Are there many careers in music that make a liveable wage?
The answer is likely to be 'yes' given that music is a multi-faceted, multi-billion pound industry within the wider arts sector.
29 March 2021
For example, in the USA, the arts are worth US billion annually, embrace 4.5% GDP and employ 5 million people. In the UK, the 2019 Arts Council reported that 363,713 jobs were in the arts sector, embracing £48 billion turnover.
Music is a significant subset of these and there are a wide variety of routes and employment opportunities, in industry, education, sciences, as well as the arts. Also, check out the 2019 music industry employment statistics atÌýÌý– this provides some examples of the categories of employment in music. A 'liveable wage' is possible!Ìý
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