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


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Employment Type Mix, 2024

36% of music producers work in full-time roles while 64% work part-time.

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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 music producer. Four or five star ratings on CareerExplorer indicate interest.

More men than women are interested in becoming music producers at a ratio of 2.02 to 1.

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Actual Gender Mix, 2024

13% of music producers are female and 87% 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 music producer 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 music producer and those who end up becoming one.

In this case there are significantly more women interested in becoming a music producer than those actually working as one. It is hard to pinpoint the exact reasons why, but there are likely various forces at play, from changing interests over time to societal norms and biases.

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Ethnic Mix, 2019

The largest ethnic group of music producers are White, making up 40% of the population. The next highest segments are Black or African American and Hispanic, Latino, or Spanish, making up 22% and 14% respectively.