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5	Job Title	Company	Salary	Gender Identity	Ethnicity	Years of Experience	Location	Job Duties / Requirements	Previous Salaries, Titles, Etc.

6	Associate Publicist		43,000 (not including bonuses)	cis female	white	3	NYC	pitching, mailings, being a therapist	37,500 - Publicity Assistant 35,150 - Publicity & Marketing Assistant $15/hr - PR Fellowship $12.50/hr - Agent’s Assistant (not including overtime)
7	Literary Scout Associate	Franklin & Siegal	$38k	Female	White	2	New York	Reads and reports in a variety of adult fiction and nonfiction to recommend to foreign publishers, writes and edits weekly memos and scouting reports detailing a variety of industry news, networks within the foreign and domestic publishing markets and facilitated meetings between clients and domestic publishers / required some publishing internship experience	Literary Agent’s Assistant at the Wylie Agency, $33k
8	Editorial assistant	Penguin Random House	40,000	Female	White	1.5	NYC	Administrative	Internships only
9	Editorial Assistant	PRH	40,800	Cis woman	White	3	New York
10	Assistant Editor	Penguin Random House	$23.91/hour	Female	White	2	New York
11	Associate Publicist	Penguin Random House	$45,000	cis woman	White	2	NYC	Booking media and review coverage for authors. Coordinating author tours and events. Processing large galley and final book mailings. Creating press releases, galley letters, and pitches for book campaigns. Tracking reviews/features/interviews and sending weekly updates to the team.	Assistant Publicist, Hachette Book Group $38,000 - $42,000
12	Marketing Assistant	Penguin Random House	40,500	Female	White	3	New York	Title marketing, run social media platforms, administrative duties, elaborate marketing and influencer campaigns, building relationships, designing/brainstorming design elements for marketing campaigns, content creation	35,000 as a Sales Assistant
13	Marketing Manager	Penguin Random House	60,000	She/hers	White	8	New York	For two imprints/priority titles: full scale marketing campaigns, social media management, graphic design, running all Amazon search ads across imprints, metadata optimization, web development	Marketing Associate--$58,000 (at a university press)
14	Associate Editor	Hachette	$50,000	cis woman	non-white	3	nyc	acquiring, editing, admin work for a senior editor
15	Asst. Editor	Macmillan	$41,000	Cis male	White	3	NYC	Acquiring + editing; assisting two editors.
16	Editorial Assistant	Macmillan	35,500	Cis woman	White	2	NYC	Executive assistant. Writes readers reports, copy, launch materials, and agent responses across genres. Admin duties include coordinating internship program.
17	Associate Editor	Macmillan	$47,500	Cis woman	white	4	NYC	Acquire/edit books, assist Exec Editor
18	Executive Editor	PRH	$200,000	Male	White		NYC
19	Assistant Editor	Macmillan	$40,000	Female	Asian-American	2.5	New York	acquire and edit new projects, write copy, handle both my and my boss's submissions, provide admin support, keep track of schedules, act as point person for authors and agents
20	Editorial Assistant	Macmillan	35,500	Cis woman	White	2	NYC	Executive assistant. Writes readers reports, copy, launch materials, and agent responses across genres. Admin duties include coordinating internship program.
21	Marketing Assistant	Macmillan	35,900	cis female	White	1	New York	Administrative duties, running three social media platforms solo, supporting three directors, content creation, in charge of paying freelancers, influencer campaigns, constant influencer outreach, MAILINGS	Internships only, all unpaid or minimum wage.
