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Also known as: Audio Installer, Audio Technician, Audio Video Technician, Audio Visual Communications Systems Technician
You arrive at the downtown convention center before dawn, the city still quiet. Your email from last night outlined today's corporate summit. First, you pull up the floor plan and equipment manifest on your tablet, mentally mapping the setup. In the main ballroom, you start unpacking road cases: a Yamaha QL1 digital mixer, multiple Shure ULXD wireless microphone systems, and two large Panasonic PTZ cameras. "Morning, Alex," you nod to your coworker, already wrestling a speaker stack into position. "Need a hand with that line array?"
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+3.9%
US average: +3.5%
6,600
per year (US)
87,600
in 2025 → 91,100 (2035)
Postsecondary nondegree award
Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Employment Projections; O*NET Bright Outlook. Read the BLS Occupational Outlook Handbook
How this work is typically performed, based on O*NET work context data.
Source: O*NET Work Context (v31.0)
This career is stable, with about 6,600 job openings each year and a median annual wage of $58,100. Employment for Audio and Video Technicians is projected to grow by 3.9% over the next decade. You can advance from roles like an Audiovisual Technical Assistant to positions such as a Broadcast Engineer or Technical Director.
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$58,100
Median annual wage, BLS 2025
Bachelor's Degree
Minimum educational requirement for this position
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