Assistant engineer
| Highest | $5,200 / mo · United States |
|---|---|
| Experience | 2–4 yrs |
| Degree | Required |
| First paycheck | 4 years of study |
Pay in the destination countries
Monthly, in US dollars. Each country is an Imora admission package — open one for that route's fees, language requirement and deadline.
| Country | Monthly |
|---|---|
| United StatesTOEFL 80–100 · $10–70k | $5,200max |
| Hong KongIELTS 6.0–6.5 · HK–200k | $4,400 |
| SingaporeIELTS 6.5 · SGD 18–35k | $4,400 |
| United KingdomIELTS 6.0–7.0 · £11–38k | $4,400 |
| CanadaIELTS 6.0–6.5 · CAD 20–40k | $4,050 |
| AustraliaIELTS 6.0–6.5 · AUD 30–50k | $3,750 |
What does the day look like?
A studio day runs on irregular 10-hour to 16-hour shifts. Night recording sessions starting at 18:00 and finishing between 04:00 and 06:00 are standard across commercial recording facilities, with unpredictable weekend hours and overtime driven entirely by client schedules. Only 15% of the working day involves actual DAW recording tasks like running Pro Tools Ultimate/HDX, Logic Pro, or Reaper transports, punching in takes, and logging take sheets.
The remaining 85% consists of routine physical prep and technical maintenance: analogue TT bantam patchbay routing across Neve 1073 preamps, 1176LN, LA-2A, CL 1B, and Distressor outboard units, rigging Neumann U 87 Ai, AKG C414, Shure SM7B, and Royer R-121 microphones, building headphone cue mixes via Hear Back or Aviom consoles, zeroing SSL or Neve desks, making tea and coffee, and backing up session files.
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