TDGA salary survey shows 5.9% jump for TV; 2.7% for radio

The Traffic Directors Guild of America released its 6th and most extensive annual salary study of Traffic and Continuity Department personnel. Radio Traffic Department personnel showed a salary of 41,774.87 when all markets were combined and averaged, an increase of 2.7%; and Television Traffic jumped nearly 6% to 52,773.97. The in-depth study included a sampling response from 3,146 usable station participants, 2,124 of which were affiliated with Radio Traffic Operations, and 1,022 from Television-related Traffic occupations.

“The breakouts and analysis held far more interesting statistics,” said Larry Keene, CEO of the non-union membership association. “Between consolidation, the increase in centralized traffic hubs, multi-log demands from HDTV, HD Radio, streaming and web revenues, we found Traffic staff sizes and seniority at the same station on a roller coaster of change. Overall Traffic staffs increased slightly over 15.4% (TV has surged to an average of 7.7 persons per Traffic Department), and the workload as measured in number of logs and accounts handled was also sharply up.”