Side-by-side distribution
Producer
$88,750
median · per year, annualized USD
- Disclosing
- 33.1%
- Live roles
- 1,258
Translator
$35.50/hr
per hour · USD
- Disclosing
- 23.7%
- Live roles
- 76
Highest-paying jobs
Global Event Producer
Executive Creative Producer, Associate Director
Executive Producer, Experiential Production
Motion Designer / Video Producer
Producer (Managing Director) - Facultative - Property/Energy
Producer
Executive Vice President, Executive Producer
ITAV Event Technical Producer
Events Design Producer
Experiential Producer
Highest-paying jobs
Hebrew Translator - Freelance AI Trainer Project
Chinese Translator - Freelance AI Trainer Project
Somali Translator/Linguist
Tamashek/Tamasheq Translator/Linguist
Somali Translator/Linguist
Somali Translator/Linguist
Chechen Translator/Linguist
Traducteur ou Traductrice / Translator
Traducteur ou traductrice, Services de compensation Fidelity Canada / Translator, Fidelity Clearing Canada (FCC)
Senior Revisor/Translator, Temporary
Top companies hiring
| Company | Median | Roles |
|---|---|---|
Nexstar Media Group
|
$62,400 | 53 |
FOX
|
$81,000 | 52 |
TEGNA Inc.
|
$71,786 | 14 |
HUB International
|
$100,000 | 9 |
Monks
|
$127,500 | 8 |
Warner Bros. Discovery
|
$110,000 | 7 |
Foundation Risk Partners
|
$100,000 | 7 |
The New York Times
|
$153,750 | 6 |
Top companies hiring
| Company | Median | Roles |
|---|---|---|
|
Leidos
|
$103,113 | 5 |
|
Invisible Agency
|
$43,160 | 4 |
|
Fidelity Canada
|
$94,640 | 2 |
|
Aviso Wealth
|
$102,154 | 1 |
| UO University of Wisconsin–Madison | $65,000 | 1 |
| MG Mass General Brigham | $58,978 | 1 |
Agropur
|
$49,462 | 1 |
| NC News Corp Australia | $49,258 | 1 |
Producer salary by location
| Location | Median | Roles |
|---|---|---|
| San Francisco | $155,125 | 30 |
| Toronto | $111,877 | 6 |
| New York | $104,000 | 107 |
| Chicago | $85,600 | 16 |
| Los Angeles | $82,500 | 29 |
| Seattle | $82,000 | 9 |
| Boston | $72,754 | 7 |
| Denver | $59,280 | 13 |
Translator salary by location
| Location | Median | Roles |
|---|---|---|
| Toronto | $94,640 | 3 |
Producer vs Translator: which pays more?
The median for Producer is $88,750 per year (typically $70,000–$117,515), versus $35.50/hr for Translator ($23.78/hr–$45.50/hr). That puts Producer about 20% ahead at the median.
Both figures are computed live from active listings on JobsRadar and normalized to annualized USD, so Producer and Translator are compared on equal terms regardless of the currency each role was originally posted in. Only roles that publish a salary range feed the medians; numbers refresh every few hours as new roles post and older ones close, so this comparison reflects the market right now rather than a fixed survey. Use it as a directional benchmark when weighing one path against the other.