Talent Directors Salary in DC
In the 2025 U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, OEWS dataset, Talent Directors in DC have a median annual salary of $104,270, with 2,640 recorded jobs in this area. Recorded earnings range from $69,260 at the 10th percentile to $170,490 at the 90th percentile.
Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, OEWS · Data year: 2025 · Last updated: 2026-09-22
Salary overview
Median annual salary
$104,270
Data year: 2025
Hourly median
$50.13
Employment
2,640
Source
U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, OEWS
Salary distribution
$69,260
10th
$82,580
25th
$104,270
Median
$133,180
75th
$170,490
90th
Local compared with national
DC
$104,270
Median annual · 2025
United States
$90,360
Median annual · 2025
The DC median is 15.4% above the national median in the available dataset (a difference of $13,910).
Top skills
- 1.Active ListeningImportance 4.0
- 2.SpeakingImportance 4.0
- 3.Reading ComprehensionImportance 3.9
- 4.Critical ThinkingImportance 3.9
- 5.Social PerceptivenessImportance 3.9
- 6.Judgment and Decision MakingImportance 3.9
- 7.MonitoringImportance 3.4
- 8.NegotiationImportance 3.4
- 9.WritingImportance 3.3
- 10.CoordinationImportance 3.3
- 11.Complex Problem SolvingImportance 3.3
- 12.Time ManagementImportance 3.3
Career information
Education and experience
- Typical education
- Bachelor's Degree
- Experience
- Over 4 years, up to and including 6 years
- Job zone
- 4
Technology used
- AgencyPro
- Amazon Web Services AWS software
- Appointment scheduling software
- Blogging software
- Database software
- Email software
- Linux
- Microsoft Excel
- Microsoft Office software
- Microsoft PowerPoint
- Microsoft Windows
- Microsoft Word
- Oracle Java
- Oracle JavaServer Pages JSP
- Salesforce software
Common tasks
- Audition and interview performers to match their attributes to specific roles or to increase the pool of available acting talent.
- Prepare actors for auditions by providing scripts and information about roles and casting requirements.
- Select performers for roles or submit lists of suitable performers to producers or directors for final selection.
- Contact agents and actors to provide notification of audition and performance opportunities and to set up audition times.
- Serve as liaisons between directors, actors, and agents.
- Negotiate contract agreements with performers, with agents, or between performers and agents or production companies.
- Arrange for or design screen tests or auditions for prospective performers.
- Review performer information, such as photos, resumes, voice tapes, videos, and union membership, to decide whom to audition for parts.
- Maintain talent files that include information such as performers' specialties, past performances, and availability.
- Read scripts and confer with producers to determine the types and numbers of performers required for a given production.
Related careers
Occupations recorded as related in the dataset. A relationship does not imply a guaranteed transition.
- Directors, Religious Activities and Education
- Training and Development Managers
- Broadcast Announcers and Radio Disc Jockeys
- Meeting, Convention, and Event Planners
- Advertising and Promotions Managers
- Instructional Coordinators
- Training and Development Specialists
- Human Resources Specialists
- Poets, Lyricists and Creative Writers
- Actors
Talent Directors salary in other locations
- Talent Directors Salary in Los Angeles, CAMedian $131,600
- Talent Directors Salary in San Francisco, CAMedian $130,640
- Talent Directors Salary in CAMedian $129,790
- Talent Directors Salary in NJMedian $119,840
- Talent Directors Salary in Trenton, NJMedian $110,190
- Talent Directors Salary in New York, NYMedian $108,460
- Talent Directors Salary in NYMedian $107,550
- Talent Directors Salary in Waterbury, CTMedian $102,340
- Talent Directors Salary in Washington, DCMedian $100,270
- Talent Directors Salary in Bridgeport, CTMedian $100,060
- Talent Directors Salary in San Diego, CAMedian $99,520
- Talent Directors Salary in Salem, ORMedian $98,900
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