22	Marketing Manager	Penguin Random House	69,569	She/her	White	8	New York	Lead marketing contact on major book campaigns across multiple divisions and imprints	Marketing Manager - 55,000 (before a counter offer which got me a salary bump) Assoc Marketing Manager - 50,000 Assistant Marketing Manager - 43,000 Marketing strategist - 41,000 Marketing specialist - 40,000 Digital marketing coordinator - 38,000
23	Assistant Publicist	an indie press	38,000	Cis woman	White	4	Boston, Ma	publicity campaigns for my own books, assisting two supervisors in their campaigns, galley and final book mailings, writing press releases/materials, coordinating author events, and administrative stuff for my department	Part-time marketing associate at a magazine, $20k annual; editorial assistant at a magazine, $13 hourly
24	Editorial Assistant	Penguin Random House	$40,800	Cisgender man	White	2.5	New York City		Editorial Intern, full-time $20/hr
25	Associate Editor	Macmillan	46,000	Cis female	non-white		NYC	Acquire and edit for own list, manage seasonal scheduling and administrative duties for imprint, manage administrative aspects of non-imprint program, support senior and outside editors and publisher	Assistant Editor/Macmillan (35,000), Assistant Editor/indie press (33,000), Editorial Assistant/indie press (25,000-30,000)
26	Associate Publicist	Beacon Press	$43, 486	Female	Black/Haitian-American	4	Boston	I work on front and backlist titles as assigned and support the overall work of the department and the Associate Director of Publicity. My responsibilities include: Managing the publicity campaigns of up to 12 books a year Managing a weekly report of media Creation and distribution of seasonal catalogs	Publicity assistant, between $30,000-$35,000 over three years
27	Publicity Assistant	Penguin Random House	40000	Woman/female	Black/African-American	1	New York
28	Literary Assistant	Mid-Size Literary Agency	$35,000 (plus biannual bonus)	Cis Woman	White	4	Brooklyn, New York	Personal and Professional Assistant to agency founder	Development Editor, Oxford University Press, New York, NY - $37,500 Assistant Editor, Beacon Press - Boston, MA - $40,000 Editorial Assistant, Beacon Press - Boston, MA - $30,000 - $35,000
29	Assistant / Literary Agent	David Black Agency	40000	Male	White	5	Brooklyn, NY	Assisting owner, admin tasks, sending works on submission, following up with editors, also building my own client list and acting as a literary agent for them	When I started I was just an assistant and my salary was $35K. I came into this position with 2+ years of experience in publishing and had to negotiate for my raise. I was only able to negotiate for one raise, despite my nearly 3 year tenure.
30	Assistant Editor	Oxford University Press	38,500	cis male	White	2.5	New York, NY	Publish online content
31	Editorial Assistant	Macmillan	$35,500.00	Cisgender male	White	1	NYC	Read and decline submissions; chaperone titles through production; correspond with authors; make lunch reservations; file boss expenses.	Intern at $13/hour
32	Publicity Manager	Penguin Random House	63500	Female	White	7	New York, NY	Maintain solid relationships with media. Write press releases and pitches for 6-8 top and mid-level books per season. Manage publicity budget for titles. Arrange author tours. Draft lists to reach best media contacts.	Senior Publicist, Publicist, Associate Publicist, Assistant
33	Publicity Manager	Macmillan	64,500	Male	White	8	New York
34	Editorial Assistant	Macmillan	37,000	Female	White	2		Basic editorial assistant duties in addition to a) acquiring my own titles, b) editing & co-editing my bosses’ titles, and c) administrative support	Paralegal: 50k: contracts assistant: 34k; Associate editor at Pen & Press: $30/hr
35	Assistant Editor	Macmillan	42,300	cis woman	white	4.5	NYC	acquire & edit books, assist two editors	Editorial assistant - 30,000 - 37,000 Agent's assistant - 25,000
36	Associate Media Editor	W.W. Norton	$47,000	Male	Asian	2	New York City	Media editing and acquisition
37	Production Editor	Macmillan	49,000	Cis female	White	4	NYC	Production editor for 35-50 titles/year	39,000 as Assistant Production Editor at PRH
38	Marketing Manager	HarperCollins	71,000	Female	White	7	NYC		marketing associate at $40k; marketing manager at $50k (same company) before moving to diff publisher
39	Senior Publicist	HarperCollins	59,000	male	white	10	New York	Secure media coverage for books, organize author tours	Publicity Assistant - $31K, Publicist - $53K
40	Associate Editor	Simon and Schuster	$48,000 (not eligible for bonuses, etc.)	cis female	white	5	NYC	Acquiring and editing my own books, reading submissions, looking out for writers and thinking of ideas for them so that books can be purchased outside of an auction scenario, supporting my boss editorially if/when they need it (but not technically eligible for any bonuses or credit should those books succeed), reading submissions for bosses if they want a second set of eyes, writing copy, tipsheets, and other relevant sales materials for each title, communicating with authors and agents.	Can't recall exactly but assuming it was somewhere around: Editorial Assistant - $33,000 Assistant Editor - $42,000 (In the years I wasn't promoted I was given a company merit salary, usually only 1-2%)
41	Associate Editor	Simon & Schuster	$46,500	Cis-male	White	5	NYC	Edit and acquire upwards of 5 new titles a year; manage a list of upwards of 20 authors for my own list; assist VP/executive level editor with editorial, production, and admin support.	Editorial Assistant, $35,000. Assistant Editor, $40,000.
