AI Career Radar

Sound Engineering Technicians

Assemble and operate equipment to record, synchronize, mix, edit, or reproduce sound, including music, voices, or sound effects, for theater, video, film, television, podcasts, sporting events, and other productions.

AI exposure36 / 100Moderate exposure

Based on O*NET work context for this occupation. This score does not predict individual job losses.

What drives the score

Automation and repetition raise exposure; freedom to set tasks lowers it. Each measure uses a 0–100 scale.

Degree of automation25
Freedom to set tasks68
Repeating the same tasks56
$73,130Median annual wage, U.S.BLS OEWS
-3.1%Jobs, 2025 to 2035 (decline)BLS Employment Projections
60Skill durability (moderate)Transferability, out of 100

How well your skills transfer

Each skill is scored on how well it transfers into occupations that are growing and less exposed. The ones high on both importance and transfer are worth deepening.

Highest transferability first

Both scores out of 100

Skills ranked by transferability. Both scores use a 0–100 scale.
SkillTransferabilityImportance in current role
Active Listening
63
69
Speaking
63
66
Critical Thinking
63
63
Judgment and Decision Making
63
56
Monitoring
63
53
Complex Problem Solving
62
60
Active Learning
62
53
Coordination
62
53
Reading Comprehension
61
56
Time Management
61
53
Show 25 more skills
Skills ranked by transferability. Both scores use a 0–100 scale.
SkillTransferabilityImportance in current role
Writing
60
53
Social Perceptiveness
60
50
Instructing
58
41
Learning Strategies
58
38
Systems Analysis
57
53
Service Orientation
56
53
Systems Evaluation
56
50
Persuasion
54
47
Mathematics
53
25
Negotiation
52
41
Science
52
16
Management of Personnel Resources
50
28
Operations Analysis
49
6
Installation
48
13
Troubleshooting
47
47
Quality Control Analysis
47
47
Equipment Maintenance
47
44
Equipment Selection
47
38
Technology Design
47
28
Management of Material Resources
47
25
Management of Financial Resources
47
19
Operations Monitoring
46
56
Repairing
46
38
Programming
45
19
Operation and Control
43
56

Compare how well you can use each skill in growing, low-exposure occupations with its importance in your current role. How we score skills.

Jobs you could move to

Compare related occupations by skill overlap, retraining effort, pay and projected growth. Choose a priority to adjust the ranking. Licensing requirements may limit some routes.

86/100 match
Median pay · U.S.
$129,180
10-yr growth
+21%
Skill gap
11%
Retraining
Low

Skills to build: Reading Comprehension, Writing, Critical Thinking, Complex Problem Solving

85/100 match
Median pay · U.S.
$135,880
10-yr growth
+21.1%
Skill gap
12%
Retraining
Low

Skills to build: Monitoring, Reading Comprehension, Active Learning, Judgment and Decision Making

80/100 match
Median pay · U.S.
$116,580
10-yr growth
+5.1%
Skill gap
7%
Retraining
Low

Skills to build: Reading Comprehension, Writing, Active Learning, Judgment and Decision Making

#4Dental HygienistsHealthcare
80/100 match
Median pay · U.S.
$98,100
10-yr growth
+8%
Skill gap
4%
Retraining
Low

Skills to build: Instructing, Social Perceptiveness, Persuasion

80/100 match
Median pay · U.S.
$96,590
10-yr growth
+13.9%
Skill gap
9%
Retraining
Low

Skills to build: Social Perceptiveness, Reading Comprehension, Learning Strategies, Instructing

A second source of income, before you need it

This page can tell you where Sound Engineering Technicians could go and what the move costs. The other route is not a move at all: something small of your own, running alongside the job, started while there is no pressure on it.

Where to learn the missing half: Google Career Certificates for systems analysis · active learning, LinkedIn Learning for writing · speaking, edX for mathematics · reading and PlanetNoCode for complex problem solving. Some of those are affiliate links. It never changes what we list.

Snapshot: O*NET 31.0, BLS OEWS May 2025, BLS Employment Projections 2025-2035. Scoring v2.1.0-onet-31.0. Method on the how it works page.