2008 Salary Survey Report Preview

Salaries increase by 4.7 percent, with direct to consumer and marketing positions showing the biggest trends upward

Wine industry salaries continue to rise despite recent economic worries. Overall, the salaries analyzed in this survey have increased by 4.7 percent, compared to 4.1 percent in 2007. Growth of salaries in the wine industry slightly outpaces growth seen in the national average across all industries, which is about 3.8 percent, according to Western Management Group (WMG), a Los Gatos, California-based research firm that has conducted  this survey since 1991.

Results of the 2008 Wine Business Monthly Wine Industry Compensation Survey Report reveal that 80.5 percent of all wine industry jobs showed an increase in annual base pay since 2007, up from a 64.2 percent jump last year. Wine industry jobs showed an average increase in annual base pay of 11.1 percent since the 2004 report while total compensation increased 12.1 percent from 2004 to 2008.

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