What salary will I get for an entry-level job in publishing?

Here's our quick-reference guide to recently advertised salaries for entry-level roles at publishing houses and literary agencies. Job titles and salaries sourced October - November 2024.

Editorial roles

• Editorial Assistant at Penguin Random House: London, £27,500

• Editorial Assistant at HarperCollins: London, £28,500

• Editorial Assistant at Hachette: London, £27,000 / Sheffield or Edinburgh, £24,840

• Editorial Assistant, DK Travel, DK: London, £27,500

• Editorial Assistant, Severn House, Canongate: London or Edinburgh, £25,500

• Editorial Assistant, Simon & Schuster: London, £27,000

• Editorial Assistant, Bloomsbury: London, £27,000

• Editorial Assistant, Journals, Cambridge University Press: Cambridge, £22,200 - £26,400

• Graduate Editors, CGP Books: Lake District, £25,000

Production roles

• Production Assistant, Nosy Crow: London £27,000

• Production Assistant, Hachette: London £27,000 or Sheffield £24,480

• Production Assistant, Children's Production, Bloomsbury: London, £27,000

• Production Assistant at Pan Macmillan: London, £26,500

• Production Assistant, Collins, HarperCollins: London, £28,500

• Junior Production Controller / Production Controller, Bonnier Books: London, £27,000 - £30,000

  
  

Marketing, comms and publicity roles

• Marketing Assistant at Turnaround Publisher Services: London, £25,000

• Marketing Assistant at Curtis Brown Creative: London, £27,500

• International Marketing & Events Coordinator (Collins), HarperCollins: London, £28,500

• Marcoms Executive, Children's, HarperCollins: London, £28,500 - £29,500 depending on experience

• Publicity Assistant at Simon & Schuster: London, £27,000

• Campaigns Assistant, Education, Bloomsbury: London, £27,000

• Communications Assistant, Penguin Random House: London, £27,500

• Communications Assistant, Hachette: London £27,000 or Sheffield £24,840

• Children's Communications Assistant, Faber: London, £28,750

Administration roles

• Office Administrator, Michael O'Mara Books: London, £26,500

Licensing, rights & royalties roles

• Jacket & Sales Material Coordinator, DK Licensing: London, £27,500

• Assistant to Literary Rights Agent, WME: London, up to £30,000 depending on experience

• Royalties Assistant at Bloomsbury: London, £28,000

• Rights Assistant, Penguin Random House: London, £27,500

• International Rights Assistant, Thames & Hudson: London, £27,000

• Translation Rights Assistant, Curtis Brown: London, £27,500

• Translation Rights Assistant, Johnson & Alcock: London, £26,000

Design roles

• Designer/Junior Designer, Harper Fiction and Non-Fiction, HarperCollins: London, £28,500 - £32,000 depending on experience

• Artworker, Academic & Professional, Bloomsbury: London, £27,000

• Reprint Assistant, Hodder Education, Bloomsbury: London, £27,000 - £28,000

• Designer / Junior Designer, Profile Books: London, from £29,000 depending on experience

• Digital Accessibility Co-ordinator, Academic & Professional, Bloomsbury: London, £29,000

Literary agency roles

• Agency Assistant at Eve White Literary Agency: London, from £26,000 depending on experience

• Literary Agent Assistant at Aitken Alexander Associates: London, £28,000