Producers and Directors

Arts, Audio/Video Technology and Communications
Produce or direct stage, television, radio, video, or film productions for entertainment, information, or instruction. Responsible for creative decisions, such as interpretation of script, choice of actors or guests, set design, sound, special effects, and choreography.

What a producers and director does

Become a producers and director

If you enjoy doing these activities, you might make a good producers and director

  • Listening to others, not interrupting, and asking good questions.
  • Keeping track of how well people and/or groups are doing in order to make improvements.
  • Figuring out how a system should work and how changes in the future will affect it.
  • Thinking about the pros and cons of different options and picking the best one.
  • Noticing a problem and figuring out the best way to solve it.

Discover what you could earn in Washington

  • Average hourly rate is $40 per hour with an average salary of $82,800 per year.
  • Half of workers earn between $23 and $48 per hour.
  • Half of workers earn an annual salary between $48,400 and $100,300 per year.

Producers And Director job outlook

  • There are 2,448 workers in this occupation in Washington.
  • There are 362 openings per year in this occupation in Washington.

Growth rate by year

Education needed

Most of these occupations require a four-year bachelor's degree, but some do not.

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