Also called: Royalty Accountant
Calculates how much artists and songwriters are owed from streams and sales.
A royalty analyst processes millions of rows of streaming data, matches them to contracts, and prepares statements showing what each artist and songwriter earned. Finding missing money is part of the job.
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Approximate: anchored on Bureau of Labor Statistics data for a broader job group.
Bachelor's degree (4-year), about 4 years after high school. A bachelor's in accounting or finance, then about a year as a royalty or accounting assistant at a label, publisher or distributor.
Ways in: 4-year college. Training cost: $15k – $60k.
Majors to look at: Accounting, Music Business.
Growing about average. Steady.
High risk for 10 years. AI and data tools now calculate most streaming royalties automatically, shrinking analyst jobs.
Classes: AP Statistics, Accounting, Computer applications, Business.
Official data: O*NET occupation 13-2011.
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