Arts, Design & Media
Music Producers
SOC 27-2041
Craft the sound of a recording by guiding artists and shaping every element.
The job
Median pay
$74k
$53k to $104k typical range
Outlook, 2025 to 2035
Growing
+1.2% projected
Openings a year
4k
BLS projection
Typical education
No formal credential
Our model
AI displacement risk
High
How much of this job AI may do instead of the person
Works with AI
8/100
AI alongside the person rather than instead of them
AI exposure
82nd pct
More exposed than 82% of occupations · modeled estimate · 47th pct in Microsoft's data
Future-proof
40/100
Key skills
- Active Listening
- Speaking
- Reading Comprehension
- Critical Thinking
- Writing
- Active Learning
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 | 2,510 | 0.1 | 1.7× | $93k |
| New York | 2,370 | 0.2 | 3.0× | $83k |
| Pennsylvania | 580 | 0.1 | 1.2× | $61k |
| Florida | 570 | 0.1 | 0.7× | $58k |
| Oregon | 500 | 0.3 | 3.1× | $61k |
| Texas | 480 | 0.0 | 0.4× | $66k |
| Ohio | 440 | 0.1 | 1.0× | $61k |
| Tennessee | 400 | 0.1 | 1.5× | $80k |
| Illinois | 398 | 0.1 | 0.8× | $49k~ |
| Virginia | 370 | 0.1 | 1.1× | $59k |
All 51 states
| State | Jobs | Per 1,000 | vs national | Median pay |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Georgia | 353 | 0.1 | 0.9× | $67k~ |
| Massachusetts | 340 | 0.1 | 1.2× | $79k |
| Michigan | 310 | 0.1 | 0.9× | $59k |
| Washington | 260 | 0.1 | 0.9× | $75k |
| New Jersey | 210 | 0.0 | 0.6× | $123k |
| Arizona | 204 | 0.1 | 0.8× | $67k~ |
| Indiana | 200 | 0.1 | 0.8× | $77k |
| North Carolina | 200 | 0.0 | 0.5× | $63k |
| Wisconsin | 200 | 0.1 | 0.8× | $79k |
| Colorado | 160 | 0.1 | 0.7× | $88k |
| Maryland | 160 | 0.1 | 0.7× | $64k |
| Rhode Island | 150 | 0.3 | 3.7× | $76k~ |
| Utah | 150 | 0.1 | 1.1× | $83k |
| Washington DC | 140 | 0.2 | 2.5× | $84k |
| Minnesota | 140 | 0.0 | 0.6× | $73k~ |
| Nevada | 133 | 0.1 | 1.1× | $67k~ |
| South Carolina | 128 | 0.1 | 0.7× | $60k~ |
| Connecticut | 120 | 0.1 | 0.9× | $77k |
| Iowa | 120 | 0.1 | 0.9× | $62k |
| Louisiana | 115 | 0.1 | 0.7× | $59k~ |
| Kentucky | 110 | 0.1 | 0.7× | $57k~ |
| Montana | 110 | 0.2 | 2.7× | $52k |
| Kansas | 99 | 0.1 | 0.8× | $58k~ |
| Hawaii | 90 | 0.1 | 1.8× | $75k |
| Arkansas | 71 | 0.1 | 0.7× | $52k~ |
| Alabama | 70 | 0.0 | 0.4× | $42k |
| Nebraska | 66 | 0.1 | 0.8× | $60k~ |
| Alaska | 60 | 0.2 | 2.3× | $63k~ |
| Missouri | 60 | 0.0 | 0.3× | $62k |
| Oklahoma | 60 | 0.0 | 0.4× | $54k |
| Idaho | 57 | 0.1 | 0.8× | $58k~ |
| Maine | 48 | 0.1 | 0.9× | $62k~ |
| New Mexico | 47 | 0.1 | 0.7× | $62k~ |
| New Hampshire | 43 | 0.1 | 0.8× | $70k~ |
| Mississippi | 40 | 0.0 | 0.4× | $62k |
| West Virginia | 31 | 0.0 | 0.6× | $54k~ |
| North Dakota | 30 | 0.1 | 0.9× | $58k~ |
| South Dakota | 30 | 0.1 | 0.8× | $54k~ |
| Vermont | 30 | 0.1 | 1.2× | $73k~ |
| Delaware | 25 | 0.1 | 0.6× | $70k~ |
| Wyoming | 15 | 0.1 | 0.7× | $59k~ |
Top metro areas
- New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ1,520 jobs · $98k median
- Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA1,280 jobs · $93k median
- San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA320 jobs · $113k median
- Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV320 jobs · $79k median
- Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN310 jobs · $85k median
- Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH260 jobs · $79k median
- Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD250 jobs · $61k median
- Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA190 jobs · $75k median
Explore the rankings
Explore Music Producers 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.