All statistics are taken from the bookcareers.com Salary Survey 2013 and are the copyright of bookcareers.com.
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Respondents completed an online form, between September and December 2013. The form was advertised to all those registered with bookcareers.com and the link circulated widely through all trade associations and across social media.
We received a total of 901 valid responses.
We really must thank everyone who responded and contributed to this data –
without your help and trust in us this survey would not be possible.
* 81.8% of respondents were female, 18.2% were male
*In 2008 82.9% of respondents were female, 17.1% male
*In 2004 78% of respondents were female, 22% male
AVERAGE SALARIES
* The average overall salary was £28,661 up 13.2% on 2008 (£24,871).
This is the average of all full-time respondents earning between £10,000 and £80,001 p.a.
* The average starting salary is calculated on those who are 19-23 years old, who have been in the industry for less than a year and in their current job for less than a year.
* The average starting salary was £17,775 up 2.7% on 2008 (£17,300)
There is now a huge disparity between entry level pay and our salary average pay.
In 2008 the percentage difference was 43.8%. It has now risen to 61.2%.
*80.2% of the respondents are 35 years of age or younger,
* In 2008 82.8% of all respondents were under the age of 35
DIVERSITY
*93.7% of all respondents classed themselves as White, British. This is up 3% from 90.7% in 2008.
Although there have been major campaigns by organisations like Equip and Creative Access, we are still failing heavily on diversity.
AVERAGE MALE V FEMALE SALARIES
*Men are still being paid more than women. In 2013 this was 16%, up slightly from 15.4% in 2008, but improved on 18.1% in 2004.
For an industry where 81.8% of respondents were women, this continues to be disappointing..
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| bookcareers.com Salary Survey 2013 Average Male and Female Salaries |
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| Male | Female | % | |
| 2013 | £32,299 | £27,832 | 16.0% |
| 2008 | £27,973 | £24,234 | 15.4% |
| 2004 | £27,209 | £23,035 | 18.1% |
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| bookcareers.com Salary Survey 2013 Average Salary by Age |
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| Base | £28,661 |
| 19-23 | £19,323 |
| 24-26 | £22,343 |
| 27-30 | £26,875 |
| 31-35 | £32,672 |
| 36-51 | £39,932 |
| 51+ | £41,874 |
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| bookcareers.com Salary Survey 2013 Average Salary by Size of Company |
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| 1-10 | £26,146 |
| 11-30 | £28,831 |
| 31-50 | £26,552 |
| 51-100 | £29,184 |
| 101-250 | £29,653 |
| 251-500 | £30,002 |
| 501-1000 | £30,160 |
| 1001+ | £28,789 |
| Don’t know | £26,394 |
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| bookcareers.com Salary Survey 2013 Average Salary by Area of Publishing |
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| Academic | £27,559 |
| Business/Professional/Legal | £29,294 |
| Children’s | £29,084 |
| Educational | £29,256 |
| ELT | £32,211 |
| Reference | £29,300 |
| STM (Science, Technical, Medical) | £29,135 |
| Trade | £28,243 |
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| Bookcareers.com Salary Survey 2013 Average Salary by Location |
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| Central London | £29,033 |
| Greater London | £28,388 |
| Oxfordshire | £27,219 |
| South and South East England | £28,529 |
| South West England | £30,469 |
| Midlands and East Anglia | £30,863 |
| North England | £30,199 |
| Wales | £16,500 |
| Scotland | £23,179 |
| Northern Ireland | £27,000 |
| Republic of Ireland | £24,910 |
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| bookcareers.com Salary Survey 2013 Average Salaries of Selective Job Titles. A complete list appears in the full report along with background details, bonuses and additional data. |
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| Job Title | Salary | 2008 | |
| Editorial Assistant | £19,901 | £18,442 | |
| Literary Agents Assistant/Agents Assistant | £21,375 | £19,625 | |
| Production Assistant | £22,300 | £17,875 | |
| Rights Assistant | £19,449 | £17,688 | |
| Marketing Assistant | £19,449 | £17,645 | |
| Assistant Editor | £22,561 | £18,925 | |
| Production Editor | £23,925 | £22,046 | |
| Production Controller | £25,978 | £23,679 | |
| Desk Editor/Copy Editor | £21,700 | £19,583 | |
| Managing Editor | £30,043 | £30,379 | |
| Commissioning Editor | £30,731 | £26,450 | |
| Marketing Executive | £22,689 | £21,770 | |
| Press Officer | £23,696 | £21,920 | |
| Marketing Manager | £31,005 | £24,781 | |
| Production Manager | £35,898 | £34,944 | |
| Rights Manager | £32,058 | £30,245 | |
| Sales Manager | £39,585 | £31,817 | |
| Publisher | £55,182 | £42,188 | |
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