42	Editorial Assistant	PRH	40,500	Female	Black	2	NY	Social, acquiring, imprint admin, sales copy, writing reader reports, reading for my boss
43	assistant editor	PRH	$43,000 without bonuses	cis woman	white	5	NYC	edit fiction & nonfiction; communicate regularly with internal departments, authors, agents; evaluate manuscripts for publication; administratively assist two executive editors; draft jacket copy; evaluate jackets; manage book mailings	assistant to a literary agent: started at $10/hr, then $28,000, then $32,000 -- this was over the course of two years
44	Publicity Assistant	PRH	40,000	Female	White	0.5	NYC	Administrative tasks, writing press materials, going to events, awards submissions, etc.
45	Marketing Assistant	Macmillan	37,000	Female	White	2	NYC	solely run all social media channels and facebook ads, write and execute marketing plan for every title (50+) every season, design ads and sell sheets in indesign, prepare meetings for materials	first job out of college, two trade publishing internships in college
46	Publishing Sales Representative	W.W. Norton	43,000 (before bonuses)	cis woman	white	1		Travel to colleges to consult with professors and sell textbooks, manage a territory of more than 30 schools and $1,000,000+ base, provide customer service to adopters, plan and execute on-campus events, etc.	n/a
47	Subsidiary Rights Associate	Macmillan	41,766	Cis Woman	Caucasian	2	New York City/Downtown		Subsidiary Rights Assistant - 35,000
48	Literary Assistant	Mid-size literary agency	$45,000	cis female	Middle-Eastern	4	NYC	Assisting co-founder (both professionally and personally), managing emails and calendars, sending works on submission, tracking contracts/payments, handling permissions requests and estates, etc.
49	Agent's Assistant	Mid-size literary agency	40000	cis female	Asian-American	1	New York, NY	Read and evaluate queries for recommendation to agent; edit or otherwise provide substantial feedback on client work; draft editorial letters for clients and submission letters for editors; manage social media; collaborate with foreign rights team; track contracts and payments; communicate with various authors, editors, assistants, publicists, etc. (responsibilities split between two agents; different lists span both children's and adult markets, fiction and nonfiction)	Literary agency intern: $15/hr, ~24 hrs/wk
50	Senior Publicist		60k	cis female	white	8	New York	Plan author tours, events, media, trade shows, festivals.. etc.	Publicity Assistant: 30K; Associate Publicist: 35k; Publicist: 42k; Senior Publicist: 48k
51	agent’s assistant		17.50/hr	female	white	2.5	NYC
52	Sr Editor	midsize independent publisher	70,000	cis woman	white	6	midwest	acquisitions, editorial
53	Designer	Penguin Random House	$60,000	Female	White	5	NYC	equivalent to sr. designer/AD — hiring freelancers, evaluating contracts, developing art workflow, art directing freelancers, designing book covers and interiors, making interior corrections, proofing	Freelance Design Assistant - $17/hr Designer - $48.5k
54	Senior Publicist	Penguin Random House	$60,000	Female	White	6	New York	• Create and execute publicity campaigns while building brands for bestselling authors • Pitching/booking national television, print, and digital media • Organize/book national tours for authors and coordinate travel • Develop and maintain media contacts across major television, print, and digital outlets	Publicist: $48,000 Associate Publicist: $40,000 Publicity Assistant: $35,000
55	Senior Publicist	Macmillan	60,000	Female	White	5	New York, NY	Manage campaigns autonomously, plan tours (national and regional), cultivate media relationships, help train new staff, (agree with other publicist in this doc) provide author therapy	Starting salary as Publicist: 47,000
56	Literary Agent Assistant	Park & Fine	40,000	Woman	Bi-racial	2	New York		Subsidiary Rights Assistant - $36,000
57	Associate Publicist	Penguin Random House	44,000	Cis woman	White	1.5	New York, NY	booking media/review coverage, organizing author events, coordinating travel, etc	Publicity Assistant: 40,000
58	Publicity Assistant	Macmillan	36,000	female	white	1.5	NYC	Send out mailings, research media contacts/lists, write/design press kits and releases, administrative tasks, award submissions, attend NYC author events, book travel/tour plans	Marketing intern (Norton) $11/hour; temp (Macmillan) $18 an hour (no benefits)
