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title: "Broadcast Announcer and Radio Disc Jockey"
description: "Speak or read from scripted materials, such as news reports or commercial messages, on radio, television, or other communications media. May play and…"
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# Broadcast Announcer and Radio Disc Jockey

**Category:** Arts, Design, Entertainment, Sports, and Media · **SOC code:** 27-3011 · **O\*NET-SOC code:** 27-3011.00

Speak or read from scripted materials, such as news reports or commercial messages, on radio, television, or other communications media. May play and queue music, announce artist or title of performance, identify station, or interview guests.

Also advertised as: Anchor; Announcer; DJ (Disc Jockey); Host; Morning Show Host; On-Air Host; On-Air Personality; Radio Announcer.

## At a glance

- **Median annual wage:** $47,340 (BLS OEWS, May 2025)
- **Median hourly wage:** $22.76/hr
- **Wage range (10th–90th percentile):** $28,190 to $138,440, with the middle half between $35,360 and $75,480
- **Total US employment:** 21,240
- **Typical entry education:** Bachelor's
- **Preparation required:** Medium preparation — O\*NET rates this "Job Zone Four: Considerable Preparation Needed"
- **Projected growth:** -7.6% over 2025–2035 (BLS EP, 2025–2035)
- **Annual job openings:** 2,000 openings a year
- **AI-resilience score:** 32/100 — a NueCareer heuristic over O\*NET work activities and context, not a BLS or O\*NET figure

## Pay

National wage distribution, BLS OEWS, May 2025, across 21,240 US jobs.

| Percentile | Annual wage |
| --- | --- |
| 10th | $28,190 |
| 25th | $35,360 |
| 50th (median) | $47,340 |
| 75th | $75,480 |
| 90th | $138,440 |
| Mean (average) | $78,720 |

### Pay by state

The 15 highest-paying states, by median annual wage. The cost-of-living-adjusted column divides the state median by that state's BEA Regional Price Parity, so the columns answer different questions: the first is what the job pays there, the second is what that pay buys there.

| State | Median annual wage | Cost-of-living adjusted | Employment |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| NY | $81,310 | $75,342 | 1,460 |
| MD | $74,480 | $70,961 | 290 |
| NJ | $70,800 | $65,071 | 190 |
| IN | $61,760 | $66,175 | 1,040 |
| NV | $60,460 | $60,473 | 160 |
| MA | $60,200 | $56,923 | 280 |
| FL | $56,360 | $54,499 | 990 |
| RI | $55,110 | $53,882 | 90 |
| PA | $52,080 | $53,376 | 830 |
| HI | $51,030 | $46,412 | 140 |
| CO | $50,660 | $49,160 | 310 |
| TX | $49,050 | $50,537 | 960 |
| TN | $48,290 | $52,563 | 970 |
| AZ | $47,930 | $47,608 | 410 |
| NC | $47,910 | $50,792 | 830 |

33 more states with published wage data are omitted here. The full table for all 48 states is at https://nuecareer.com/careers/broadcast-announcer-and-radio-disc-jockey/salary-by-state, or as JSON at https://nuecareer.com/api/v1/careers/broadcast-announcer-and-radio-disc-jockey.

## Outlook

BLS projects employment to move from 21,800 in the 2025–2035 base year to 20,200 by the end of the cycle — a loss of 1,700 jobs, or -7.6%. Declining: -7.6% against 3.5% projected for all occupations over the same cycle. About 2,000 openings a year are expected on average, counting openings from growth as well as from workers leaving the occupation permanently. Source: BLS EP, 2025–2035.

## How to get in

- **Typical entry education:** Bachelor's degree (BLS Employment Projections).
- **Preparation level:** Medium preparation — O\*NET's preparation band for this occupation is "Job Zone Four: Considerable Preparation Needed".
- **Related work experience typically required:** None.
- **Typical on-the-job training:** None.

### Education people in this job actually hold

O\*NET surveys incumbents, so this distribution describes who is in the job today and can differ from the BLS entry requirement above.

| Education level | Share of workers |
| --- | --- |
| Bachelor's Degree | 35.2% |
| Some College Courses | 30.3% |
| High School Diploma or the equivalent (such as a GED) | 26.8% |
| Master's Degree | 5.2% |
| Associate's Degree or other 2-year degree | 2.5% |

## What the work involves

- Study background information to prepare for programs or interviews.
- Make promotional appearances at public or private events to represent their employers.
- Provide commentary and conduct interviews during sporting events, parades, conventions, or other events.
- Identify stations, and introduce or close shows, ad-libbing or using memorized or read scripts.
- Comment on music and other matters, such as weather or traffic conditions.
- Read news flashes to inform audiences of important events.
- Interview show guests about their lives, their work, or topics of current interest.
- Develop story lines for broadcasts.

