The Salary of a Film Production Coordinator
The job of a film production coordinator involves working on multiple details of a film project. Given that motion picture and broadcasting companies are based in large cities, that's where you'll find most of these jobs. The exception to this is when a production is being shot on location. At those times, a film crew would travel to the site and a production coordinator would likely be part of the team.
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Anticipated Earnings
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As of 2011, a film production coordinator employed by a studio and with four years experience can expect to earn about $40,000 a year. New York and Los Angeles have the most jobs, since these cities are home to many film and television companies.
Prospects
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Production coordinators are hired by companies of all sizes. Available data as of January 2011 cites both large and small companies as employers of film production coordinators. The number of people in these firms range from as low as 10 employees to as high as almost 5,000. For skilled professionals like a film production coordinator, the larger companies will pay salaries at the higher end of the scale. Also, film production coordinators that have additional experience in specialized areas -- such as special effects, for example -- can expect to be paid more.
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Company Types
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Besides working in movie production houses, film production coordinators are hired by other sectors of the industry, with each sector having its own pay structure. Among the sectors are television broadcasting, $34,694 to $45,818; audio/video entertainment production, $30,000 to $43,413; and cable television programming, $39,305 to $55,000.
Where Jobs Are
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Walt Disney is perhaps the most well-known employer of film production coordinators. Film production coordinators are also employed in large advertising agencies, public relations agencies and nonprofit organizations. In addition, there are many independent production companies whose workload will vary. The larger companies will have their own full-time experts on staff. But skilled personnel are also hired on a freelance basis, as needed, and will include film production coordinators.
Larger Production Houses
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Among some of the larger film production companies are 20th Century Fox Film Corp. in Los Angeles; Digital Domain, with offices in Los Angeles, New York, Florida, Toronto and Vancouver; Pixar Animation, in Beverly Hills, Calif.; Sony Pictures Entertainment, in Culver City, Calif.; Universal Pictures, in Universal City, Calif.; and Walt Disney Productions, and Warner Bros., both in Burbank, Calif.
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