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What sound engineers make
Typical
$73,130
Starting out
$37,570
Top tenth
$137,370
The national median is $73,130 a year, the bottom tenth near $37,570 and the top tenth $137,370. That spread is the widest of almost any job on this site, and it is not random: the top end is film, television and broadcast, the bottom end is live sound in small venues.