## Skills and knowledge

### Essential skills

- Speaking — importance 4.8 on the O\*NET 1–5 importance scale
- Active Listening — importance 4.0 on the O\*NET 1–5 importance scale
- Reading Comprehension — importance 3.9 on the O\*NET 1–5 importance scale
- Critical Thinking — importance 3.8 on the O\*NET 1–5 importance scale
- Writing — importance 3.1 on the O\*NET 1–5 importance scale
- Active Learning — importance 3.1 on the O\*NET 1–5 importance scale
- Monitoring — importance 3.0 on the O\*NET 1–5 importance scale
- Learning Strategies — importance 2.0 on the O\*NET 1–5 importance scale

### Transferable skills

These are the skills that carry into other occupations, and they drive the related-occupation and career-change rankings on this site.

- Social Perceptiveness — importance 3.8 on the O\*NET 1–5 importance scale
- Time Management — importance 3.3 on the O\*NET 1–5 importance scale
- Coordination — importance 3.0 on the O\*NET 1–5 importance scale
- Service Orientation — importance 3.0 on the O\*NET 1–5 importance scale
- Complex Problem Solving — importance 3.0 on the O\*NET 1–5 importance scale
- Judgment and Decision Making — importance 3.0 on the O\*NET 1–5 importance scale
- Persuasion — importance 2.9 on the O\*NET 1–5 importance scale
- Negotiation — importance 2.5 on the O\*NET 1–5 importance scale

### Knowledge areas

- Communications and Media — importance 4.8 on the O\*NET 1–5 importance scale
- English Language — importance 4.7 on the O\*NET 1–5 importance scale
- Computers and Electronics — importance 3.8 on the O\*NET 1–5 importance scale
- Telecommunications — importance 3.7 on the O\*NET 1–5 importance scale
- Law and Government — importance 2.7 on the O\*NET 1–5 importance scale
- Public Safety and Security — importance 2.6 on the O\*NET 1–5 importance scale

### Abilities

- Oral Expression — importance 5.0 on the O\*NET 1–5 importance scale
- Speech Clarity — importance 4.8 on the O\*NET 1–5 importance scale
- Oral Comprehension — importance 4.0 on the O\*NET 1–5 importance scale
- Speech Recognition — importance 4.0 on the O\*NET 1–5 importance scale
- Written Comprehension — importance 3.9 on the O\*NET 1–5 importance scale
- Written Expression — importance 3.8 on the O\*NET 1–5 importance scale

## Who it suits

O\*NET rates every occupation on the six Holland (RIASEC) interest areas, on a 1–7 scale. This occupation's strongest areas are Artistic (A), Enterprising (E), Social (S).

| Interest area | Score (1–7) |
| --- | --- |
| A — Artistic | 5.68 |
| E — Enterprising | 4.38 |
| S — Social | 3.54 |
| C — Conventional | 3.11 |
| I — Investigative | 2.01 |
| R — Realistic | 1.66 |

### Personality fit

These scores are **derived by NueCareer**, not published by any government agency: they are cosine similarities between a personality type's trait profile and this occupation's O\*NET interest and work-style ratings, expressed 0–100. Treat them as a starting point for exploration, not as evidence that a type belongs in a job.

| Type | Fit score (0–100) |
| --- | --- |
| ENFJ | 79.2 |
| ENFP | 79.1 |
| ESFP | 64.2 |
| INFP | 63.4 |
| ENTP | 63.3 |

Best-fitting types: ENFJ, ENFP.

## Related occupations

O\*NET's primary related occupations, in its own ranked order.

- [News Analyst, Reporter, and Journalist](https://nuecareer.com/careers/news-analyst-reporter-and-journalist) — median $62,200
- [Producer and Director](https://nuecareer.com/careers/producer-and-director) — median $90,360
- [Media Programming Director](https://nuecareer.com/careers/media-programming-director) — median $90,360
- [Media Technical Directors/Manager](https://nuecareer.com/careers/media-technical-directors-manager) — median $90,360
- [Film and Video Editor](https://nuecareer.com/careers/film-and-video-editor) — median $75,420
- [Disc Jockey, Except Radio](https://nuecareer.com/careers/disc-jockey) — median Not published by BLS
- [Editor](https://nuecareer.com/careers/editor) — median $77,920
- [Poet, Lyricist and Creative Writer](https://nuecareer.com/careers/poet-lyricist-and-creative-writer) — median $76,910
- [Writer and Author](https://nuecareer.com/careers/writer-and-author) — median $76,910
- [Public Relations Specialist](https://nuecareer.com/careers/public-relations-specialist) — median $74,750

## Sources

- **O\*NET** — O\*NET 31.0 Database, August 2026. https://www.onetcenter.org/database.html
- **BLS OEWS** — BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025. https://www.bls.gov/oes/
- **BLS EP** — BLS Employment Projections, Table 1.2, 2025–2035. https://www.bls.gov/emp/
- **BLS OOH** — BLS Occupational Outlook Handbook, 2025–2035 edition. https://www.bls.gov/ooh/
- **BEA RPP** — BEA Regional Price Parities by State, 2024. https://www.bea.gov/data/prices-inflation/regional-price-parities-state-and-metro-area

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