I'm a Sr. Director of Development for a small non-fiction television production company not based in NY or LA. I've got 7 years experience in the industry with 5 years development experience at a major production company. I've currently got zero support staff other than a couple interns, so I'm doing 90% of all the work. At my previous company, I've sold television series to most major cable networks across all unscripted genres. My current base salary is $91k plus bonuses for the sale of any television projects. My max yearly salary most likely won't exceed $110k on any given year. How does this compare to others at my level with the same experience?
My guess is that if you were at a network, you’d be making 150-200k base plus 10-20% annual bonus
At a network he would be nowhere close to Sr Director though.
Likely true