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      "id": "learn_r1609_job_discovery_creator_audio_and_podcast_roles_angle_boards_bls_announcers_djs_2025",
      "category": "Getting Started",
      "title": "U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics: announcers and djs occupational data",
      "summary": "The median hourly wage for broadcast announcers and radio disc jockeys was $22.76 in May 2025, with the lowest 10 percent earning less than $13.55 and the highest 10 percent earning more than $66.56.",
      "body": "The median hourly wage for broadcast announcers and radio disc jockeys was $22.76 in May 2025, with the lowest 10 percent earning less than $13.55 and the highest 10 percent earning more than $66.56.\n\nWhat U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics actually says:\n\n“The median hourly wage for broadcast announcers and radio disc jockeys was $22.76 in May 2025.  \nThe median wage is the wage at which half the workers in an occupation earned more than that amount and half earned less. The lowest 10 percent earned less than $13.55, and the highest 10 percent earned more than $66.56.”",
      "source_type": "official",
      "source_link": "https://www.bls.gov/ooh/media-and-communication/announcers.htm",
      "last_verified": "2026-10-05",
      "reliability": "STRONG PRACTICE",
      "source_tier": "A",
      "source_publisher": "U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics",
      "evidence_quote": "The median hourly wage for broadcast announcers and radio disc jockeys was $22.76 in May 2025.  \nThe median wage is the wage at which half the workers in an occupation earned more than that amount and half earned less. The lowest 10 percent earned less than $13.55, and the highest 10 percent earned more than $66.56.",
      "volatility": "medium",
      "from_batch": "1609-job-discovery-creator-audio-and-podcast-roles-angle-boards",
      "subject": "U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics",
      "topic": "announcers and djs occupational data",
      "applies_to_country": "US",
      "tags": {
        "lane": "any",
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          "us"
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      }
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      "id": "learn_r1609_job_discovery_creator_audio_and_podcast_roles_angle_boards_soundbetter_mixing_mastering_2026",
      "category": "Getting Started",
      "title": "SoundBetter: audio engineer rates",
      "summary": "Mixing & Mastering Engineers on SoundBetter typically charge $300 per project for their services.",
      "body": "Mixing & Mastering Engineers on SoundBetter typically charge $300 per project for their services.\n\nWhat SoundBetter actually says:\n\n“Mixing & Mastering Engineer ($300)”",
      "source_type": "official",
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      "evidence_quote": "Mixing & Mastering Engineer ($300)",
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      "applies_to_country": "US",
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        "lane": "any",
        "stage": "running",
        "region": [
          "us"
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        "platform": "soundbetter",
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      "id": "learn_r1609_job_discovery_creator_audio_and_podcast_roles_angle_boards_edison_research_podcast_metrics_2026",
      "category": "Getting Started",
      "title": "Podcast industry research",
      "summary": "Edison Research at SSRS has been continuously researching podcast listening since 2005 and provides data relied upon by thousands of podcasters and networks globally.",
      "body": "Edison Research at SSRS has been continuously researching podcast listening since 2005 and provides data relied upon by thousands of podcasters and networks globally.\n\nWhat SSRS (Edison Research at SSRS) actually says:\n\n“Edison Research at SSRS has been continuously researching podcast listening since 2005. Our data is relied upon by thousands of podcasters and networks globally. In addition to subscriber-only Edison Podcast Metrics™ and public-facing studies, we have covered the medium in The Infinite Dial® series since 2006, and have been measuring podcasting\\'s overall Share of Ear® since 2014.”",
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      "evidence_quote": "Edison Research at SSRS has been continuously researching podcast listening since 2005. Our data is relied upon by thousands of podcasters and networks globally. In addition to subscriber-only Edison Podcast Metrics™ and public-facing studies, we have covered the medium in The Infinite Dial® series since 2006, and have been measuring podcasting\\'s overall Share of Ear® since 2014.",
      "volatility": "low",
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      "subject": "Edison Research at SSRS",
      "topic": "podcast industry research",
      "applies_to_country": "US",
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