Changing
Creative
Composer
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Key facts
+1.2%jobs, 2025 to 2035
United StatesEmployment in this job is holding up or growing in the United States, but it is highly exposed to AI. AI exposure: very low according to the ILO, high according to the BLS. Employment change in the United States by 2035: +1.2% (BLS). Working well with AI is becoming an asset.
The job
Writes and produces music for artists, films, video games or advertising.
130 job titles linked to this page
Titles from the European ESCO classification. They are also used for search.
- accompanist
- arrangement expert
- arranger
- arranger & orchestrator
- arranger and orchestrator
- ballet repetiteur
- ballet répétiteur
- band director
- band leader
- band master
- banjo player
- baritone singer
- bass player
- bass voice singer
- big band musician
- cellist
- cembalist
- charango player
- choir conductor
- choir director
- choir leader
- choir singer
- choirmaster
- choirmaster/choirmistress
- choirmistress
- choral conductor
- choral director
- clarinet player
- clarinetist
- classical musician
- composer
- computer composer
- concert master
- concert soloist
- conductor
- contralto singer
- didgeridoo player
- drummer
- electro musician
- electronic music producer
- film music composer
- first violinist
- flute player
- flutist
- french horn player
- french hornist
- guitarist
- hammond player
- harmonica player
- harpist
- horn player
- jazz musician
- jazz singer
- jingle singer
- jingle writer
- lead singer
- lead vocalist
- mandolin player
- marimba player
- music arranger
- music composer
- music composer & producer
- music composer and producer
- music conductor
- music director
- music leader
- music player
- music producer
- music producer & composer
- music producer and composer
- music repetiteur
- music répétiteur
- musical arrangement consultant
- musical arrangement specialist
- musical conductor
- musical director
- musical theater actor
- musical theater actress
- musical theater performer
- musical theatre actor
- musical theatre actress
- musical theatre performer
- musician
- oboe player
- oboist
- opera choir singer
- opera repetiteur
- opera répétiteur
- opera singer
- opera solo singer
- orchestra conductor
- orchestra director
- orchestra music director
- orchestra musician
- orchestra player
- orchestra section leader
- orchestra solo player
- orchestrator
- organist
- percussionist
- pianist
- piano accompanist
- piccolo player
- principal conductor
- rapper
- rehearsal accompanist
- repetiteur
- répétiteur
- saxophone player
- saxophonist
- session singer
- singer
- singer songwriter
- singer-songwriter
- solo singer
- songwriter
- soprano singer
- sound track composer
- tenor singer
- theater music composer
- theatre music composer
- theremin player
- trombonist
- trumpet player
- up-right bass player
- vibraphonist
- violinist
- violist
- vocalist
- washboard player
Training
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Gauges
Risk 4/5 · High
AI exposureHighBLS AI exposure category "high" (2026), higher than the ILO 2025 index (very low)
Employment outlookDeclineBLS, 2025-2035 projections (Music directors and composers)
Hiring difficultyNot availableNo US indicator measures hiring difficulty job by job
PayHighBLS, 2025 median annual wage: $73,710
EntryLongBLS, typical education needed for entry
No US indicator measures hiring difficulty job by job: this gauge stays empty. How countries are compared
Sources
- AI exposure categories and employment projections, 2025-2035 (XLSX file)Bureau of Labor Statistics, United States · August 2026 · official statistics
- Generative AI and Jobs: a refined global index of occupational exposureInternational Labour Organization and NASK · May 2025 · large survey
- Jobs in 2030: projections by occupational family (summary table)Dares and France Stratégie · March 2022 · official statistics
- Labour needs survey (BMO) 2026France Travail · 2026 · large survey
- EURES report on labour shortages and surpluses 2025, annexEuropean Labour Authority · June 2026 · official statistics
Checked on 27 October 2026.