Singing Voice Specialist

Also called: Voice Rehabilitation Specialist

Voice coach or speech therapist who helps singers, teachers and actors recover from vocal injuries, working alongside throat doctors.

A day in the life

Watches a video of a pop singer's vocal folds from her doctor's camera exam, then works with her on breathing, warm-ups and safer belting. Your next client is a teacher who loses his voice every afternoon. You track progress with recordings and coordinate with the laryngologist.

Pay over a career

Starting
$45k
Typical
$72k
High
$110k

Estimate; many combine clinic work with private teaching.

Approximate: anchored on Bureau of Labor Statistics data for a broader job group.

Training

Master's degree, about 6 years after high school. Usually a voice performance degree plus voice-science training, or a speech-language pathologist with a singing background.

Ways in: 4-year college, Graduate school. Training cost: $60k – $150k.

Majors to look at: Vocal Performance, Speech-Language Pathology, Communication Sciences.

Outlook

Growing faster than average. Voice clinics at hospitals are growing.

Will it last? Our AI estimate

Low risk for 10 years. Listening, demonstrating and coaching a voice in person stays human; apps only help track pitch.

Start now, in high school

Classes: Choir, Biology, Theater.

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