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# Want to work at a Major Label? You are competing for just 27K  jobs worldwide
- URL: https://www.hypebot.com/want-to-work-at-a-major-label-you-are-competing-for-just-27k-jobs-worldwide/
- Published: 2023-06-29T15:29:56.000Z
- Updated: 2023-06-29T15:42:51.000Z
- Description: If you dream of working at a major record label or music publisher, you may find this new analysis both encouraging and incredibly daunting. The three major music groups –. Continue reading [https://www.hypebot.com/hypebot/2023/06/want-to-work-at-a-major-label-you-are-competing-for-just-27k-jobs-wor
- Author: Bruce Houghton
- Tags: Major Labels, Music Business, music, music industry, Sony, UMG, WMG, #wp, #wp-post, #Import 2026-01-21 09:44

If you dream of working at a major record label or music publisher, you may find this new analysis both encouraging and incredibly daunting.

The three major music groups – Universal Music Group, Sony Music Entertainment, and Warner Music Group – have a combined 27,292 employees worldwide. That’s up about 1000 positions over the previous year, but still a tiny number compared to the more than 200 million employed in the U.S. alone last year.

Still not deterred?

On average, each of these 27,292 staffers generates between $900,000 and $1 million in annual revenue for their employers.

These stats come from an impressive data analysis of the majors done by [Music Business Worldwide](https://www.musicbusinessworldwide.com/the-3-major-music-companies-employed-over-27000-people-between-them-last-year-up-by-over-7000-on-2017/?ref=hypebot.com).

#### MORE: [WMG leads UMG and Sony in music tech startup investments](https://www.hypebot.com/wmg-leads-umg-and-sony-in-music-tech-startup-investments/)

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**Bruce Houghton* is the Founder and Editor of [Hypebot](https://www.hypebot.com/), a Senior Advisor at [Bandsintown](https://www.bandsintown.com/?ref=hypebot.com), President of the[ Skyline Artists Agency](https://skylineonline.com/?ref=hypebot.com), and a [Berklee College Of Music](https://online.berklee.edu/courses/touring-101?ref=hypebot.com) professor.*