Live sound tech
| Highest | $4,000 / mo · United States |
|---|---|
| Experience | 0–1 yrs |
| Degree | Not required |
| First paycheck | A few weeks as an entry-level stagehand |
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 | $4,000max |
| Hong KongIELTS 6.0–6.5 · HK–200k | $3,400 |
| SingaporeIELTS 6.5 · SGD 18–35k | $3,400 |
| United KingdomIELTS 6.0–7.0 · £11–38k | $3,400 |
| CanadaIELTS 6.0–6.5 · CAD 20–40k | $3,100 |
| AustraliaIELTS 6.0–6.5 · AUD 30–50k | $2,900 |
What does the day look like?
Around 70% of the working day consists of heavy physical logistics: unloading 20 kg to 80 kg flight cases from trucks, rigging and cabling line arrays, running stage snakes and Cat6 or Dante digital network lines, and placing microphones and DI boxes on stage. Tasks also include RF coordination using Shure Wireless Workbench, acoustic alignment in Rational Acoustics Smaart, and console line checks on Yamaha CL5, DiGiCo SD, or Avid VENUE boards.
Only 20% of the time goes to system tuning and soundcheck, and just 10% is spent on actual live mixing during the show at FOH or monitors. The post-show load-out and truck loading happen immediately after. Hours are extreme: 12-hour to 16-hour shifts are standard (such as 08:00 load-in to 02:00 load-out), alongside heavy night work, weekend shifts, and weeks of tour travel living out of sleeper buses or hotels.
Where does this lead?
Next step up
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