[SML] TD salary range/staffing logistics/advice

[Jacob Blumberg]

Just to jump on the bandwagon here seems low. I’ve always been kinda amazed
at how low DC theaters pay their staff though. The best job posting I saw
was a Technical Director at a private school in dc for 100k per year. On
the flip side I’ve seen local big name theaters pay their ATDs and TDs
50-65k, so there is a range. What I am always amazed by is that cost of
living does not seem to be a thing in the theater world. There are TDs in
Kansas City that make the same as TDs in DC.

-JTB

On Tue, Jul 8, 2025 at 22:44 Dave Vick via Stagecraft <
stagecraft at theatrical.net> wrote:

> $67K for a full-time-and-then-some Tech Director?  ...In Washington
> DC?!?!? Sheeeeeyeah-right...
> I make close to $20K/year more than that as a dumb ol' bus driver in the
> Greater Cupcake metropolitan area, and I ain't got anywhere near the
> responsibilities you'd have.
>
> Around here a full-time TD starts at ~$80-90K and goes north from there
> pretty quickly as the extra duties mount. Tell 'em to try again.
>
> -DV
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