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The tables below present the occupations that are most commonly associated with a degree in Music. We have separated the tables depending on whether we examine graduates who stop their education with the bachelors degree in Music, and those who get either a masters in Music, a Ph.D. in Music.
While the list above describes the occupations of students with advanced degrees in Music some students with a bachelors degree in Music will get advanced degrees in other fields. The tables listed below descibe the types of advanced degrees that were chosen by students with a bachelors in Music.
Since all of the above tables present information on the average salary, it is possible to lose sight of the fact that some majors place students in jobs with a narrow range of salaries near to the mean while others place students in many different income categories. For this reason, we have drawn two frequency distributions (histograms) of Music Salaries.
The diagram below includes all
students with a major in Music who received no degree beyond the bachelors.
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The diagram below includes all
students with a major in Music while an undergraduate. The data includes students who
subsequently earned degrees beyond the bachelors. 
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The information in the table below is based on data from people of all sexes and ages
whose most recent college degree was a bachelors degree majoring in Music.
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Avg 1993 Number of Pct of Salary Observations Majors Description of Occupation ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- $34,135 48 10.88 Teachers: Elementary $29,356 48 10.88 Teachers: Secondary - other subjects $45,567 33 7.48 Top and mid-level managers, executives, administrators (people who manage other managers) $42,717 32 7.26 Artists, Broadcasters, Editors, Entertainers, Public Relations Specialists, Writers $30,437 20 4.54 OTHER management related occupations $44,904 18 4.08 Computer system analysts $25,223 18 4.08 Sales Occupations - Retail (e.g., furnishings, clothing, motor vehicles, cosmetics) $37,999 16 3.63 OTHER administrative (e.g., record clerks, telephone operators) $26,767 16 3.63 Secretaries, receptionists, typists $44,701 13 2.95 Computer programmers (business, scientific, process control) $26,409 12 2.72 OTHER service occupations, except health $29,429 12 2.72 Clergy and Other Religious Workers $28,395 11 2.49 Professors: Art, Drama, and Music $37,630 11 2.49 OTHER computer, information science Occupations $46,160 9 2.04 Accountants, auditors, and other financial specialists $31,045 9 2.04 OTHER marketing and sales occupations $29,383 9 2.04 OTHER OCCUPATIONS (Not Listed) $45,581 8 1.81 Insurance, securities, real estate, and business services $27,694 6 1.36 Registered nurses, pharmacists, dieticians, therapists, physician assistants $27,367 6 1.36 Teachers: Secondary - computer, math or sciences $26,695 6 1.36 Operators and related occupations (e.g., machine set-up, machine operators and tenders, fabricators, assemblers) $33,983 6 1.36 Teachers: OTHER precollegiate area $49,100 4 .91 Construction trades, miners and well drillers $17,950 4 .91 Food Preparation and Service (e.g., cooks, waitresses, bartenders) $18,466 4 .91 Accounting clerks, bookkeepers $38,864 4 .91 Personnel, training, and labor relations specialists $38,490 4 .91 Mechanics and repairers $18,841 4 .91 OTHER health occupations $35,476 4 .91 Social Workers $58,000 4 .91 Unknown $33,882 4 .91 Engineers: Electrical, electronic, industrial, mechanical $30,861 4 .91 Teachers: Pre-Kindergarten and kindergarten $27,180 4 .91 Teachers: Special education - primary and secondary $20,669 3 .68 Transportation/material moving occupations $35,267 3 .68 Engineers: Electrical, electronic $39,333 3 .68 Librarians, Archivists, Curators Managers, Executives, Administrators (Also see 151-153) $22,884 3 .68 Health Technologists and Technicians (e.g., dental hygienists, health record technologists/technicians, licensed practical nurses, medical or laboratory technicians, radiologic technologists/technicians) $45,453 3 .68 Information systems scientists or analysts $62,400 2 .45 OTHER engineering technologists and technicians $65,000 2 .45 Computer engineer - software $87,000 2 .45 Sales Occupations - Commodities Except Retail (e.g., industrial machinery/equipment/supplies, medical and dental equiptment/supplies) $27,939 2 .45 Protective services (e.g., fire fighters, police, guards) $21,372 2 .45 Drafting occupations, including computer drafting $36,400 1 .23 Farmers, Foresters and Fishermen $20,000 1 .23 Precision/production occupations (e.g., workers, woodworkers, butchers, bakers, printing occupations, tailors, shoemakers, photographic process) $17,680 1 .23 Counselors, Educational and Vocational (Also see 236) $83,200 1 .23 Other engineers $13,000 1 .23 Surveying and mapping
The information in the table below is based on data from people of all sexes and ages
whose most recent college degree was a masters degree in Music.
