TV And Radio Broadcast Engineers Salaries, Locations, and Schools

Employment Overview

About 38,000 TV and radio broadcast engineers are employed nationally. Workers can expect a low level of unemployment, if history can be used as a guide. In 2006, 4% of employees could not find jobs.

Flexibility

Some TV and radio broadcast engineers, about 12%, work for themselves. Part-time workers are 13% of all surveyed.

Education

Employees often obtain an associate degree before starting. The percentage of TV and radio broadcast engineers with college degrees is 35%. Workers with some college (less than a bachelor's degree) represent about 44% of the total. Some employees, about 21%, had a high-school education.

Local Outlook

Popular locations for TV and radio broadcast engineers include Tallahassee (Florida), Missoula (Montana), and Cheyenne (Wyoming). Fewer are found in Oakland (California), Providence (Rhode Island), and Santa Ana (California). Workers looking for high salaries should look at Oakland (California), Detroit (Michigan), and Lansing (Michigan), and should avoid Wichita Falls (Texas), Joplin (Missouri), and Waco (Texas).

Detailed local employment conditions for TV And Radio Broadcast Engineers in metro areas across the US are shown in the table below.

Local Jobs Info for TV And Radio Broadcast Engineers

Employment info for TV And Radio Broadcast Engineers, by metropolitan area (for 2006). A Market Strength rating of 1.0 means the city (and surroundings) has an average number of workers in the occupation for to its population. A higher number indicates relatively more workers for the occupation in that location.

