Program Overview

Entertainment Technology at Cerritos College

Certificate of Achievement

The Entertainment Technology Certificate will prepare students to design and operate staging, lighting, and audio systems for live event productions. Students will train using analog and digital technologies used in live event productions. Students will work on theatrical and musical events produced by the Fine Arts Division. This certificate will train students to enter the workforce as event technicians and assistants. Students will learn best practices when working events and how to interact with producers and performers to ensure that the events meet professional standards.

Salary, Growth and Careers

Salary

Careers associated with this program have a salary range from $27,000 to over $239,000 with an average salary of $81,000.

Growth

Career opportunities for this program are expected to grow nationwide from 2022 to 2032.

Careers

• Sound Engineering Technicians
  • Education Level: Postsecondary nondegree award
  • Job Growth: -1.2%
  • Average Salary: $83k
  • Salary Range: $46k - $120k
• Actors
  • Education Level: Some college, no degree
  • Job Growth: +3.2%
  • Average Salary: $49k
  • Salary Range: $29k - $127k
• Art, Drama, and Music Teachers, Postsecondary
  • Education Level: Master's degree
  • Job Growth: +3.2%
  • Average Salary: $127k
  • Salary Range: $79k - $162k
• Choreographers
  • Education Level: High school diploma or equivalent
  • Job Growth: +5%
  • Average Salary: $70k
  • Salary Range: $52k - $80k
• Costume Attendants
  • Education Level: High school diploma or equivalent
  • Job Growth: +5%
  • Average Salary: $70k
  • Salary Range: $46k - $83k
• Dancers
  • Education Level: High school diploma or equivalent
  • Job Growth: +5.3%
  • Average Salary: $64k
  • Salary Range: $31k - $123k
• Lighting Technicians and Media and Communication Equipment Workers, All Other
  • Education Level: High school diploma or equivalent
  • Job Growth: +16.2%
  • Average Salary: $71k
  • Salary Range: $32k - $125k
• Miscellaneous Entertainers and Performers, Sports and Related Workers
  • Education Level: No formal educational credential
  • Job Growth: +33.8%
  • Average Salary: $37k
  • Salary Range: $27k - $116k
• Producers and Directors
  • Education Level: Bachelor's degree
  • Job Growth: +6.7%
  • Average Salary: $132k
  • Salary Range: $79k - $156k
• Public Relations and Fundraising Managers
  • Education Level: Bachelor's degree
  • Job Growth: +12.6%
  • Average Salary: $129k
  • Salary Range: $75k - $239k+
• Self-Enrichment Teachers
  • Education Level: High school diploma or equivalent
  • Job Growth: +3.2%
  • Average Salary: $59k
  • Salary Range: $38k - $69k
• Set and Exhibit Designers
  • Education Level: Bachelor's degree
  • Job Growth: +7.3%
  • Average Salary: $85k
  • Salary Range: $64k - $109k
• Sound Engineering Technicians
  • Education Level: Postsecondary nondegree award
  • Job Growth: -1.2%
  • Average Salary: $83k
  • Salary Range: $46k - $120k
• Actors
  • Education Level: Some college, no degree
  • Job Growth: +3.2%
  • Average Salary: $49k
  • Salary Range: $29k - $127k
• Art, Drama, and Music Teachers, Postsecondary
  • Education Level: Master's degree
  • Job Growth: +3.2%
  • Average Salary: $127k
  • Salary Range: $79k - $162k
• Choreographers
  • Education Level: High school diploma or equivalent
  • Job Growth: +5%
  • Average Salary: $70k
  • Salary Range: $52k - $80k
• Costume Attendants
  • Education Level: High school diploma or equivalent
  • Job Growth: +5%
  • Average Salary: $70k
  • Salary Range: $46k - $83k
• Dancers
  • Education Level: High school diploma or equivalent
  • Job Growth: +5.3%
  • Average Salary: $64k
  • Salary Range: $31k - $123k
• Lighting Technicians and Media and Communication Equipment Workers, All Other
  • Education Level: High school diploma or equivalent
  • Job Growth: +16.2%
  • Average Salary: $71k
  • Salary Range: $32k - $125k
• Miscellaneous Entertainers and Performers, Sports and Related Workers
  • Education Level: No formal educational credential
  • Job Growth: +33.8%
  • Average Salary: $37k
  • Salary Range: $27k - $116k
• Producers and Directors
  • Education Level: Bachelor's degree
  • Job Growth: +6.7%
  • Average Salary: $132k
  • Salary Range: $79k - $156k
• Public Relations and Fundraising Managers
  • Education Level: Bachelor's degree
  • Job Growth: +12.6%
  • Average Salary: $129k
  • Salary Range: $75k - $239k+
• Self-Enrichment Teachers
  • Education Level: High school diploma or equivalent
  • Job Growth: +3.2%
  • Average Salary: $59k
  • Salary Range: $38k - $69k
• Set and Exhibit Designers
  • Education Level: Bachelor's degree
  • Job Growth: +7.3%
  • Average Salary: $85k
  • Salary Range: $64k - $109k
• Sound Engineering Technicians
  • Education Level: Postsecondary nondegree award
  • Job Growth: -1.2%
  • Average Salary: $83k
  • Salary Range: $46k - $120k

Education levels

Education levels are meant to represent what is typical for entry into the career, based on data from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.