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Avg 1993 Number of Pct of Salary Observations Majors Description of Occupation ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- $40,552 54 23.18 Teachers: Secondary - other subjects $37,785 35 15.02 Teachers: Elementary $35,374 25 10.73 Professors: Art, Drama, and Music $35,642 23 9.87 Artists, Broadcasters, Editors, Entertainers, Public Relations Specialists, Writers $46,288 15 6.44 Top and mid-level managers, executives, administrators (people who manage other managers) $26,519 8 3.43 OTHER administrative (e.g., record clerks, telephone operators) $63,500 8 3.43 Insurance, securities, real estate, and business services $36,478 7 3.00 Unknown $27,257 6 2.58 Sales Occupations - Retail (e.g., furnishings, clothing, motor vehicles, cosmetics) $47,050 6 2.58 Computer programmers (business, scientific, process control) $49,575 4 1.72 OTHER computer, information science Occupations $33,527 3 1.29 OTHER OCCUPATIONS (Not Listed) $34,360 3 1.29 Teachers: Secondary - computer, math or sciences $44,333 3 1.29 Computer system analysts $38,100 2 .86 Accountants, auditors, and other financial specialists $25,860 2 .86 Secretaries, receptionists, typists $42,380 2 .86 OTHER postsecondary $41,652 2 .86 Registered nurses, pharmacists, dieticians, therapists, physician assistants $56,226 2 .86 OTHER management related occupations $52,335 2 .86 Computer engineer - software $20,500 2 .86 Clergy and Other Religious Workers $20,500 2 .86 Teachers: OTHER precollegiate area $20,950 2 .86 Librarians, Archivists, Curators Managers, Executives, Administrators (Also see 151-153) $52,000 1 .43 Engineers: Electrical, electronic, industrial, mechanical $80,000 1 .43 Sales Occupations - Commodities Except Retail (e.g., industrial machinery/equipment/supplies, medical and dental equiptment/supplies) $58,000 1 .43 OTHER marketing and sales occupations $67,600 1 .43 Information systems scientists or analysts $10,400 1 .43 Professors: Education $42,984 1 .43 OTHER mathematical scientists $41,500 1 .43 Anthropologists $41,088 1 .43 Professors: Computer Science $40,000 1 .43 Engineers: Electrical, electronic $38,000 1 .43 Professors: Foreign Language $36,400 1 .43 Construction trades, miners and well drillers $36,000 1 .43 Precision/production occupations (e.g., workers, woodworkers, butchers, bakers, printing occupations, tailors, shoemakers, photographic process) $30,000 1 .43 OTHER service occupations, except health $28,296 1 .43 Teachers: Special education - primary and secondary $18,000 1 .43 Accounting clerks, bookkeepers
The information in the table below is based on data from people of all sexes and ages
whose most recent college degree was a Ph.D. degree in Music.
