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Career Information for Sound Technicians in California

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Fast Facts for Sound Technicians in California

  • Cities with highest percentage of jobs relative to population: San Francisco and San Diego
  • Cities with lowest percentage of jobs relative to population: Riverside and Sacramento
  • Cities with the highest absolute number of jobs: San Francisco and Santa Ana

Salaries for Sound Technicians in California

  • Metro areas with the highest median salaries: San Francisco and San Diego. (See table at bottom of page)

Schools for Sound Technicians in California are listed below.

Selected Sound Technician Schools in California

These schools offer particularly quick info upon request, and we have written detailed profiles for each (click school names to see the profiles).

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The Art Institutes
San Diego, San Francisco, Santa Monica

The Art Institutes (AI) provides programs that stimulate the minds of its students with programs in design, the arts, game programming, culinary cuisine, and fashion.

  • Programs: Audio Design Technology, Audio Production, Broadcasting, Independent Recording Arts, Professional Recording Arts, ...
  • Degrees/Course Work: Certificate, Diploma
(Offerings vary by location; please request additional info.)

More California Sound Technician Schools

School NameCampusHighest AwardEnrolled
Cogswell Polytechnical CollegeSunnyvaleBachelor230
Columbia College HollywoodTarzanaBachelor312
Loyola Marymount UniversityLos AngelesDoctorate & First Professional8,977

Job Popularity in Metro Areas for Sound Technicians

The map below shows job statistics for the career type by metro area, for California. A table below the map shows job popularity and salaries across the state.

Metro Areas Rated for Popularity (as of 2008) for:
Sound Technicians

Listed below are metro areas ranked by the popularity of jobs for Sound Technicians relative to the population of the city, as of 2008. Salary data was obtained from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.

A Relative Popularity of 1.0 means that the city has an average number of the particular job, for its population, compared to the rest of the US. Higher numbers mean proportionally more jobs of that type.
Metro AreaJobsSalary
(2008)
Relative
Popularity

CALIFORNIA

   
San Francisco490$63,2005.8
San Diego150$55,5001.3
Santa Ana150$54,5901.2
Sacramento60$44,6700.8
Riverside30$39,3700.3
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