Musicians and Singers
SOC 27-2042 · 2024-2034
Play one or more musical instruments or sing. May perform on stage, for broadcasting, or for sound or video recording.
How the U.S. Department of Labor describes this work. Published in English only.
The job this trains for
- Typical pay in California
- Not reported
- Projected openings
- 19,460
- Projected change
- +4.3%
- Usually needs
- No formal educational credential
Skills this work uses most
O*NET, the U.S. Department of Labor's occupation database, rates how important each of these is to this work, and they are listed in that order, most important first. The ratings themselves are not shown, because the data carries the number without the scale it was measured on. The names are as published, in English.
- Speaking
- Active Listening
- Monitoring
- Reading Comprehension
- Social Perceptiveness
- Coordination
Pay by region
| Region | Typical pay in California | Projected openings |
|---|---|---|
| Anaheim-Santa Ana-Irvine MD (Orange County) | Not reported | 1,580 |
| Bakersfield-Delano MSA (Kern County) | Not reported | 80 |
| Chico MSA (Butte County) | Not reported | 60 |
| Fresno MSA (Fresno and Madera Counties) | Not reported | 150 |
| Los Angeles-Long Beach-Glendale MD (Los Angeles County) | Not reported | 9,140 |
| Modesto MSA (Stanislaus County) | Not reported | 170 |
| North Coast Region (Del Norte, Humboldt, Lake, and Mendocino Counties) | Not reported | 180 |
| North Valley-Northern Mountains Region (Colusa, Glenn, Lassen, Modoc, Nevada, Plumas, Sierra, Siskiyou, Tehama, and Trinity Counties) | Not reported | 40 |
| Oakland-Fremont-Berkeley MD (Alameda and Contra Costa Counties) | Not reported | 860 |
| Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura MSA (Ventura County) | Not reported | 300 |
| Redding MSA (Shasta County) | Not reported | 40 |
| Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario MSA (Riverside and San Bernardino Counties) | Not reported | 920 |
| Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom MSA (El Dorado, Placer, Sacramento, and Yolo Counties) | Not reported | 660 |
| Salinas MSA (Monterey County) | Not reported | 190 |
| San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad MSA (San Diego County) | Not reported | 1,330 |
| San Francisco-San Mateo-Redwood City MD (San Francisco and San Mateo Counties) | Not reported | 1,550 |
| San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara MSA (San Benito and Santa Clara Counties) | Not reported | 450 |
| San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles MSA (San Luis Obispo County) | Not reported | 210 |
| San Rafael MD (Marin County) | Not reported | 220 |
| Santa Cruz-Watsonville MSA (Santa Cruz County) | Not reported | 150 |
| Santa Maria-Santa Barbara MSA (Santa Barbara County) | Not reported | 140 |
| Santa Rosa-Petaluma MSA (Sonoma County) | Not reported | 420 |
| Vallejo MSA (Solano County) | Not reported | 120 |
| Visalia MSA (Tulare County) | Not reported | 170 |
Similar work
O*NET, the U.S. Department of Labor's occupation database, names these as occupations involving work similar to this one — its own reading of the job, not a grouping by code. They keep O*NET's order, and only those California publishes a projection for are shown.
| The job this trains for | Typical pay in California | Projected openings | Projected change |
|---|---|---|---|
| Music Directors and Composers | $95,696 | 4,320 | +4.5% |
| Actors | Not reported | 39,840 | +4.4% |
| Dancers | Not reported | 3,600 | +4% |
| Art, Drama, and Music Teachers, Postsecondary | $102,193 | 8,060 | +0.9% |
| Producers and Directors | $133,423 | 31,850 | +12.2% |
| Therapists, All Other | $84,049 | 2,050 | +20.8% |
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