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Avg 1993 Number of Pct of Salary Observations Majors Description of Occupation ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- $43,548 33 62.26 Professors: Art, Drama, and Music $49,530 4 7.55 Top and mid-level managers, executives, administrators (people who manage other managers) $27,010 2 3.77 Artists, Broadcasters, Editors, Entertainers, Public Relations Specialists, Writers $29,500 2 3.77 Teachers: Secondary - other subjects $33,000 2 3.77 Teachers: Elementary $42,900 2 3.77 Professors: Education $58,000 1 1.89 Computer scientists, except system analysts $57,000 1 1.89 Computer engineer - software $45,000 1 1.89 Teachers: Pre-Kindergarten and kindergarten $16,000 1 1.89 OTHER management related occupations $35,672 1 1.89 Lawyers, Judges $31,200 1 1.89 Diagnosing Treating Practitioners (e.g., dentists, optometrists, physicians, psychiatrists, podiatrists, surgeons, veterinarians) $19,760 1 1.89 Farmers, Foresters and Fishermen $19,000 1 1.89 Clergy and Other Religious Workers
Avg 1993 Number of Pct of Salary Observations Majors Description of Field of Study ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- $39,093 191 56.85 Music, all fields $45,099 17 5.06 Education: OTHER education $47,540 13 3.87 Education: Administration $44,621 13 3.87 Social Work $29,840 10 2.98 Library Science $34,536 9 2.68 Psychology: Counseling $43,319 8 2.38 Education: Counselor education/guidance services $42,423 7 2.08 OTHER philosophy, religion, theology $61,087 7 2.08 Business administration and management $34,670 7 2.08 Education: Special education $31,833 6 1.79 Education: Elementary teacher education $39,625 4 1.19 Audiology and speech pathology $74,017 3 .89 OTHER visual and performing arts $42,467 3 .89 Psychology: General $36,000 3 .89 OTHER business management/administrative services $45,567 3 .89 Computer science $45,400 3 .89 Education: Secondary teacher education $44,100 2 .60 Law/Prelaw/Legal Studies $43,250 2 .60 Education: Educational psychology $43,250 2 .60 Psychology: Educational $50,750 2 .60 English Language and Literature/Letters $61,272 2 .60 Information services and systems $27,234 2 .60 Sociology $80,000 2 .60 Financial management $52,000 1 .30 Home Economics $83,200 1 .30 Engineering: Mechanical $20,800 1 .30 OTHER communications $43,000 1 .30 Forestry sciences (Except management) $42,000 1 .30 OTHER social sciences $42,000 1 .30 Education: Pre-elementary teacher education $41,641 1 .30 OTHER FIELDS (Not Listed) $40,000 1 .30 Business, general $37,500 1 .30 Computer systems analysis $34,056 1 .30 Communications, general $31,500 1 .30 Public health (including environmental health and epidemiology) $31,000 1 .30 OTHER computer and information sciences $30,000 1 .30 Criminal Justice/Protective Services $29,641 1 .30 Mathematics, general $27,700 1 .30 OTHER health/medical sciences $26,000 1 .30 Public administration $23,000 1 .30 OTHER psychology
Avg 1993 Number of Pct of Salary Observations Majors Description of Field of Study ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- $40,919 48 59.26 Music, all fields $55,026 8 9.88 Education: Administration $59,334 5 6.17 Education: OTHER education $38,667 3 3.70 English Language and Literature/Letters $34,409 2 2.47 Education: Counselor education/guidance services $47,216 2 2.47 OTHER philosophy, religion, theology $62,550 2 2.47 Chemistry $102,000 1 1.23 Psychology: Experimental $65,000 1 1.23 OTHER business management/administrative services $64,392 1 1.23 Education: Special education $60,000 1 1.23 Social Work $29,000 1 1.23 OTHER foreign languages and literature $50,000 1 1.23 Financial management $50,000 1 1.23 Education: Secondary teacher education $49,400 1 1.23 Architecture/Environmental Design $36,000 1 1.23 OTHER psychology $36,000 1 1.23 Communications, general $30,000 1 1.23 Psychology: General
Other advanced degrees include: JD, LLB, ThD, MD, and the DDS.
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Avg 1993 Number of Pct of Salary Observations Majors Description of Field of Study ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- $83,546 10 45.45 Medicine (e.g., dentistry, optometry, osteopathic, podiatry, veterinary) $64,188 8 36.36 Law/Prelaw/Legal Studies $17,000 2 9.09 Music, all fields $29,000 1 4.55 History, other $40,000 1 4.55 Education: Administration
Prepared by Prof. Kenneth S. Chapman: kenneth.chapman@csun.edu