Avid Certified Professional: Media Composer

Median Annual Income

$80,360

Projected Job Growth

+3 %

Career Cluster(s)

Education

Most Common Education Level

Master's degree

Teach courses in drama, music, and the arts including fine and applied art, such as painting and sculpture, or design and crafts. Includes both teachers primarily engaged in teaching and those who do a combination of teaching and research.

Median Annual Income

$106,500

Projected Job Growth

+5 %

Career Cluster(s)

Arts, Entertainment, & Design

Most Common Education Level

Bachelor's degree

Formulate design concepts and presentation approaches for visual productions and media, such as print, broadcasting, video, and film. Direct workers engaged in artwork or layout design.

Median Annual Income

$82,510

Projected Job Growth

+8 %

Career Cluster(s)

Arts, Entertainment, & Design

Most Common Education Level

Bachelor's degree

Produce or direct stage, television, radio, video, or film productions for entertainment, information, or instruction. Responsible for creative decisions, such as interpretation of script, choice of actors or guests, set design, sound, special effects, and choreography.

Median Annual Income

$82,510

Projected Job Growth

+8 %

Career Cluster(s)

Arts, Entertainment, & Design

Most Common Education Level

Bachelor's degree

Direct and coordinate activities of personnel engaged in preparation of radio or television station program schedules and programs, such as sports or news.

Median Annual Income

$82,510

Projected Job Growth

+8 %

Career Cluster(s)

Arts, Entertainment, & Design

Most Common Education Level

Bachelor's degree

Audition and interview performers to select most appropriate talent for parts in stage, television, radio, or motion picture productions.

Median Annual Income

$52,000

Projected Job Growth

+5 %

Career Cluster(s)

Arts, Entertainment, & Design

Most Common Education Level

High school diploma or equivalent

Create new dance routines. Rehearse performance of routines. May direct and stage presentations.

Median Annual Income

$81,411.2

Projected Job Growth

+2 %

Career Cluster(s)

Arts, Entertainment, & Design

Most Common Education Level

No formal educational credential

Play one or more musical instruments or sing. May perform on stage, for broadcasting, or for sound or video recording.

Median Annual Income

$73,690

Projected Job Growth

+5 %

Career Cluster(s)

Arts, Entertainment, & Design

Most Common Education Level

Bachelor's degree

Create original written works, such as scripts, essays, prose, poetry or song lyrics, for publication or performance.

Median Annual Income

$66,600

Projected Job Growth

+5 %

Career Cluster(s)

Arts, Entertainment, & Design

Most Common Education Level

Bachelor's degree

Edit moving images on film, video, or other media. May work with a producer or director to organize images for final production. May edit or synchronize soundtracks with images.

Median Annual Income

$63,650

Projected Job Growth

+12 %

Career Cluster(s)

Healthcare & Human Services

Most Common Education Level

Bachelor's degree

Plan, organize, direct, or assess clinical and evidenced-based music therapy interventions to positively influence individuals' physical, psychological, cognitive, or behavioral status.