State	City and Surroundings	Market Strength	Workers	Median Wage
Alabama	Birmingham	1.12	130	$32,000
Alabama	Huntsville	1.16	50	$36,000
Alabama	Mobile	2.34	90	$24,000
Alabama	Montgomery	1.38	50	$38,000
Alaska	Anchorage	2.35	80
Arizona	Phoenix	0.6	260	$40,000
Arizona	Tucson	1.2	100	$36,000
Arkansas	Little Rock	2.44	180	$25,000
California	Fresno	1.64	120	$29,000
California	Los Angeles	2.08	1,970	$38,000
California	Oakland	0.34	80	$57,000
California	Riverside	0.71	210	$33,000
California	Sacramento	1.57	320	$39,000
California	Salinas	1.53	50
California	San Diego	1.1	330	$37,000
California	San Francisco	1.36	300	$51,000
California	San Jose	0.58	120	$50,000
California	Santa Ana	0.26	90	$42,000
California	Santa Rosa	0.96	40	$23,000
Colorado	Colorado Springs	1.07	60	$30,000
Colorado	Denver	1.99	560	$49,000
Connecticut	Hartford	2.27	290	$42,000
District of Columbia	Washington	2.01	1,060	$51,000
Florida	Cape Coral	1.7	80	$32,000
Florida	Fort Lauderdale	0.95	160	$48,000
Florida	Jacksonville	1.02	140	$40,000
Florida	Miami	3.8	860	$45,000
Florida	Orlando	1.29	310	$42,000
Florida	Palm Bay	2.55	110	$34,000
Florida	Pensacola	1.49	50	$34,000
Florida	Tallahassee	5.37	190	$35,000
Florida	Tampa	1.16	330	$41,000
Florida	West Palm Beach	1.97	250	$35,000
Georgia	Augusta	0.9	40	$25,000
Georgia	Columbus	3.43	80	$29,000
Georgia	Macon	2.42	50	$32,000
Georgia	Savannah	3.68	120	$37,000
Hawaii	Honolulu	2.01	190	$27,000
Idaho	Boise	1.36	80	$32,000
Illinois	Chicago	1.6	1,400	$43,000
Illinois	Peoria	1.13	40	$27,000
Illinois	Rockford	1.56	50	$40,000
Indiana	Evansville	2.13	80	$24,000
Indiana	Fort Wayne	1.07	50	$22,000
Indiana	Indianapolis	0.95	190	$40,000
Iowa	Davenport	1.8	70	$32,000
Iowa	Des Moines	0.84	60	$32,000
Iowa	Waterloo	2.99	50	$33,000
Kansas	Topeka	1.33	30	$27,000
Kansas	Wichita	0.9	60	$32,000
Kentucky	Bowling Green	2.73	30	$44,000
Kentucky	Lexington	2.43	130	$34,000
Kentucky	Louisville	1.83	250	$33,000
Louisiana	Baton Rouge	0.88	70	$32,000
Louisiana	Lafayette	2.41	70	$20,000
Louisiana	Lake Charles	2.22	40	$29,000
Louisiana	Shreveport	1.66	60	$30,000
Maine	Bangor	3.1	40	$30,000
Maine	Portland	2.58	110	$27,000
Maryland	Baltimore	0.41	120	$43,000
Massachusetts	Boston	1.19	460	$34,000
Massachusetts	Framingham	1.18	40
Massachusetts	Springfield	0.6	40	$36,000
Massachusetts	Worcester	0.72	40	$54,000
Michigan	Ann Arbor	1.08	40	$39,000
Michigan	Detroit	0.96	160	$57,000
Michigan	Grand Rapids	0.82	70	$37,000
Michigan	Lansing	2.3	100	$50,000
Michigan	Warren	1.09	290	$43,000
Minnesota	Minneapolis	0.76	310	$40,000
Mississippi	Jackson	1.09	60	$27,000
Missouri	Joplin	1.88	30	$22,000
Missouri	Kansas City	1	230	$40,000
Missouri	Springfield	2.62	110	$29,000
Missouri	St Louis	1.11	340	$32,000
Montana	Missoula	4.73	50	$20,000
Nebraska	Lincoln	2.07	70	$39,000
Nebraska	Omaha	0.98	100	$35,000
Nevada	Las Vegas	0.61	130	$42,000
Nevada	Reno	1.27	60	$25,000
New Hampshire	Rochester	2.77	30
New Mexico	Albuquerque	1.28	110	$27,000
New York	Albany	1.03	100	$46,000
New York	Buffalo	0.67	80	$42,000
New York	Nassau	0.78	220	$49,000
New York	New York	1.74	1,990	$59,000
New York	Rochester	1.34	150	$36,000
New York	Syracuse	1.5	100	$47,000
North Carolina	Charlotte	2.24	440	$37,000
North Carolina	Durham	1.55	90	$43,000
North Carolina	Greensboro	0.73	60	$33,000
North Carolina	Raleigh	0.53	60	$36,000
North Carolina	Wilmington	1.32	40	$28,000
North Dakota	Fargo	2.08	50	$35,000
Ohio	Cincinnati	0.94	220	$40,000
Ohio	Cleveland	1.12	270	$40,000
Ohio	Dayton	1.14	100	$37,000
Ohio	Lima	2.81	30	$33,000
Ohio	Toledo	1.54	110	$36,000
Oklahoma	Oklahoma City	1.11	140	$32,000
Oklahoma	Tulsa	1.48	140	$28,000
Oregon	Bend	3.59	50	$35,000
Oregon	Eugene	3.13	100	$31,000
Oregon	Medford	2.32	40	$25,000
Oregon	Portland	1.11	260	$39,000
Pennsylvania	Allentown	0.41	30	$29,000
Pennsylvania	Erie	1.46	40	$35,000
Pennsylvania	Harrisburg	1.97	130	$43,000
Pennsylvania	Philadelphia	1.19	500	$37,000
Pennsylvania	Pittsburgh	0.85	220	$30,000
Pennsylvania	Scranton	1.93	110
Rhode Island	Providence	0.31	40	$38,000
South Carolina	Columbia	1.7	130	$29,000
South Carolina	Greenville	1.33	90	$23,000
South Dakota	Sioux Falls	1.74	50	$23,000
Tennessee	Chattanooga	2.47	120	$39,000
Tennessee	Kingsport	1.68	40	$34,000
Tennessee	Knoxville	2.59	190	$32,000
Tennessee	Nashville	0.99	170	$40,000
Texas	Austin	1.13	190	$41,000
Texas	Beaumont	1.79	60	$27,000
Texas	Corpus Christi	1.35	50	$20,000
Texas	Dallas	0.66	310	$33,000
Texas	Fort Worth	0.37	70	$26,000
Texas	Houston	0.65	370	$27,000
Texas	Lubbock	2.07	50	$20,000
Texas	Mcallen	1.32	60	$17,000
Texas	San Antonio	1.26	230	$26,000
Texas	Waco	3.5	70	$19,000
Texas	Wichita Falls	3.63	40	$19,000
Utah	Salt Lake City	1.83	250	$32,000
Vermont	Burlington	2.18	50	$27,000
Virginia	Harrisonburg	3.72	40	$29,000
Virginia	Richmond	1.18	160	$29,000
Virginia	Roanoke	1.47	50	$27,000
Virginia	Virginia Beach	0.88	150	$32,000
Washington	Seattle	1.14	370	$40,000
Washington	Spokane	1.32	60	$40,000
West Virginia	Charleston	1.61	50	$25,000
West Virginia	Huntington	1.26	30	$30,000
Wisconsin	Eau Claire	1.97	30	$35,000
Wisconsin	Green Bay	1.41	50	$29,000
Wisconsin	La Crosse	2.78	40	$25,000
Wisconsin	Madison	1.24	90	$35,000
Wisconsin	Milwaukee	1.03	200	$41,000
Wyoming	Cheyenne	3.95	30	$30,000