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Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics

Occupational Employment and Wages, May 2020

27-0000 Arts, Design, Entertainment, Sports, and Media Occupations (Major Group)

Arts, Design, Entertainment, Sports, and Media Occupations comprises the following occupations: Art Directors; Craft Artists; Fine Artists, Including Painters, Sculptors, and Illustrators; Special Effects Artists and Animators; Artists and Related Workers, All Other; Commercial and Industrial Designers; Fashion Designers; Floral Designers; Graphic Designers; Interior Designers; Merchandise Displayers and Window Trimmers; Set and Exhibit Designers; Designers, All Other; Actors; Producers and Directors; Athletes and Sports Competitors; Coaches and Scouts; Umpires, Referees, and Other Sports Officials; Dancers; Choreographers; Music Directors and Composers; Musicians and Singers; Miscellaneous Entertainers and Performers, Sports and Related Workers; Broadcast Announcers and Radio Disc Jockeys; News Analysts, Reporters, and Journalists; Public Relations Specialists; Editors; Technical Writers; Writers and Authors; Interpreters and Translators; Court Reporters and Simultaneous Captioners; Media and Communication Workers, All Other; Audio and Video Technicians; Broadcast Technicians; Sound Engineering Technicians; Photographers; Camera Operators, Television, Video, and Film; Film and Video Editors; Lighting Technicians and Media and Communication Equipment Workers, All Other


National estimates for Arts, Design, Entertainment, Sports, and Media Occupations
Industry profile for Arts, Design, Entertainment, Sports, and Media Occupations
Geographic profile for Arts, Design, Entertainment, Sports, and Media Occupations

National estimates for Arts, Design, Entertainment, Sports, and Media Occupations:

Employment estimate and mean wage estimates for Arts, Design, Entertainment, Sports, and Media Occupations:

Employment (1) Employment
RSE (3)
Mean hourly
wage
Mean annual
wage (2)
Wage RSE (3)
1,857,500 0.7 % $ 30.96 $ 64,400 0.7 %

Percentile wage estimates for Arts, Design, Entertainment, Sports, and Media Occupations:

Percentile 10% 25% 50%
(Median)
75% 90%
Hourly Wage $ 12.25 $ 16.82 $ 25.55 $ 37.93 $ 54.63
Annual Wage (2) $ 25,490 $ 34,980 $ 53,150 $ 78,900 $ 113,630


Industry profile for Arts, Design, Entertainment, Sports, and Media Occupations:

Industries with the highest published employment and wages for Arts, Design, Entertainment, Sports, and Media Occupations are provided. For a list of all industries with employment in Arts, Design, Entertainment, Sports, and Media Occupations, see the Create Customized Tables function.

Industries with the highest levels of employment in Arts, Design, Entertainment, Sports, and Media Occupations:

Industry Employment (1) Percent of industry employment Hourly mean wage Annual mean wage (2)
Motion Picture and Video Industries 145,390 44.10 $ 43.40 $ 90,280
Radio and Television Broadcasting 126,220 62.12 $ 31.35 $ 65,200
Advertising, Public Relations, and Related Services 115,750 25.50 $ 35.24 $ 73,300
Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools 103,410 3.41 $ 29.87 $ 62,120
Newspaper, Periodical, Book, and Directory Publishers 81,950 29.92 $ 30.95 $ 64,370

Industries with the highest concentration of employment in Arts, Design, Entertainment, Sports, and Media Occupations:

Industry Employment (1) Percent of industry employment Hourly mean wage Annual mean wage (2)
Radio and Television Broadcasting 126,220 62.12 $ 31.35 $ 65,200
Independent Artists, Writers, and Performers 26,280 54.28 $ 37.23 $ 77,440
Florists 24,660 46.84 $ 14.47 $ 30,090
Motion Picture and Video Industries 145,390 44.10 $ 43.40 $ 90,280
Specialized Design Services 58,410 43.26 $ 31.84 $ 66,220

Top paying industries for Arts, Design, Entertainment, Sports, and Media Occupations:

Industry Employment (1) Percent of industry employment Hourly mean wage Annual mean wage (2)
Computer and Peripheral Equipment Manufacturing 1,420 0.88 $ 48.38 $ 100,620
Natural Gas Distribution 300 0.28 $ 46.53 $ 96,780
Metal Ore Mining 40 0.11 $ 46.12 $ 95,930
Federal Executive Branch (OEWS Designation) 19,240 0.92 $ 45.24 $ 94,100
Postal Service (federal government) 140 0.02 $ 44.07 $ 91,670


Geographic profile for Arts, Design, Entertainment, Sports, and Media Occupations:

States and areas with the highest published employment, location quotients, and wages for Arts, Design, Entertainment, Sports, and Media Occupations are provided. For a list of all areas with employment in Arts, Design, Entertainment, Sports, and Media Occupations, see the Create Customized Tables function.





