# Market evidence report — set-builder

Source: **18 real job ads** (JSearch API, countries: us 14, gb 4), extracted into the MSSQL evidence store; as of 2026-07-19.
This report contains extracted, aggregated facts only — no ad text is
reproduced (copyright / platform terms).

## Seniority distribution

| Seniority | Ads | Share |
|---|---|---|
| n/a | 13 | 72 % |
| junior | 3 | 17 % |
| lead | 1 | 6 % |
| mid | 1 | 6 % |

## Tools — full market ranking

| # | Item | Ads | Share |
|---|---|---|---|

## Hard skills — full market ranking

| # | Item | Ads | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | set construction | 8 | 44 % |
| 2 | set building | 6 | 33 % |
| 3 | budget management | 5 | 28 % |
| 4 | carpentry | 4 | 22 % |
| 5 | scenic construction | 3 | 17 % |
| 6 | timeline management | 3 | 17 % |
| 7 | tool maintenance | 3 | 17 % |

## Methods — full market ranking

| # | Item | Ads | Share |
|---|---|---|---|

## Responsibilities — full market ranking

| # | Item | Ads | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | set building | 9 | 50 % |
| 2 | set maintenance | 4 | 22 % |
| 3 | equipment preparation | 3 | 17 % |

## Regional breakdown

> **Corpus note:** 18 relevant ads in total — below the 100-ad target for a fully reliable ranking. Percentages above should be read as indicative.

### US (us)

**Insufficient evidence** — 14 ads (minimum for a regional ranking: 30). No ranking is reported for this region.

### UK (gb)

**Insufficient evidence** — 4 ads (minimum for a regional ranking: 30). No ranking is reported for this region.

### EU/DACH (de, at, ch, nl)

**Insufficient evidence** — 0 ads (minimum for a regional ranking: 30). No ranking is reported for this region.


## Job title variants in the market

| Title | Ads |
|---|---|
| Set Builder | 3 |
| Budget-Smart Stage Set Builder | 2 |
| Assistant Set Builder | 1 |
| Assistant Set Builder: -Scale Musical Productions Support | 1 |
| Carpenter | 1 |
| Fall Play Set Builder | 1 |
| Full Time Carpenter/Laborer | 1 |
| Head Carpenter | 1 |
| Musical Productions Assistant | 1 |
| Set Builder for Oak Hill Players (High School Musical) 2026-27 | 1 |
| Set Builder for Student Performances – Safe, Timely Sets | 1 |
| Set Building Assistant | 1 |
| Spring Musical Set Builder | 1 |
| Studio (Set Build) Assistant | 1 |
| Theater Set Builder: Fall/Spring Musicals | 1 |

Methodology: entities extracted per ad ({hard_skills, tools, methods, responsibilities, seniority}), normalized, counted as DISTINCT ads per entity; report threshold ≥ 3 ads. Headline sections in skills.md/tools.md use the stricter ≥ 20 % threshold.