Arts, Design & Media
Broadcast Technicians
SOC 27-4012
Run the equipment that gets broadcasts and recordings on air.
The job
Median pay
$60k
$40k to $84k typical range
Outlook, 2025 to 2035
Declining
-3.1% projected
Openings a year
2k
BLS projection
Typical education
Associate's
Our model
AI displacement risk
High
How much of this job AI may do instead of the person
Works with AI
5/100
AI alongside the person rather than instead of them
AI exposure
55th pct
More exposed than 55% of occupations · modeled estimate · 49th pct in Microsoft's data
Future-proof
37/100
Key skills
- Critical Thinking
- Active Listening
- Monitoring
- Writing
- Reading Comprehension
- Speaking
Pay and jobs by state
BLS OEWS May 2025, 51 states. Sorted by jobs; per 1,000 is jobs per thousand workers in the state; vs national compares that rate with the country's. A tilde marks a figure estimated from the parent occupation group where BLS publishes none.
| State | Jobs | Per 1,000 | vs national | Median pay |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| California | 2,340 | 0.1 | 0.9× | $73k |
| New York | 1,690 | 0.2 | 1.3× | $79k |
| Texas | 1,380 | 0.1 | 0.7× | $49k |
| Florida | 1,130 | 0.1 | 0.8× | $65k |
| Pennsylvania | 950 | 0.2 | 1.1× | $80k |
| Colorado | 820 | 0.3 | 2.1× | $74k |
| New Jersey | 790 | 0.2 | 1.4× | $71k~ |
| Indiana | 760 | 0.2 | 1.8× | $44k |
| Virginia | 710 | 0.2 | 1.3× | $58k |
| Connecticut | 700 | 0.4 | 3.0× | $59k |
All 51 states
| State | Jobs | Per 1,000 | vs national | Median pay |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Illinois | 690 | 0.1 | 0.8× | $74k |
| Michigan | 580 | 0.1 | 1.0× | $48k |
| North Carolina | 580 | 0.1 | 0.9× | $48k |
| Massachusetts | 560 | 0.2 | 1.1× | $47k |
| Arizona | 530 | 0.2 | 1.2× | $73k |
| Maryland | 460 | 0.2 | 1.2× | $64k |
| Georgia | 440 | 0.1 | 0.7× | $47k |
| Ohio | 430 | 0.1 | 0.6× | $49k |
| Wisconsin | 410 | 0.1 | 1.0× | $62k |
| Tennessee | 400 | 0.1 | 0.9× | $47k |
| Minnesota | 330 | 0.1 | 0.8× | $47k |
| Missouri | 300 | 0.1 | 0.8× | $42k |
| Utah | 300 | 0.2 | 1.3× | $31k |
| Washington DC | 290 | 0.4 | 3.0× | $108k |
| Nevada | 280 | 0.2 | 1.3× | $73k |
| Washington | 270 | 0.1 | 0.6× | $62k |
| Oklahoma | 240 | 0.1 | 1.0× | $45k |
| Kentucky | 230 | 0.1 | 0.8× | $40k |
| Alabama | 220 | 0.1 | 0.8× | $47k |
| Arkansas | 220 | 0.2 | 1.2× | $42k |
| Oregon | 220 | 0.1 | 0.8× | $44k |
| South Carolina | 210 | 0.1 | 0.7× | $47k |
| Iowa | 180 | 0.1 | 0.8× | $47k |
| New Hampshire | 170 | 0.2 | 1.8× | $81k |
| Nebraska | 160 | 0.2 | 1.1× | $44k |
| Louisiana | 120 | 0.1 | 0.5× | $44k |
| West Virginia | 120 | 0.2 | 1.3× | $27k |
| Rhode Island | 110 | 0.2 | 1.6× | $50k |
| Idaho | 90 | 0.1 | 0.8× | $45k |
| Kansas | 90 | 0.1 | 0.5× | $42k |
| Maine | 90 | 0.1 | 1.0× | $55k |
| New Mexico | 80 | 0.1 | 0.7× | $50k |
| North Dakota | 80 | 0.2 | 1.4× | $48k |
| Hawaii | 70 | 0.1 | 0.8× | $49k |
| Mississippi | 60 | 0.1 | 0.4× | $28k |
| Montana | 60 | 0.1 | 0.9× | $47k |
| Wyoming | 50 | 0.2 | 1.3× | $39k |
| Vermont | 49 | 0.2 | 1.2× | $59k~ |
| Delaware | 42 | 0.1 | 0.6× | $57k~ |
| South Dakota | 40 | 0.1 | 0.6× | $32k |
| Alaska | 33 | 0.1 | 0.8× | $51k~ |
Top metro areas
- New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ2,010 jobs · $97k median
- Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA960 jobs
- Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV710 jobs · $75k median
- Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO700 jobs · $78k median
- San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA540 jobs · $78k median
- Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN520 jobs · $96k median
- Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL510 jobs · $74k median
- Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX490 jobs · $64k median
Explore the rankings
Explore Broadcast Technicians interactively →Pay and outlook from BLS (OEWS 2025, Employment Projections 2025-2035). Skills and work activities from O*NET 30.3. AI exposure and future-proof scores are modeled estimates. How these numbers are made.