What is the highest and lowest pay for Lighting Designer?

As of November 01, 2024, the average annual pay of Lighting Designer in Boston, MA is $55,070. While Salary.com is seeing that the highest pay for Lighting Designer in Boston, MA can go up to $70,229 and the lowest down to $42,761, but most earn between $48,627 and $63,005. Salary.com shows the average base salary (core compensation), as well as the average total cash compensation for the job of Lighting Designer in the United States.

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Lighting Designer Salaries by Percentile
Percentile Salary Location Last Updated
10th Percentile Lighting Designer Salary $42,761 Boston,MA November 01, 2024
25th Percentile Lighting Designer Salary $48,627 Boston,MA November 01, 2024
50th Percentile Lighting Designer Salary $55,070 Boston,MA November 01, 2024
75th Percentile Lighting Designer Salary $63,005 Boston,MA November 01, 2024
90th Percentile Lighting Designer Salary $70,229 Boston,MA November 01, 2024
25% $48,627 10% $42,761 90% $70,229 75% $63,005 $55,070 50%(Median) Didn’t find job title? Click
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What is a Lighting Designer ?

A theatre lighting designer (or LD) works with the director, choreographer, set designer, costume designer, and sound designer to create the lighting, atmosphere, and time of day for the production in response to the text, while keeping in mind issues of visibility, safety, and cost. The LD also works closely with the stage manager or show control programming, if show control systems are used in that production. Outside stage lighting, the job of a Lighting Designer can be much more diverse and they can be found working on rock and pop tours, corporate launches, art installation and on massi...

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  1. This Job:

    Lighting Designer

    1 - 3 years experience
    Associate's Degree

  2. Up a level:

    Creative Production Manager

    5 + years experience
    Bachelor's Degree

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Average Base Salary

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Average Total Cash Compensation

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These charts show the average base salary (core compensation), as well as the average total cash compensation for the job of Lighting Designer in Boston, MA. The base salary for Lighting Designer ranges from $48,627 to $63,005 with the average base salary of $55,070. The total cash compensation, which includes base, and annual incentives, can vary anywhere from $48,947 to $64,002 with the average total cash compensation of $55,615.

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Skills associated with Lighting Designer: Design

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