Learn about the types of people who become recording engineers. This page goes into detail about the employment, gender, and ethnic ratios of the workplace.
Employment Type Mix, 2025
46% of recording engineers work in full-time roles while 54% work part-time.
Gender Mix By Career Interest, 2025
This graph shows the distribution of females and males that are interested in becoming a recording engineer. Four or five star ratings on CareerExplorer indicate interest.
More men than women are interested in becoming recording engineers at a ratio of 2.41 to 1.
Actual Gender Mix, 2025
14% of recording engineers are female and 86% are male.
Gender Bias, 2025
This is one of the most compelling statistics we collect. Gender bias shows the difference between gender interest in being a recording engineer 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 recording engineer and those who end up becoming one.
In this case there are more women interested in becoming a recording engineer 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.
Ethnic Mix, 2019
The largest ethnic group of recording engineers are White, making up 54% of the population. The next highest segments are Black or African American and Hispanic, Latino, or Spanish, making up 19% and 14% respectively.