Luthier
Builds and repairs stringed instruments for players who can hear the difference. Repair pays the rent; building builds the name.
- Pay band (est.)
- $34k–$85k
- Time to competence
- 8 years
- Licence
- None
- Setting
- studio
- Leverage
- low
- Place constraint
- medium
- Physical demand
- 45/100
- Hours burden
- 50/100
Factor percentiles
Percentile against the whole curated set. Higher is better on that factor only.
- Play98th
Absorbing rather than merely paid.
- Specific knowledge95th
A combination of skills that is hard to copy.
- Leverage14th
Output that scales through code, media, capital or crew.
- Demand9th
Durability and shortage, scored conservatively.
- Pay7th
Mid-career floor and the range above it.
- Body57th
Inverse of physical demand and hours.
- Autonomy26th
Control of methods and time.
- People fit63th
Distance from your preferred people level.
- Place flexibility28th
Remote fit and freedom from specific metros.
- Time to skill16th
Inverse of years to competence.
- Meaning load52th
Care, craft and stewardship weight. Not a moral score.
- Downside tolerance42th
Inverse of named risk to body, market or platform.
Downside
Tiny market; income depends on a handful of repeat musicians.
Examine this against your weights
The percentiles above use the default weights. Set your own on the ranking and this vocation moves with them.
- Place constraint is medium. Where you live is analysed at locationistics.com.
- Hours burden is 50/100 and people intensity 40/100. Who you are with is analysed at relationistics.com.
Source note: Trade association patterns; editorial estimate. All figures are estimates for comparison.