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Choreographer

Makes and stages movement work for companies, film and commercial clients. A dancer's body first, an author's career second.

Pay band (est.)
$30k–$80k
Time to competence
12 years
Licence
None
Setting
stage
Leverage
medium
Place constraint
high
Physical demand
80/100
Hours burden
78/100

Factor percentiles

Percentile against the whole curated set. Higher is better on that factor only.

  • Play94th

    Absorbing rather than merely paid.

  • Specific knowledge95th

    A combination of skills that is hard to copy.

  • Leverage49th

    Output that scales through code, media, capital or crew.

  • Demand1th

    Durability and shortage, scored conservatively.

  • Pay4th

    Mid-career floor and the range above it.

  • Body7th

    Inverse of physical demand and hours.

  • Autonomy52th

    Control of methods and time.

  • People fit24th

    Distance from your preferred people level.

  • Place flexibility10th

    Remote fit and freedom from specific metros.

  • Time to skill1th

    Inverse of years to competence.

  • Meaning load22th

    Care, craft and stewardship weight. Not a moral score.

  • Downside tolerance3th

    Inverse of named risk to body, market or platform.

Downside

Short physical window; injury ends careers early.

Examine this against your weights

The percentiles above use the default weights. Set your own on the ranking and this vocation moves with them.

Source note: BLS-style patterns; editorial estimate. All figures are estimates for comparison.