Audio and Video Technicians Career, Salary and Skills
Audio and Video Technicians have a BLS-reported national median annual wage of $58,100 based on the 2025 OEWS dataset, with reported national employment of 70,230. Wage data is published for 238 locations.
Occupation description
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.
O*NET code
27-4011.00
Job zone
3
Typical education
Bachelor's Degree
Experience
Over 1 year, up to and including 2 years
National salary and employment
Median annual
$58,100
Hourly median
$27.93
Employment
70,230
Data year
2025
National salary distribution
Top skills
| Skill | Importance | Level |
|---|---|---|
| Monitoring | 3.75 | 3.38 |
| Critical Thinking | 3.50 | 3.75 |
| Reading Comprehension | 3.50 | 3.62 |
| Operations Monitoring | 3.50 | 3.12 |
| Complex Problem Solving | 3.25 | 3.00 |
| Writing | 3.12 | 3.12 |
| Speaking | 3.12 | 3.12 |
| Active Listening | 3.12 | 3.25 |
| Coordination | 3.12 | 3.12 |
| Service Orientation | 3.12 | 3.12 |
Typical tasks
- 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.
- Control the lights and sound of events, such as live concerts, before and after performances, and during intermissions.
- Switch sources of video input from one camera or studio to another, from film to live programming, or from network to local programming.
- Record and edit audio material, such as movie soundtracks, using audio recording and editing equipment.
- Notify supervisors when major equipment repairs are needed.
Technology
- Adobe After Effects
- Adobe Dreamweaver
- Adobe Illustrator
- Adobe InDesign
- Adobe Photoshop
- Apple Final Cut Pro
- Apple iMovie
- Blackboard software
- Cisco IOS
- Cisco Webex
- Corel Ulead DVD Workshop
- Linux
- Microsoft Access
- Microsoft Excel
Audio and Video Technicians salary by location
Areas with the highest reported employment for this occupation.
- Audio and Video Technicians Salary in CAMedian $64,620 · Employment 9,280
- Audio and Video Technicians Salary in NYMedian $67,600 · Employment 7,990
- Audio and Video Technicians Salary in New York, NYMedian $72,300 · Employment 7,800
- Audio and Video Technicians Salary in FLMedian $54,230 · Employment 6,000
- Audio and Video Technicians Salary in Los Angeles, CAMedian $64,900 · Employment 4,710
- Audio and Video Technicians Salary in TXMedian $49,440 · Employment 4,280
- Audio and Video Technicians Salary in PAMedian $56,890 · Employment 3,080
- Audio and Video Technicians Salary in ILMedian $60,740 · Employment 3,020
- Audio and Video Technicians Salary in Chicago, ILMedian $63,780 · Employment 2,490
- Audio and Video Technicians Salary in NJMedian $71,040 · Employment 2,280
- Audio and Video Technicians Salary in Washington, DCMedian $74,380 · Employment 2,210
- Audio and Video Technicians Salary in VAMedian $53,960 · Employment 1,900
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Career and skills data: O*NET 31.0 (onetcenter.org). Salary and employment data: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics OEWS, 2025 (bls.gov/oes). Figures are published survey estimates, not real-time market data.