Music jobs: who is hiring and what it pays
Labels, publishers, streaming, live music and instrument makers: licensing, A&R, marketing, royalties and technology. 663 open jobs at 57 employers, with a median stated pay of $75k. Every job on this page is in the United States, taken from the employer’s own career site or job system and checked to still be open.
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Why we ask: a laid-off week and a thinking-about-a-move week look nothing alike. No résumé, no account.
663
open music jobs
57
employers hiring
$75k
median stated pay (83 jobs)
November 2026
first month tracked
All music lists
Employers with the most open music jobs
iHeartMedia, Townsquare Media and Cumulus Media lead the music employers on our board. The ten with the most openings post 84% of the 663 open music jobs.
| # | Employer | Open jobs |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | iHeartMediaNY | 174 open |
| 2 | Townsquare MediaTX · Median pay $55k | 88 open |
| 3 | Cumulus MediaTX | 61 open |
| 4 | AudacyCA · Median pay $70k | 58 open |
| 5 | SpotifyNY | 37 open |
| 6 | Sony Music EntertainmentNY | 33 open |
| 7 | Warner Music GroupCA | 33 open |
| 8 | AudibleNJ | 29 open |
| 9 | SiriusXMNY | 26 open |
| 10 | SweetwaterIN | 17 open |
Highest-paying music roles
Among music jobs that state yearly pay, Sales Representatives of Services, Except Advertising, Insurance, Financial Services, and Travel and Bill and Account Collectors pay the most at the median, against $75k for the segment as a whole.
| # | Role | Median pay |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sales Representatives of Services, Except Advertising, Insurance, Financial Services, and Travel145 open · With pay 9 | $70k |
| 2 | Bill and Account Collectors73 open · With pay 28 | $53k |
Skills employers ask for
excel, onboarding and salesforce are the skills most often named in music job postings, read from each posting's own text.
Where the music jobs are
NY, CA and TX have the most open music jobs.
| # | State | Open jobs |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | New YorkMedian pay $112k | 147 open |
| 2 | CaliforniaMedian pay $108k | 101 open |
| 3 | Texas | 49 open |
| 4 | Florida | 34 open |
| 5 | New Jersey | 28 open |
| 6 | Georgia | 23 open |
| 7 | Indiana | 22 open |
| 8 | Pennsylvania | 19 open |
New music jobs this week
25 music jobs were posted in the last seven days.
- Account Executive
Audacy · Houston, TX
Nov 1
- Regional Logistics Coordinator
Music & Arts · Dallas, TX
Nov 1
- Accounts Payable Specialist
BMG · Beaverton, MI
Nov 1
- Accounts Receivable Specialist
BMG · Beaverton, MI
Nov 1
- Financial Analyst II, YouTube Music Publishing Deals
Google · San Bruno, CA
Oct 31
- GC Retail Operations Manager Store 633
Guitar Center · Louisville, KY
Oct 31
- Sales Development Representative
Global Music Rights · New York, NY
Oct 31
- Multimedia Account Executive
Cumulus Media · Lafayette, LA
Oct 30
Laid off in music? Start here
- A plan for the weeks after a layoff
- Unemployment benefits and how to file, by state
- Severance calculator
- Layoff tracker: who is cutting and where
Then look at the employers above that are hiring now.
More industries
- US manufacturing34,328
- Defense and aerospace30,328
- Financial services28,982
- Healthcare26,927
- Education14,346
- Nonprofits13,697
- Biotech and pharma12,574
- AI8,364
- Construction7,544
- Transportation and logistics5,669
- Space5,418
- Automotive and EV4,186
- Semiconductors3,683
- Retail3,289
- Robotics and automation3,148
- Consumer packaged goods2,663
- Data centers2,554
- Utilities and power2,405
- Clean energy and nuclear2,303
- Telecom1,689
- Real estate1,655
- Tourism and hospitality1,437
- Oil and gas1,102
- Steel, aluminum and metals1,022
- Restaurants953
- TV and streaming941
- Mining and natural resources884
- Airlines and aviation811
- Shipbuilding and maritime474
- Casino and gaming441
- Sports235
- Movies and film63
How these lists are made
- Every job on this page is in the United States, taken from the employer’s own career site or job system and checked to still be open.
- A job is counted in music when its employer is on our list of music employers, or its title names music work. A job can sit in more than one segment.
- Pay figures use only jobs that state a yearly salary range in dollars; the figure is the middle of the range, and the median is across jobs. A pay list is shown only when enough jobs state pay.
- The same employer under different spellings is counted once. A city where one employer posts half the openings is not ranked.
- Lists are rebuilt weekly from our job board and kept by month. Professional and management roles; hourly roles are not on our board.
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