Average Salary

• The Bureau of Labor Statistics classifies clubs under the industry called "drinking places" which includes bars. A promoter working in this industry in 2010 made an average salary of $56,920 per year, or $27.36 an hour. The median wage a promoter that year was $39,310 a year, or $18.90 per hour, suggesting that a few high-paid club promoters made considerably more than the typical salary.
  
  

National Average Comparison

• The average salary of a promoter of any kind in the United States in 2010 was $98,720 a year, or $47.46 per hour. The median or 50th percentile salary was $83,890, again suggesting that a few promoters are high-paid, which pushes the mean above the typical salary. This placed club promoters that year at only $100 over the 25th percentile salary.
  
  

Industry Comparisons

• Club promoters did not fare well when compared to their peers in other industries. Promoters in radio and television broadcasting earned a mean $92,510 per year in 2010, while those who worked for beer, wine and distilled alcoholic beverage merchant wholesalers earned $82,870 per year on average. Marketers and promoters in the advertising, public relations and related services field earned the most, at $121,560 annually on average.
  
  

Location Comparisons

• Location also affected promoters' salaries greatly. In New York, a promoter earned a mean $142,330 per year, one of the highest average salaries in the nation. In Illinois, a promoter earned a mean $74,050 annually. Farther west, promoters in Nevada earned $76,640 on average, while in California, the mean salary was $104,060 annually.