Arts, Design & Media
Podcasters & Audio Producers
SOC 27-4099
Produce and publish audio content for audiences on podcast platforms.
The job
Median pay
$71k
$49k to $107k typical range
Outlook, 2025 to 2035
Growing
+1.6% projected
Openings a year
1k
BLS projection
Typical education
No formal credential
Our model
AI displacement risk
Moderate
How much of this job AI may do instead of the person
Works with AI
9/100
AI alongside the person rather than instead of them
AI exposure
46th pct
More exposed than 46% of occupations · modeled estimate
Future-proof
45/100
Key skills
- Audio editing
- Storytelling
- Interviewing
- Distribution
- Consistency
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 | 3,890 | 0.2 | 2.7× | $65k |
| Georgia | 910 | 0.2 | 2.3× | $48k |
| Maryland | 760 | 0.3 | 3.4× | $69k |
| Colorado | 580 | 0.2 | 2.5× | $86k |
| Pennsylvania | 580 | 0.1 | 1.2× | $76k |
| Florida | 540 | 0.1 | 0.7× | $86k |
| Texas | 540 | 0.0 | 0.5× | $76k |
| New Jersey | 490 | 0.1 | 1.4× | $70k |
| Virginia | 400 | 0.1 | 1.2× | $118k |
| Nevada | 330 | 0.2 | 2.7× | $55k |
All 51 states
| State | Jobs | Per 1,000 | vs national | Median pay |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hawaii | 280 | 0.4 | 5.6× | $57k |
| Oregon | 260 | 0.1 | 1.6× | $68k |
| Ohio | 210 | 0.0 | 0.5× | $72k |
| Washington DC | 207 | 0.3 | 3.7× | $115k~ |
| New York | 200 | 0.0 | 0.3× | $76k |
| Louisiana | 190 | 0.1 | 1.2× | $86k |
| North Carolina | 180 | 0.0 | 0.5× | $79k |
| Washington | 170 | 0.0 | 0.6× | $73k~ |
| Illinois | 140 | 0.0 | 0.3× | $72k |
| Arizona | 130 | 0.0 | 0.5× | $99k |
| Utah | 120 | 0.1 | 0.9× | $77k |
| Iowa | 113 | 0.1 | 0.9× | $57k~ |
| Kentucky | 109 | 0.1 | 0.7× | $54k~ |
| New Hampshire | 100 | 0.1 | 1.8× | $47k |
| New Mexico | 100 | 0.1 | 1.4× | $48k |
| Tennessee | 100 | 0.0 | 0.4× | $42k |
| Kansas | 98 | 0.1 | 0.8× | $56k~ |
| Oklahoma | 96 | 0.1 | 0.7× | $57k~ |
| Massachusetts | 90 | 0.0 | 0.3× | $61k |
| Nebraska | 90 | 0.1 | 1.1× | $92k |
| Wisconsin | 90 | 0.0 | 0.4× | $64k~ |
| Arkansas | 70 | 0.1 | 0.7× | $50k~ |
| Mississippi | 70 | 0.1 | 0.8× | $50k |
| Missouri | 70 | 0.0 | 0.3× | $53k |
| Idaho | 57 | 0.1 | 0.8× | $55k~ |
| Michigan | 50 | 0.0 | 0.1× | $97k |
| Minnesota | 50 | 0.0 | 0.2× | $78k |
| Montana | 50 | 0.1 | 1.2× | $37k |
| South Carolina | 50 | 0.0 | 0.3× | $74k |
| Rhode Island | 47 | 0.1 | 1.2× | $73k~ |
| Alabama | 40 | 0.0 | 0.2× | $96k |
| Connecticut | 40 | 0.0 | 0.3× | $73k |
| Maine | 40 | 0.1 | 0.8× | $51k |
| West Virginia | 31 | 0.0 | 0.6× | $52k~ |
| Indiana | 30 | 0.0 | 0.1× | $58k~ |
| North Dakota | 30 | 0.1 | 0.9× | $55k~ |
| South Dakota | 30 | 0.1 | 0.8× | $52k~ |
| Vermont | 29 | 0.1 | 1.2× | $70k~ |
| Delaware | 25 | 0.1 | 0.6× | $68k~ |
| Alaska | 19 | 0.1 | 0.7× | $61k~ |
| Wyoming | 15 | 0.1 | 0.7× | $56k~ |
Top metro areas
- Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA2,110 jobs · $65k median
- Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV670 jobs · $122k median
- Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA520 jobs · $48k median
- New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ440 jobs · $67k median
- San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA420 jobs · $111k median
- Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD360 jobs · $71k median
- San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA280 jobs · $57k median
- Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD270 jobs · $76k median
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Explore Podcasters & Audio 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.