|
| Nominal salary/yr |
|
|
|
| Real Salary 85 $ |
|
|
|
| N |
|
|
|
| PR Agency/Dept |
|
|
|
| Nominal salary/wk |
$295 |
$322 |
$353 |
| Nominal salary/yr |
$15,340 |
$16,744 |
$18,356 |
| Real Salary 85 $ |
$15,039 |
$15,796 |
$16,582 |
| N |
89 |
94 |
50 |
|
1986 |
1987 |
1988 |
| Ad Agency/Dept |
|
|
|
| Nominal salary/wk |
$283 |
$289 |
$315 |
| Nominal salary/yr |
$14,716 |
$15,028 |
$16,380 |
| Real Salary 85 $ |
$14,427 |
$14,177 |
$14,797 |
| N |
100 |
88 |
55 |
| Newsletter/Trades |
|
|
|
| Nominal salary/wk |
|
|
|
| Nominal salary/yr |
|
|
|
| Real Salary 85 $ |
|
|
|
| N |
|
|
|
| Magazine |
|
|
|
| Nominal salary/wk |
|
|
|
| Nominal salary/yr |
|
|
|
| Real Salary 85 $ |
|
|
|
| N |
|
|
|
| Consumer Magazine |
|
|
|
| Nominal salary/wk |
|
|
|
| Nominal salary/yr |
|
|
|
| Real Salary 85 $ |
|
|
|
| N |
|
|
|
| Online Publishing |
|
|
|
| Nominal salary/wk |
|
|
|
| Nominal salary/yr |
|
|
|
| Real Salary 85 $ |
|
|
|
| N |
|
|
|
Source: 2004 Annual Survey of Journalism & Mass Communication Graduates - Full Report
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