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Last updated: October 31, 2024
Puppeteer Salary
in Pasadena, Texas
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$36,179 (USD)
Average Salary
$17/hr
Average Hourly
$695
Average Bonus
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Last updated: October 31, 2024
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The average pay for a Puppeteer is $36,179 a year and $17 an hour in Pasadena, Texas, United States. The average salary range for a Puppeteer is between $27,460 and $42,148. On average, a High School Degree is the highest level of education for a Puppeteer. This compensation analysis is based on salary survey data collected directly from employers and anonymous employees in Pasadena, Texas.
ERI's compensation data are based on salary surveys conducted and researched by ERI. Cost of labor data in the Assessor Series are based on actual housing sales data from commercially available sources, plus rental rates, gasoline prices, consumables, medical care premium costs, property taxes, effective income tax rates, etc.
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Estimated salary in 2029:
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About Pasadena, Texas
Pasadena Cost of Living Score:
Description:
Pasadena () is a city in the U.S. state of Texas, located in Harris County. It is part of the Houston–The Woodlands–Sugar Land metropolitan area. As of the 2020 U.S. census, the city's population was 151,950, making it the 23rd most populous city in Texas and the second most populous in Harris County, after Houston. The area was founded in 1893 by John H. Burnett of Galveston, who named the area after Pasadena, California, because of the perceived lush vegetation.
Job Summary
Description:
- Originates puppet shows, designs and constructs puppets and moves controls of puppets to animate them for entertainment of audience: studies media for ideas that relate to fads, stories, plays, and seasonal themes and confers with other staff to develop ideas for new show.
- Writes or adapts script for use in puppet theater.
- Sketches designs for puppets based on script.
- Constructs hand, string, rod, and shadow puppets from materials, such as wood, papier mache, styrofoam, wires, metal, and rubber, using handtools and machine tools.
- Sews clothing for puppets by hand or machine.
- Animates puppets, using string, wire, rod, fingers or hand from position above, below, or at level with stage.
- Talks or sings during performance to give illusion of voice to puppets.
- May operate audio equipment, such as tape deck, during performance and simultaneously move puppet's mouth in synchronization with music to create illusion of singing.
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Salary Recap
The average pay for a Puppeteer is $36,179 a year and $17 an hour in Pasadena, Texas, United States. The average salary range for a Puppeteer is between $27,460 and $42,148. On average, a High School Degree is the highest level of education for a Puppeteer. This compensation analysis is based on salary survey data collected directly from employers and anonymous employees in Pasadena, Texas.
ERI's compensation data are based on salary surveys conducted and researched by ERI. Cost of labor data in the Assessor Series are based on actual housing sales data from commercially available sources, plus rental rates, gasoline prices, consumables, medical care premium costs, property taxes, effective income tax rates, etc.
Find actuarial salary survey data and benchmark salary and pay.
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Puppeteer Job Prevalence in the United States
Job family: Entertainers and Performers, Sports and Related Workers, All Other
Job family population: 14,720
Estimated population of Puppeteer jobs: 488
Rate of error: 8.9%
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About Pasadena, Texas
Pasadena Cost of Living Score:
Description:
Pasadena () is a city in the U.S. state of Texas, located in Harris County. It is part of the Houston–The Woodlands–Sugar Land metropolitan area. As of the 2020 U.S. census, the city's population was 151,950, making it the 23rd most populous city in Texas and the second most populous in Harris County, after Houston. The area was founded in 1893 by John H. Burnett of Galveston, who named the area after Pasadena, California, because of the perceived lush vegetation.
Job Summary
Description:
- Originates puppet shows, designs and constructs puppets and moves controls of puppets to animate them for entertainment of audience: studies media for ideas that relate to fads, stories, plays, and seasonal themes and confers with other staff to develop ideas for new show.
- Writes or adapts script for use in puppet theater.
- Sketches designs for puppets based on script.
- Constructs hand, string, rod, and shadow puppets from materials, such as wood, papier mache, styrofoam, wires, metal, and rubber, using handtools and machine tools.
- Sews clothing for puppets by hand or machine.
- Animates puppets, using string, wire, rod, fingers or hand from position above, below, or at level with stage.
- Talks or sings during performance to give illusion of voice to puppets.
- May operate audio equipment, such as tape deck, during performance and simultaneously move puppet's mouth in synchronization with music to create illusion of singing.
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