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Last updated: April 16, 2024
Sound Recording Technician Salary
in Omaha, Nebraska
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$59,996 (USD)
Average Salary
$29/hr
Average Hourly
$1,146
Average Bonus
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The average pay for a Sound Recording Technician is $59,996 a year and $29 an hour in Omaha, Nebraska, United States. The average salary range for a Sound Recording Technician is between $42,897 and $72,355. On average, a Bachelor's Degree is the highest level of education for a Sound Recording Technician. This compensation analysis is based on salary survey data collected directly from employers and anonymous employees in Omaha, Nebraska.
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:
$67,392
5 Year Change:
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About Omaha, Nebraska
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Description:
Omaha ( OH-mə-hah) is the most populous city in the U.S. state of Nebraska and the county seat of Douglas County. Omaha is in the Midwestern United States on the Missouri River, about 10 mi (15 km) north of the mouth of the Platte River. The nation's 40th-most populous city, Omaha's 2020 census population was 486,051.Omaha is the anchor of the eight-county, a bi-state Omaha–Council Bluffs metropolitan area. The Omaha metropolitan area is the 58th-largest in the United States, with a population of 967,604. The Omaha–Council Bluffs–Fremont, NE–IA Combined Statistical Area (CSA) totaled 1,004,771, according to 2020 estimates...
Job Summary
Description:
- Operates disk or tape recording machine to record music, dialog, or sound effects of phonograph recording sessions, radio broadcasts, television shows, training courses, or conferences, or to transfer transcribed material to sound-recording medium: threads tape through recording device or places blank disk on turntable.
- Moves lever to regulate speed of turntable.
- Places cutting stylus on record.
- Examines grooves during cutting by stylus to determine if grooves are level, using microscope.
- Turns knobs on cutting arm to shift or adjust weight of stylus and cause grooves to be cut evenly.
- Starts recording machine and moves switches to open microphone and tune in live or recorded programs.
- Listens through earphone to detect imperfections of recording machines or extraneous noises emanating from recording studio or production stage.
- Observes dials, mounted on machine, to ensure that volume level and intensity remain within specified limits.
- Removes filled reel or completed recordings from machine and attaches identifying labels.
- Keeps record of recordings in logbook.
- May service and repair recording machines and allied equipment.
- May be designated according to type of machine used as disk-recording-machine operator; tape-recording-machine operator.
- When transcribing to disk used in production of phonograph records, may be designated dubbing-machine operator.
- When recording live television programs in monochrome or color on magnetic tape is designated videotape-recording engineer.
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Salary Recap
The average pay for a Sound Recording Technician is $59,996 a year and $29 an hour in Omaha, Nebraska, United States. The average salary range for a Sound Recording Technician is between $42,897 and $72,355. On average, a Bachelor's Degree is the highest level of education for a Sound Recording Technician. This compensation analysis is based on salary survey data collected directly from employers and anonymous employees in Omaha, Nebraska.
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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Sound Recording Technician Job Prevalence in the United States
Job family: Sound Engineering Technicians
Job family population: 13,420
Estimated population of Sound Recording Technician jobs: 1,802
Rate of error: 5.1%
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About Omaha, Nebraska
Omaha Cost of Living Score:
Description:
Omaha ( OH-mə-hah) is the most populous city in the U.S. state of Nebraska and the county seat of Douglas County. Omaha is in the Midwestern United States on the Missouri River, about 10 mi (15 km) north of the mouth of the Platte River. The nation's 40th-most populous city, Omaha's 2020 census population was 486,051.Omaha is the anchor of the eight-county, a bi-state Omaha–Council Bluffs metropolitan area. The Omaha metropolitan area is the 58th-largest in the United States, with a population of 967,604. The Omaha–Council Bluffs–Fremont, NE–IA Combined Statistical Area (CSA) totaled 1,004,771, according to 2020 estimates...
Job Summary
Description:
- Operates disk or tape recording machine to record music, dialog, or sound effects of phonograph recording sessions, radio broadcasts, television shows, training courses, or conferences, or to transfer transcribed material to sound-recording medium: threads tape through recording device or places blank disk on turntable.
- Moves lever to regulate speed of turntable.
- Places cutting stylus on record.
- Examines grooves during cutting by stylus to determine if grooves are level, using microscope.
- Turns knobs on cutting arm to shift or adjust weight of stylus and cause grooves to be cut evenly.
- Starts recording machine and moves switches to open microphone and tune in live or recorded programs.
- Listens through earphone to detect imperfections of recording machines or extraneous noises emanating from recording studio or production stage.
- Observes dials, mounted on machine, to ensure that volume level and intensity remain within specified limits.
- Removes filled reel or completed recordings from machine and attaches identifying labels.
- Keeps record of recordings in logbook.
- May service and repair recording machines and allied equipment.
- May be designated according to type of machine used as disk-recording-machine operator; tape-recording-machine operator.
- When transcribing to disk used in production of phonograph records, may be designated dubbing-machine operator.
- When recording live television programs in monochrome or color on magnetic tape is designated videotape-recording engineer.
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Who We Are
ERI Economic Research Institute compiles the best salary, cost-of-living, and executive compensation survey data available.
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