Overview & Salary
Overview
Play one or more musical instruments or sing. May perform on stage, for broadcasting, or for sound or video recording.
On the job, you would:
- Perform before live audiences in concerts, recitals, educational presentations, and other social gatherings.
- Sing a cappella or with musical accompaniment.
- Interpret or modify music, applying knowledge of harmony, melody, rhythm, and voice production to individualize presentations and maintain audience interest.
Education
- bachelor's degree
Salary
Annual 10th percentile $33,322
Annual median $81,411
Annual 90th percentile $214,198
Knowledge & Skills
Knowledge
Arts and Humanities
- music, dance, visual arts, drama, or sculpture
- English language
Communications
- multimedia
Skills
Basic Skills
- talking to others
- keeping track of how well people and/or groups are doing in order to make improvements
Social
- understanding people's reactions
- changing what is done based on other people's actions
Personality & Abilities
Personality
Artistic
People interested in this work like activities that include creating, designing, and making your own rules.
- Dependability
- Attention to Detail
- Achievement/Effort
- Cooperation
- Persistence
- Stress Tolerance
Abilities
Verbal
- communicate by speaking
- listen and understand what people say
Memory
- remember words, numbers, pictures, or steps
Hearing and Speech
- tell the difference between sounds
- pay attention to one sound while there are other distracting sounds
Visual Understanding
- quickly know what you are looking at