Wyoming·Arts, Design, Entertainment, Sports, and Media Occupations·SOC 27-4011

Best programs to become an audio and video technician in Wyoming

2 Wyoming schools offer programs that train audio and video technicians, graduating 13 people a year. Audio and video technicians in Wyoming earn a median of $49,680 across about 50 jobs (BLS OEWS May 2025).

You do not need a college degree to become an audio and video technician. The field of study that leads most directly to this job in Wyoming is Agricultural Communication/Journalism (IPEDS completions). BLS lists a postsecondary nondegree award (a certificate) as the typical entry-level education.

Set up, maintain, and dismantle audio and video equipment, such as microphones, sound speakers, connecting wires and cables, sound and mixing boards, video cameras, video monitors and servers, and related electronic equipment for live or.

Also calledMedia TechnicianOperations TechnicianAV Tech (Audio Visual Technician)Audio Visual Specialist (AV Specialist)StagehandVideo OperatorAudio InstallerVideo Installer
Graduates / yr
13
in Wyoming
Median pay · Wyoming
$49,680
BLS OEWS May 2025
Jobs in state
50
people employed
Schools
2
with a feeder program
Avg graduation rate
51%
across those schools
Median net price
—
per year, IPEDS

1 program in Wyoming that leads to this job

Ranked by graduates per year in Wyoming (IPEDS completions). Graduate earnings and debt are national College Scorecard figures reported at the 4-digit CIP level, so specializations within one field share a figure. Each program also links to its own Wyoming page.

Degree programs that lead to this occupation, ranked by graduates per year
#ProgramGraduates / yrShare of pipelineSchoolsGrad earnings (1 yr)Median debt
1
CIP 01.0802In Wyoming →
13
100.0%
2$43,778$19,500

Top 2 schools in Wyoming

Ranked by graduates per year into this job. Graduate earnings are reported for 0 of the 2 schools in this state.

Schools ranked by graduates per year into this occupation
#SchoolGraduates / yrTop feeder programGrad earnings (1 yr)Grad rateNet priceAcceptance
1University of Wyoming
Laramie, WY Public · 1 feeder program
9Agricultural Communication/Journalism—59%—97%
2Casper College
Casper, WY Public · 1 feeder program
4Agricultural Communication/Journalism—43%——

All 2 schools in Wyoming

Every school in Wyoming with a program that feeds this job, ordered by graduates per year. Earnings are shown for the ranked schools above; open a school profile for the rest.

All schools in Wyoming that feed this occupation
SchoolCityControlGraduates / yrFeeder programs
University of WyomingLaramiePublic91
Casper CollegeCasperPublic41

Fields of study in Wyoming that lead to this job

Grouped at the 4-digit CIP level. Numbers are graduates per year in this state.

What audio and video technicians earn in Wyoming

What people already working in this job earn (BLS OEWS May 2025). Not graduate earnings.

Median annual in Wyoming
$49,680
Mean annual
$55,540
Jobs in state
50
What the range looks like
10th pct$47,870Median$49,68090th pct$69,140
Versus the national median
-14.5%

U.S. median $58,100. Wyoming pays below the national figure.

Job concentration
0.40×

1.00× means the state has its expected share of these jobs.

Job outlook

Bureau of Labor Statistics Employment Projections, 2024 to 2034.

Projected growth 2024–34
+3.3%
About as fast as average
Openings per year
7,300
new jobs plus replacements
Employment change
3,100
92,300 → 95,400
Typical entry education
Postsecondary nondegree award
Plus short-term on-the-job training

Growth and openings are national. The Bureau of Labor Statistics does not publish employment projections at state level, so these figures describe the occupation across the whole U.S., not this state alone.

How to get in

The full skills and day-to-day breakdown lives on the national Audio and Video Technicians page.

How to become an audio and video technician

Typical entry education
Postsecondary nondegree award
On-the-job training
Short-term on-the-job training

The same job in other states

Where else this occupation employs the most people, and what it pays there.

Related careers in Wyoming

Every major mapped to this job

The official federal mapping behind the rankings above.

All 3 majors mapped to Audio and Video Technicians3 of them graduated someone in the latest IPEDS year. NCES CIP 2020 → SOC 2018 crosswalk.+
  • 01.0802Agricultural Communication/Journalism
  • 10.0201Photographic and Film/Video Technology/Technician
  • 10.0203Recording Arts Technology/Technician

Common questions

Answers for people weighing audio and video technicians programs in Wyoming.

What degree do you need to become an audio and video technician?+

You do not need a college degree to become an audio and video technician. The field of study that leads most directly to this job in Wyoming is Agricultural Communication/Journalism (IPEDS completions). BLS lists a postsecondary nondegree award (a certificate) as the typical entry-level education.

Which college majors lead to becoming an audio and video technician?+

The field of study that leads most directly to this job in Wyoming is Agricultural Communication/Journalism (IPEDS completions). In all, 1 feeder program graduates about 13 people a year in Wyoming (IPEDS completions).

How much do audio and video technicians earn in Wyoming?+

The median is $49,680 a year (BLS OEWS May 2025). That is 14.5% below the U.S. median of $58,100. This is pay for people already working in the occupation, not the same thing as graduate earnings one year after finishing a degree.

Is demand for audio and video technicians growing?+

BLS projects a +3.3% change in employment between 2024 and 2034, about as fast as average, with roughly 7,300 openings a year nationally once retirements and job changes are counted.

How many schools offer programs for this career in Wyoming?+

2 institutions in Wyoming reported graduates from at least one of the 1 program that feed this occupation in IPEDS 2024-25. Rankings on this page use graduates per year, because the federal data publishes no enrollment count by program.

What other job titles do audio and video technicians work under?+

Employers advertise this work under many names. O*NET records Media Technician, Operations Technician, AV Tech (Audio Visual Technician), Audio Visual Specialist (AV Specialist) among the most commonly reported, all mapping to SOC 27-4011.

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About the data on this page

Rankings use IPEDS completions 2024–25, degrees awarded per year. That is the closest federal measure of how many people a program puts into a career, because no federal dataset publishes enrollment by program. Wages and employment come from BLS OEWS May 2025, growth and openings from BLS Employment Projections 2024-34, and which majors lead to which jobs from the NCES CIP 2020 to SOC 2018 crosswalk. Occupation descriptions, tasks, skills and tools are O*NET 30.3 (CC BY 4.0, U.S. Department of Labor/ETA).

  • BLS Occupational Employment & Wage Statistics

    May 2025

    Wages, employment counts, location quotients and metro breakdowns.

  • BLS Employment Projections

    2024–34

    Projected growth, annual openings and typical entry-level education.

  • IPEDS Completions

    2024-25 (provisional)

    Graduates per year by program and institution — the ranking metric.

  • College Scorecard, Field of Study

    2020-21 cohorts

    Median graduate earnings one year after completion, and median debt.

  • Census Post-Secondary Employment Outcomes

    latest available

    Graduate earnings 1/5/10 years out, where the state participates.

  • NCES CIP 2020 and the CIP-to-SOC 2018 crosswalk

    CIP 2020 / SOC 2018

    Which college programs officially lead to this occupation.

  • O*NET Database 30.3

    30.3

    Tasks, skills, knowledge, tools, job zone and alternate job titles.

    Official source →CC BY 4.0, U.S. Department of Labor / ETA

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