Also called: Production Manager (Touring)
Oversees the crew, trucks, staging, and technical side of a concert tour.
A production manager plans how 20 trucks of gear get into an arena by morning, schedules the crew, and makes sure the stage is built safely and on time.
Approximate. Touring crew are usually paid weekly or daily rates while on tour; big arena and stadium tours pay far more than club tours, and work has off-seasons.
Approximate: anchored on Bureau of Labor Statistics data for a broader job group.
No formal education, about 0 years after high school. Years as a touring tech or stage manager.
Ways in: On-the-job training. Training cost: Get paid while you train.
Majors to look at: Theater Technology, Music Business.
Growing faster than average. Live music touring has hit record revenues since 2022.
Low risk for 10 years. Planning software helps advance shows, but managing crews, trucks and staging safely every night stays human.
Classes: Business, Theater tech crew, Physics, Computer applications.
Official data: O*NET occupation 27-2012.
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