59	Publicist	Bloomsbury	56,000	Cis Female	White	3	NYC		Associate Publicist, PRH, 42K; Publicity Assistant, PRH, 38K
60	assistant editor (trade)	w. w. norton	43,500	cis woman	white	3	NYC		started at 35,000 as an editorial assistant in the beginning of 2017
61	Publishing sales representative	WW Norton	50,000 when I left after ~4 years, not including bonuses	cis woman	white	0	Midwest	Traveling across 3 states to colleges to talk to professors/make sales; doing customer service, on campus events and presentations; maintaining data in CRM, using it for email marketing campaigns and creating unique marketing copy for my territory; doing special projects over the summer; consulting with editorial and marketing teams on tactics.	Internships only, not in publishing. First job out of college
62	Editorial Assistant	Hachette	37,750	Cis female	White	3.5	NYC	All ed asst duties + acquire and edit books (both mine and manager's) + help run imprint + morale booster	Started at $33k
63	Editorial assistant	W. W. Norton and Company	$39,000	Female	African American	1.4	New York	Write copy, organize mailings, read submissions	Events Coordinator, 37,000
64	Marketing Manager		40,000 (going up to 42,000 soon)	Female	POC	4	Midwest
65	Publicity Assistant	W. W. Norton	37,500	Female	White	3	New York	Assist two publicity directors and manage my own titles	Literary Assistant (32k, no commission)
66	Publicist	Independent Nonprofit Press	40,000	Female	White	3	Minneapolis	Managing publicity and book campaigns for all 16–20+ titles/year, 40+ years of backlist; pitching, mailing, correspondence, press releases; collaborating on cover copy, catalog copy, marketing materials; planning all author tours and events; conference attendance/planning; social media; etc.
67	Publicity Assistant	Penguin Random House	40,000	cis female	white	2	New York, NY	support publicity team, create press materials, manage award submissions, admin/accounting	Editorial Assistant-36K
68	Production Editor	Scholastic	$46,500	Cis Male	White	3	NYC	Project management, copyediting, proofreading
69	Editorial assistant	Hachette	36,000	Cis woman	White	1	NYC
70	Assistant Editor	Abrams Books	37,000	Female	White	2	NYC	acquire & edit my own projects, assistant 2 other editors, manage intern, write copy, help with my bosses' submissions, various admin & dept work	internships for minimum wage
71	Rights Coordinator	HarperCollins	$44,000	Cis woman	White	2			Assistant- $34,500, then $38,083
72	Assistant Editor	W. W. Norton (former)	$45,000	Nonbinary woman	White	11	NYC	Assisting executive editor and president, creating and editing company newsletter, managing trade internship program, editing, project management, reading/reporting on submissions, acquiring, various other	Within book publishing: editorial assistant (starting at $35K), freelance proofreader ($16/hour starting in 2008)
73	Senior marketing manager	Macmillan	$75k	Cis female	White	9	NYC		Manager, marketing - PRH - $75k Assoc manager, marketing - PRH - $62k
74	Publicist	Macmillan	48,000	cis female	white	5	NYC	organizing campaigns, booking media, coordinating travel, pitching reviews, stories and essays	Associate Publicist - 43,000 Publicity Assistant - 39,000 Account Coordinator at PR Firm - 45,000
75	Sales Assistant	University press	47500	Female	White	2	Boston
76	Assistant Editor	Scholastic	42,000	Woman	White/Jewish	2.5	New York City
77	Production Editor	PRH	58,500	Cis female	White		NYC		36,500 - Assistant ; 44,000 - Associate
78	Marketing coordinator	HarperCollins	42,000	Cis female	White	2	NY
79	Sales assistant/manager	Indie press	32000	Female	Black/mixed	2	Minneapolis	Direct sales from the publisher, customer service, staff events, mailing and shipments, on site inventory management,	Admin assistant (12/hr). Sales position started at 30k
80	editorial assistant		32.5k	cis woman	white	3	minneapolis		started at 28k
81	Senior Marketing Manager	Mid-size independent publisher	60000	Female	White	7	NYC	Global lead to company's top selling author, two direct reports, lead on half of campaigns a season	Marketing Manager (44k) Associate Marketing Manager (40k) Marketing Assistant (30k)
82	Editorial Assistant	Graywolf Press	28,000	F	PoC		Minneapolis		Entry level position
