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Job outlook for audio visual specialists in the United States
Audio visual specialist job growth summary. After extensive research, interviews, and analysis, Zippia's data science team found that:
The projected audio visual specialist job growth rate is 10% from 2018-2028.
About 12,100 new jobs for audio visual specialists are projected over the next decade.
Audio visual specialist salaries have increased 13% for audio visual specialists in the last 5 years.
There are over 10,698 audio visual specialists currently employed in the United States.
There are 31,773 active audio visual specialist job openings in the US.
The average audio visual specialist salary is $50,127.
Are audio visual specialist jobs in demand?
Audio visual specialist job and salary trends over time
Audio visual specialist jobs over time
Audio visual specialist job growth rate over time
| Year | # of jobs | % of population |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 10,698 | 0.00% |
| 2020 | 13,187 | 0.00% |
| 2019 | 15,640 | 0.00% |
| 2018 | 16,058 | 0.00% |
| 2017 | 15,382 | 0.00% |
Average audio visual specialist salary over time
Audio visual specialist salary by year
| Year | Avg. salary | Hourly rate | % Change |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | $50,127 | $24.10 | +4.4% |
| 2025 | $48,024 | $23.09 | +4.9% |
| 2024 | $45,786 | $22.01 | +3.7% |
| 2023 | $44,133 | $21.22 | --0.1% |
| 2022 | $44,175 | $21.24 | +1.9% |
Audio visual specialist jobs by state
Most common states for audio visual specialists
| Rank | State | Population | # of jobs | Employment/ 1000ppl |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | District of Columbia | 693,972 | 176 | 25% |
| 2 | Iowa | 3,145,711 | 287 | 9% |
| 3 | Nebraska | 1,920,076 | 152 | 8% |
| 4 | Delaware | 961,939 | 73 | 8% |
| 5 | North Dakota | 755,393 | 57 | 8% |
| 6 | Vermont | 623,657 | 48 | 8% |
| 7 | Wyoming | 579,315 | 46 | 8% |
| 8 | Virginia | 8,470,020 | 563 | 7% |
| 9 | Massachusetts | 6,859,819 | 508 | 7% |
| 10 | Utah | 3,101,833 | 208 | 7% |
| 11 | New Hampshire | 1,342,795 | 97 | 7% |
| 12 | Rhode Island | 1,059,639 | 71 | 7% |
| 13 | South Dakota | 869,666 | 57 | 7% |
| 14 | Alaska | 739,795 | 53 | 7% |
| 15 | North Carolina | 10,273,419 | 630 | 6% |
| 16 | Georgia | 10,429,379 | 618 | 6% |
| 17 | Maryland | 6,052,177 | 383 | 6% |
| 18 | Colorado | 5,607,154 | 316 | 6% |
| 19 | Oregon | 4,142,776 | 261 | 6% |
| 20 | Hawaii | 1,427,538 | 81 | 6% |
Most common cities for audio visual specialists
| Rank | City | # of jobs | Employment/ 1000ppl | Avg. salary |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cambridge | 2 | 2% | $74,470 |
| 2 | Bristol | 1 | 2% | $75,950 |
| 3 | Broomfield | 1 | 2% | $45,982 |
| 4 | Farmington Hills | 1 | 1% | $56,837 |
| 5 | Miami Beach | 1 | 1% | $42,435 |
| 6 | Olathe | 1 | 1% | $44,909 |
| 7 | Palo Alto | 1 | 1% | $75,583 |
| 8 | Boston | 2 | 0% | $74,538 |
| 9 | Chicago | 1 | 0% | $50,335 |
| 10 | Houston | 1 | 0% | $41,429 |
| 11 | Miami | 1 | 0% | $42,449 |
| 12 | New Orleans | 1 | 0% | $48,531 |
| 13 | Orlando | 1 | 0% | $42,071 |
| 14 | Saint Petersburg | 1 | 0% | $43,092 |
Audio Visual Specialist job outlook: Expert opinions
Our panel of audio visual specialist experts
Rowan University
North Carolina Central University
American Public University System
Forsyth County, Georgia
Florida State University
Dr. Kate Seltzer Ph.D.
Assistant ProfessorRowan University
Department of Language, Literacy and Sociocultural education
How would you rate the starting salaries for Audio Visual Specialists, as well as the prospects for salary advancement?
Dr. Kate Seltzer Ph.D.: Educators are not paid nearly enough. However, working in a state with strong teachers' unions helps to ensure a starting salary that recent graduates can live off of and growth opportunities, albeit modest, over their careers.
Elisha Blankson
Program Director NCCU, Assistant ProfessorNorth Carolina Central University
Communication Disorders Department
What type of skills will young Audio Visual Specialists need?
Elisha Blankson: Graduates will need a skill set about the field in which they received training and additional skills useful to the job market. For example, with the changing demographics in the United States, extra skills in information technology and foreign languages will be a plus when entering the job market.
Dr. Elizabeth Keavney Ph.D.
Associate ProfessorAmerican Public University System
Public Administration Department
How do you envision technology impacting Audio Visual Specialists in the next 5 years?
Dr. Elizabeth Keavney Ph.D.: COVID-19 has increased the number of people who are working at home. This means a solid basic knowledge of telecommuting, and the ability to work unsupervised will be necessary. The ability to use remote security protocols, the cloud, and various software platforms will be required.
Are there any particularly good places in the United States for Audio Visual Specialists to find work opportunities?
Donna Kukarola: This one, not so sure of, the southeast continues to see options as well as mid-western states.
What general advice would you give to an Audio Visual Specialist?
Michael Neal Ph.D.: The advice can be tricky, especially since our graduates go into a number of fields. My hope for them is that they continue to build upon what they learned in our program and apply it to new situations and contexts outside of school. I often tell students that editing, writing, and media aren't skills you master and then apply universally across contexts. Instead, we encourage students to keep growing and stretching themselves, since they will most likely face new genres, audiences, and contexts that they didn't see in college. Therefore, we teach them to be flexible, to be close readers, and analyze each rhetorical situation to determine how to best communicate within that context. Good writing isn't one-size-fits-all. Instead, it's a complex, negotiated relationship between writers, texts, contexts, audiences, media, modalities, etc.