How much does a Lighting Designer make in Portsmouth, NH?

As of April 01, 2025, the average annual salary for a Lighting Designer in Portsmouth, NH is $48,024. According to Salary.com, salaries can range from a low of $41,625 to a high of $57,400, with most professionals earning between $44,675 and $52,932.

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Lighting Designer Salaries by Percentile
Percentile Salary Location Last Updated
10th Percentile Lighting Designer Salary $41,625 Portsmouth,NH April 01, 2025
25th Percentile Lighting Designer Salary $44,675 Portsmouth,NH April 01, 2025
50th Percentile Lighting Designer Salary $48,024 Portsmouth,NH April 01, 2025
75th Percentile Lighting Designer Salary $52,932 Portsmouth,NH April 01, 2025
90th Percentile Lighting Designer Salary $57,400 Portsmouth,NH April 01, 2025
25% $44,675 10% $41,625 90% $57,400 75% $52,932 $48,024 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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These charts show the average base salary (core compensation), as well as the average total cash compensation for the job of Lighting Designer in Portsmouth, NH. The base salary for Lighting Designer ranges from $44,675 to $52,932 with the average base salary of $48,024. The total cash compensation, which includes base, and annual incentives, can vary anywhere from $44,675 to $52,932 with the average total cash compensation of $48,024.

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About Portsmouth, New Hampshire    Portsmouth is a city in Rockingham County, New Hampshire, United States. As of the 2010 census it had a population of 21,233, and in 2017 the estimate....More

Portsmouth, New Hampshire  area prices were up 1.4% from a year ago

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