Creative & Media
Audio and Video Technicians
Set up, maintain, and dismantle audio and video equipment, such as microphones, sound speakers, connecting wires and cables, sound and mixing boards, video cameras, video monitors and servers, and related electronic equipment for live or recorded events, such as concerts, meetings, conventions, presentations, podcasts, news conferences, and sporting events.
Median salary (BLS)
$58,100
10th–90th percentile (BLS)
$38k – $101k
Job outlook
+3% (about average)
AI exposure
Early-career check: graduates of the matching programs below typically earn $91,000 ten years after starting college — an early-career figure, vs. the all-experience BLS median above. Source: U.S. Dept. of Education College Scorecard.
Plan a path to Audio and Video Technicians
Education
Typical entry: Associate degree
Plan my path to this →Typical progression
Junior Audio and Video Technicians
Entry / Junior
$37,990
~2 yrs to advance
Audio and Video Technicians
Established
$58,100
~3 yrs to advance
Senior Audio and Video Technicians
Senior
$79,375
Key skills
A typical day
- •Notify supervisors when major equipment repairs are needed.
- •Diagnose and resolve media system problems.
- •Direct and coordinate activities of assistants and other personnel during production.
- •Compress, digitize, duplicate, and store audio and video data.
- •Install, adjust, and operate electronic equipment to record, edit, and transmit radio and television programs, motion pictures, video conferencing, or multimedia presentations.
Fields of study
Any field
Top colleges for Creative & Media
Explore all- University of Southern California12% admit · $86,000 grad pay
- New York University12% admit · $84,000 grad pay
- Northwestern University7% admit · $95,000 grad pay
- University of Chicago5% admit · $91,000 grad pay
Reputation-based selection; stats shown are outcome data per school.