# Market evidence report — prop-master-prop-mistress

Source: **24 real job ads** (JSearch API, countries: us 22, gb 2), extracted into the MSSQL evidence store; as of 2026-07-19.
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## Seniority distribution

| Seniority | Ads | Share |
|---|---|---|
| n/a | 18 | 75 % |
| mid | 4 | 17 % |
| junior | 2 | 8 % |

## Tools — full market ranking

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

## Hard skills — full market ranking

| # | Item | Ads | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | prop procurement | 13 | 54 % |
| 2 | set dressing | 10 | 42 % |
| 3 | documentation | 7 | 29 % |
| 4 | carpentry | 6 | 25 % |
| 5 | budget management | 5 | 21 % |
| 6 | painting | 5 | 21 % |
| 7 | stagecraft | 3 | 12 % |

## Methods — full market ranking

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

## Responsibilities — full market ranking

| # | Item | Ads | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | procuring props | 8 | 33 % |
| 2 | coordinating with director | 7 | 29 % |
| 3 | delivering set pieces | 7 | 29 % |
| 4 | ensuring documentation | 7 | 29 % |
| 5 | adjusting to stage notes | 6 | 25 % |
| 6 | budget adherence | 3 | 12 % |

## Regional breakdown

> **Corpus note:** 24 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** — 22 ads (minimum for a regional ranking: 30). No ranking is reported for this region.

### UK (gb)

**Insufficient evidence** — 2 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 |
|---|---|
| Props Master Musical Theater | 5 |
| Props Master: Theatre Production & Set Dressing | 3 |
| Prop Master & Set Dressing Lead | 2 |
| Props Manager | 2 |
| Props Master for Musical Theater | 2 |
| Props Master, Musical | 2 |
| Assistant Props Master | 1 |
| Costume & Props Master | 1 |
| Costume & Props Master and Club Leader | 1 |
| Prop Master | 1 |
| Prop Master & Technical Director — Fabrication Lead | 1 |
| Prop Master Job in 'Call Me Back' | 1 |
| Props Master | 1 |
| Theatre Set & Scenic Props Assistant; Student | 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.