Occupational Employment and Wages, May 2004

27-4014 Sound Engineering Technicians

Operate machines and equipment to record, synchronize, mix, or reproduce music, voices, or sound effects in sporting arenas, theater productions, recording studios, or movie and video productions.

National estimates for this occupation
Industry profile for this occupation
State profile for this occupation
Metropolitan area profile for this occupation

National estimates for this occupation: Top

Employment estimate and mean wage estimates for this occupation:

Employment (1) Employment
RSE (3)
Mean hourly
wage
Mean annual
wage (2)
Wage RSE (3)
11,650 7.5 % $21.91 $45,570 2.4 %

Percentile wage estimates for this occupation:

Percentile 10% 25% 50%
(Median)
75% 90%
Hourly Wage $9.22 $12.25 $18.32 $27.08 $38.68
Annual Wage (2) $19,180 $25,470 $38,110 $56,320 $80,450

Industry profile for this occupation: Top

Industries with the highest levels of employment in this occupation:

Industry Employment Hourly mean wage Annual mean wage
Motion picture and video industries 3,790 $26.58 $55,280
Radio and television broadcasting 2,050 $18.73 $38,970
Sound recording industries 1,760 $21.02 $43,720
Performing arts companies 440 $21.60 $44,930
Full-service restaurants 320 $17.76 $36,930

Top paying industries for this occupation:

Industry Employment Hourly mean wage Annual mean wage
Software publishers 90 $33.86 $70,420
Motion picture and video industries 3,790 $26.58 $55,280
Accounting and bookkeeping services 290 $25.72 $53,500
Consumer goods rental 50 $24.00 $49,920
Lessors of nonfinancial intangible assets 70 $22.38 $46,550

State profile for this occupation: Top

States with the highest concentration of workers in this occupation:

State Employment Hourly mean wage Annual mean wage Percent of State employment
New York 2,310 $28.16 $58,570 0.028%
California 3,050 $23.26 $48,380 0.021%
Tennessee 480 $15.40 $32,030 0.018%
District of Columbia 110 $21.18 $44,040 0.018%
Nevada 160 $25.64 $53,330 0.014%

Top paying States for this occupation:

State Employment Hourly mean wage Annual mean wage Percent of State employment
New York 2,310 $28.16 $58,570 0.028%
Nevada 160 $25.64 $53,330 0.014%
New Jersey 170 $25.28 $52,590 0.004%
Washington 160 $24.63 $51,230 0.006%
Virginia 170 $24.29 $50,520 0.005%

Metropolitan area profile for this occupation: Top

Metropolitan areas with the highest concentration of workers in this occupation:

MSA Employment Hourly mean wage Annual mean wage Percent of MSA employment
Los Angeles-Long Beach, CA PMSA 2,390 $24.77 $51,520 0.060%
New York, NY PMSA 1,940 $29.30 $60,940 0.049%
Nashville, TN MSA 260 $16.79 $34,920 0.038%
Knoxville, TN MSA 120 $13.80 $28,710 0.035%
Toledo, OH MSA 70 (7) (7) 0.023%

Top paying Metropolitan areas for this occupation:

MSA Employment Hourly mean wage Annual mean wage Percent of MSA employment
Newark, NJ PMSA 60 $31.43 $65,370 0.006%
Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN PMSA 30 $30.70 $63,870 0.003%
New York, NY PMSA 1,940 $29.30 $60,940 0.049%
Nassau-Suffolk, NY PMSA 60 $28.55 $59,380 0.005%
Reno, NV MSA 30 $27.39 $56,970 0.015%

About May 2004 National, State, and Metropolitan Area Occupational Employment and Wage Estimates

These estimates are calculated with data collected from employers in all industry sectors in metropolitan and non-metropolitan areas in every State and the District of Columbia. The top five employment and wage figures are provided above. The complete list is available in the downloadable Excel files(XLS).

Percentile wage estimates show the percentage of workers in an occupation that earn less than a given wage and the percentage that earn more. The median wage is the 50th percentile wage estimate—50 percent of workers earn less than the median and 50 percent of workers earn more than the median. More about percentile wages.


(1) Estimates for detailed occupations do not sum to the totals because the totals include occupations not shown separately. Estimates do not include self-employed workers.

(2) Annual wages have been calculated by multiplying the hourly mean wage by a "year-round, full-time" hours figure of 2,080 hours; for those occupations where there is not an hourly mean wage published, the annual wage has been directly calculated from the reported survey data.

(3) The relative standard error (RSE) is a measure of the reliability of a survey statistic. The smaller the relative standard error, the more precise the estimate.

(7) Estimates not released.

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Last Modified Date: June 02, 2005