Learn about the types of people who become choir directors. This page goes into detail about the employment, gender, and ethnic ratios of the workplace.


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Gender Mix By Career Interest, 2024

This graph shows the distribution of females and males that are interested in becoming a choir director. Four or five star ratings on CareerExplorer indicate interest.

More women than men are interested in becoming choir directors at a ratio of 1.21 to 1.

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Actual Gender Mix, 2024

55% of choir directors are female and 45% are male.

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Gender Bias, 2024

This is one of the most compelling statistics we collect. Gender bias shows the difference between gender interest in being a choir director and the actual gender mix of people in the career.

If there is a significant difference, then it means there is a gender imbalance between those interested in becoming a choir director and those who end up becoming one.

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Ethnic Mix, 2019

The largest ethnic group of choir directors are White, making up 59% of the population. The next highest segments are Black or African American and Other, making up 16% and 8% respectively.