83	Assistant Editor	Independent Publisher	41,600	Female	Not White	5	New York
84	Senior Editor	Penguin Random House	85,000	Cis Woman	White	7	NYC		Editorial Intern, Assistant Editor, Associate Editor, Editor
85	Editorial Services Assistant	HarperCollins	38,000	Cis female	White	0	Princeton, NJ	Corrections entering, Ebook QA, Comp checks	N/a
86	former publicity associate	indie non-profit press	41k	cis woman	poc	4	mpls	publicity campaigns: creating galleys and press materials, building mailing lists, pitching to media, coordinating review coverage, communicating review coverage to author, agent, staff , coordinating author tours, creating original social media content, misc sales / marketing tasks	started at 26K as admin assistant
87	Associate Editor (children's)	Simon & Schuster	$45,000	female	white Latinx	3	NYC	Acquire and edit 20-35 frontlist titles per year including, mine and my manager's titles; write copy; create tip sheets; review proofs and blues; present at various sales conferences and presentations; admin for VP, editorial director	Ed assistant: $33k; Assistant Editor: $40k (S&S increased the base salary to $36k the year I got promoted, so all base salaries were increased); Associate Editor: $45k (tried to negotiate and was told there was "no room in the budget")
88	Publishing Assistant	Penguin Random House	40,000	Cis woman	White	4	NYC	Calendar management, budgeting and expense reports, office management, odd jobs for design and managing ed	Many many many internships (both paid and unpaid), subrights assistant at a top talent agency (approx. $40,000 after overtime)
89	Project Manager	Indie hybrid publisher	$40,000	Cis female	White	4.5	Minneapolis	All things editorial	$35,000 for the same job at a large, international publisher of illustrated nonfiction
90	Publicity Manager	Kensington	55000	Female	White	5	New York	Too Many
91	Associate Marketing Manager	PRH	58500	Female	White	5	New York City		Assistant: $35.5k Coordinator: $40-45k Associate Manager: $52k
92	Sr Marketing Manager	PRH	81,000	Male	White	6	NYC	Title marketing	Mktg Manager - 52k at first, then 65k after a few years (current title/salary is due to a counteroffer from HC) Assoc Mktg Manager - 45k Mktg Coordinator - 35k
93	Editorial Assistant	Penguin Random House	$40,000	Cis Woman	East Asian	2	NYC	Evaluate submissions, create P&Ls, draft contracts, administrative support, write copy, author mailings	Full time intern (40 hours/$15/unlimited metro card provided/no benefits)
94	Editorial assistant	PRH	41,000	Female	White	4	New York	Standard	Multiple internships
95	Agent's Assistant	Boutique Literary Agency	$50,000	cis female	multi racial	2	NYC
96	Editorial Assistant	HarperCollins	38,000	Cis woman	White	2	NYC	Administrative	Publishing Coordinator at Independent Publisher (Chicago) - $38,000
97	Marketing and Publicity Assistant (former)	Coffee House Press	29,000	Female	Arab	2	Minneapolis	Managing award submissions, press kits, festival pitching and coordination, editing marketing copy and tipsheets, creating seasonal catalog, tracking and promoting events, administering internship program, writing specific pitch letters, organizing review copy mailings, copyediting blurbs and development materials, coordinating sales and in-house inventory, website updates, newsletter promotions, social media, and more
98	Associate Editor & Development Coordinator	Coffee House Press	$35,000	cis woman	East Asian	2.5	Minneapolis	Coordinate fundraising and development efforts including database management, appeal management, and donor correspondence; schedule and prep materials for all board meetings; manage internship program; proofreading, copyediting, fact checking, permissions handling, and other production projects as needed; manage backlist reprints; volunteer reading program, submissions management, and other editorial projects as needed; manage artist residency program.	Publishing assistant ($29,000), editorial and production assistant ($32,000)
99	Production editor	Macmillan	47,500	Cis female	White	5	New York	Overseeing copyediting, proofreading, and indexing for adult trade fiction and nonfiction	Editorial assistant (35k), assistant editor (40k), associate production Editor (40k)
100	Editorial Assistant	PRH	$40,000	Female	White	1	NYC	Assist supervising editors with their titles; admin duties	Unpaid internships