Subscribers to Wine Business Monthly: This month's issue has the salary survey in it. www.winebusiness.com
Overall salary trend: Surprisingly, salary increases. But also a lot of talk about consolidation and shedding of jobs. I have seen salaries continue to rise, but for very crucial positions. I think this may be driven by the need to put together very attractive compensation packages in order to attract serious talent. While new hires may have seen an increase in salary, this does not offset the large number of people who are suddenly out of work. I think there will have to be some adjustment of compensation programs to address the overall shift in the employment outlook in the industry.
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I was surprised by the numbers for wineries producing less than 50,000 cases/year. The salaries were much higher than I would have guessed. Do you have a sense of whether and how much these numbers drop as case production goes still lower, e.g., under 20,000 cases, or under 10,000 cases?
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ReplyDeleteI was surprised that they say the salaries continue to increase. The data was for the 12 months up to September, 2009 I believe, so some info could be a bit older. Getting to your point, I do tend to see pay decrease when there are fewer cases produced, especially in the 20,000 and less category. Often an owner is heavily involved in the winemaking or hires a consulting winemaking, leaving the full time salaried winemaker with fewer responsibilities, and smaller salaries. I do have to say it is dependent on the winery at this size--some pay a lot, others pay lower than industry standard. The allure of being a winemaker at a small, boutique winery sometimes takes the place of a larger salary.