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Agents and Business Managers of Artists, Performers, and Athletes
Negotiates contracts and deals for athletes and performers.
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Agents and business managers represent athletes, musicians and actors: they negotiate contracts and endorsements, plan careers and manage business. Competition for clients is fierce.
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High school courses that build toward it
- Entrepreneurship · Career and Technical
Builds sales and marketing, which this job uses.
- English 10 · English
Builds reading and writing, which this job uses.
- Music Theory · Arts
Builds art and music, which this job uses.
- Physical Education · Health and PE
Builds working with customers and clients, which this job uses.
- Statistics · Math
Builds math, which this job uses.
- Computer Science Principles · Computer Science
Builds computers and electronics, which this job uses.
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Agents and Business Managers of Artists, Performers, and Athletes on O*NET OnLine · O*NET 31.0 (U.S. Department of Labor, CC BY 4.0); BLS Employment Projections 2025.