How much did you make last year as an Engineer??

[Pasta4lnch]

Originally Posted by Podgorny

thumbsup fantastic!

[lowfreq33]

About the same as when I was in the restaurant business. Which is just fine with me, because the working conditions are so much better.

[Bob Ross]

Originally Posted by kingneeraj

Berklee... it was A LOTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTT more than that

There are very few things about my Berklee education that I look back fondly on, but the low tuition (at the time) is definitely one of them. I think I was paying $2000 a semester...or maybe it was $2000 a year?!?!

Of course, this was back when we recorded on stone tablets with a mastadon bone chisel...

[excellrec]

Why not attach an anonymous poll with some pay ranges on it as people don't like talking about it.

[exit2studios]

Intersting topic. However, I agree with the poster who stated you're probably not going to get many replies. At least not honest replies. You never know when the IRS or your wife/girlfriend might be checking the boards :-)

This might make for an interesting poll though...

[centurymantra]

I also think this would be an interesting poll. I've thought about this topic before. I just do this on the side, pretty much as an artistic/creative pursuit that I enjoy, but have wondered how much folks that do this for a living really can pull in...esp. in light of the current state of the industry.

[Pasta4lnch]

Originally Posted by Pfraser

Okay so film scoring it is for me.

NOOOOOOO!! unless they've finally got rid of their analog tape editing machines and stopped using "cue" (and got better vids to score other than a kudzu documentary!!)

(can you sense the anger! )

[Eganmedia]

PayScale - Music Producer Salary, Music Producer Career

Realize that these figures come from people willing to answer the question. Until I expanded my company into video production (which lead to a lot more audio post work) I barely scraped by. The music recording business is hyper-competitive and unless you have a competitive edge in your market, you'll find yourself fighting for the bottom with every person who has a PTLE system and another full time job.

[Joram]

The payscale tells me that I did quite well! And in between I partly renovated my new bought house and made some progress in the garden. A productive year after all for me!

[bunnerabb]

Wow.. I'm only about 1,200.00 under the mark for my live gig.

Good thing I have additional clients, though.

[AllAboutTone]

I was in the - this year, bought to much slutz gear.

[macr0w]

I probably made about $500.00-$700.00

Thank god I have a day job.

[CorkyTart]

Originally Posted by rwhitney

About $3000 (and yes, I pay taxes even on this paltry amount)

You shouldnt be paying a damn thing in taxes. Anything under $5k is non taxable from my experience living in CA. In addition, you sould have so manly deductions you should at least 0 out your $3k.

[picksail]

I'd be interested to know who was surveyed for these pay scale statistics.

Was it any of you?

I can't even fathom how someone is Los Angeles can get by on under $3k per month.

[duckoff]

The figures for producers look way off to me - ( unless it included part-timers )

[bunnerabb]

Originally Posted by duckoff

The figures for producers look way off to me - ( unless it included part-timers )

Well, it seems to be aggregated by mostly the people who use the website.. so, I mean.. how many M-Box's ARE there in L.A.?

I thought about my numbers, too.

It may well just be "national average salaries of all the motherf*ckers who fill this shit out".

[psycho_monkey]

Originally Posted by CorkyTart

You shouldnt be paying a damn thing in taxes. Anything under $5k is non taxable from my experience living in CA. In addition, you sould have so manly deductions you should at least 0 out your $3k.

Since his tag says "non-pro", presumably this is on top of his regular salary...hence it's taxable.

But yeah - if you've not spent at least that amount in gear (and I have a feeling that if you've spent MORE than that in gear, and your studio work is set up as a business, you can claim tax BACK from your non-audio job! at least, you used to be able to do that in the UK, not sure if you can still) you're not enough of a gearslut!

Personally? I've earnt just about enough from studio work to pay the mortgage + living costs, and supplements from occasional pieces of lecturing and other work that go towards running the car and stuff like that....in other words, breaking even but there's not a lot to go on other stuff!

[logicll]

A sore ass !!! dfegad

[TYY]

$0.00

[w2w]

One Meeeelion dollars!! Muh ha ha ha haaaa!!!

[Jack Pettit]

How much did I make last year as an Engineer? A little over 350K.

Oh you mean as a MUSIC Engineer........in that case nothing, it's my hobby.

[Stepping_Stone]

Originally Posted by Podgorny

ROFL This is the best laugh I've had all year.

[Protools Guy]

Somewhere between 3 and 9 figures.
My accountant will have the final numbers by April 14th.
I'll post my tax return as soon as it's ready.