States with the highest employment level in Arts, Design, Entertainment, Sports, and Media Occupations:

State Employment (1) Employment per thousand jobs Location quotient (9) Hourly mean wage Annual mean wage (2)
California 294,960 17.95 1.34 $ 38.75 $ 80,590
New York 200,040 23.02 1.72 $ 41.83 $ 87,010
Texas 129,050 10.66 0.80 $ 26.17 $ 54,440
Florida 98,360 11.65 0.87 $ 26.14 $ 54,370
Illinois 68,690 12.21 0.91 $ 28.31 $ 58,890




States with the highest concentration of jobs and location quotients in Arts, Design, Entertainment, Sports, and Media Occupations:

State Employment (1) Employment per thousand jobs Location quotient (9) Hourly mean wage Annual mean wage (2)
District of Columbia 39,240 57.10 4.28 $ 48.27 $ 100,400
New York 200,040 23.02 1.72 $ 41.83 $ 87,010
California 294,960 17.95 1.34 $ 38.75 $ 80,590
Vermont 4,910 17.48 1.31 $ 25.86 $ 53,790
Oregon 28,730 15.90 1.19 $ 29.16 $ 60,650




Top paying states for Arts, Design, Entertainment, Sports, and Media Occupations:

State Employment (1) Employment per thousand jobs Location quotient (9) Hourly mean wage Annual mean wage (2)
District of Columbia 39,240 57.10 4.28 $ 48.27 $ 100,400
New York 200,040 23.02 1.72 $ 41.83 $ 87,010
California 294,960 17.95 1.34 $ 38.75 $ 80,590
Connecticut 19,210 12.47 0.93 $ 35.20 $ 73,210
New Jersey 42,400 11.21 0.84 $ 33.56 $ 69,810





Metropolitan areas with the highest employment level in Arts, Design, Entertainment, Sports, and Media Occupations:

Metropolitan area Employment (1) Employment per thousand jobs Location quotient (9) Hourly mean wage Annual mean wage (2)
New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ-PA 200,760 22.73 1.70 $ 42.61 $ 88,620
Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA 163,890 28.15 2.11 $ 41.65 $ 86,620
Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV 72,860 24.11 1.81 $ 42.36 $ 88,120
Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN-WI 57,170 13.11 0.98 $ 29.12 $ 60,560
Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA 46,700 17.74 1.33 $ 28.97 $ 60,260
Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX 45,630 12.71 0.95 $ 26.85 $ 55,840
San Francisco-Oakland-Hayward, CA 45,070 19.34 1.45 $ 39.96 $ 83,120
Boston-Cambridge-Nashua, MA-NH 38,830 14.93 1.12 $ 34.90 $ 72,600
Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA 35,100 17.95 1.34 $ 34.32 $ 71,380
Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD 32,130 11.91 0.89 $ 28.96 $ 60,230




Metropolitan areas with the highest concentration of jobs and location quotients in Arts, Design, Entertainment, Sports, and Media Occupations:

Metropolitan area Employment (1) Employment per thousand jobs Location quotient (9) Hourly mean wage Annual mean wage (2)
Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA 163,890 28.15 2.11 $ 41.65 $ 86,620
Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV 72,860 24.11 1.81 $ 42.36 $ 88,120
Corvallis, OR 840 24.01 1.80 $ 31.31 $ 65,120
New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ-PA 200,760 22.73 1.70 $ 42.61 $ 88,620
Missoula, MT 1,330 22.47 1.68 $ 18.48 $ 38,440
Boulder, CO 3,970 21.91 1.64 $ 31.93 $ 66,420
Lawrence, KS 940 20.92 1.57 $ 18.27 $ 37,990
Charlottesville, VA 2,210 20.52 1.54 $ 29.92 $ 62,230
San Francisco-Oakland-Hayward, CA 45,070 19.34 1.45 $ 39.96 $ 83,120
Provo-Orem, UT 4,890 19.32 1.45 $ 21.35 $ 44,420




Top paying metropolitan areas for Arts, Design, Entertainment, Sports, and Media Occupations:

Metropolitan area Employment (1) Employment per thousand jobs Location quotient (9) Hourly mean wage Annual mean wage (2)
New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ-PA 200,760 22.73 1.70 $ 42.61 $ 88,620
Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV 72,860 24.11 1.81 $ 42.36 $ 88,120
Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA 163,890 28.15 2.11 $ 41.65 $ 86,620
San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA 19,820 17.97 1.35 $ 40.31 $ 83,850
San Francisco-Oakland-Hayward, CA 45,070 19.34 1.45 $ 39.96 $ 83,120
Bridgeport-Stamford-Norwalk, CT 6,040 16.02 1.20 $ 38.51 $ 80,100
Trenton, NJ 2,960 12.84 0.96 $ 36.91 $ 76,770
Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT 7,350 13.35 1.00 $ 36.52 $ 75,950
Santa Rosa, CA 2,040 10.50 0.79 $ 35.13 $ 73,080
Boston-Cambridge-Nashua, MA-NH 38,830 14.93 1.12 $ 34.90 $ 72,600

Nonmetropolitan areas with the highest employment in Arts, Design, Entertainment, Sports, and Media Occupations:

Nonmetropolitan area Employment (1) Employment per thousand jobs Location quotient (9) Hourly mean wage Annual mean wage (2)
Kansas nonmetropolitan area 4,230 11.17 0.84 $ 15.63 $ 32,520
North Northeastern Ohio nonmetropolitan area (noncontiguous) 3,730 11.95 0.89 $ 15.42 $ 32,080
West Northwestern Ohio nonmetropolitan area 2,410 10.08 0.75 $ 19.23 $ 40,000
Balance of Lower Peninsula of Michigan nonmetropolitan area 2,300 9.34 0.70 $ 22.24 $ 46,270
Northwest Colorado nonmetropolitan area 1,990 17.35 1.30 $ 25.34 $ 52,700

Nonmetropolitan areas with the highest concentration of jobs and location quotients in Arts, Design, Entertainment, Sports, and Media Occupations:

Nonmetropolitan area Employment (1) Employment per thousand jobs Location quotient (9) Hourly mean wage Annual mean wage (2)
Southern Vermont nonmetropolitan area 1,870 19.22 1.44 $ 24.09 $ 50,100
Northwest Colorado nonmetropolitan area 1,990 17.35 1.30 $ 25.34 $ 52,700
Northern Vermont nonmetropolitan area 1,030 15.72 1.18 $ 23.81 $ 49,520
Southwest Missouri nonmetropolitan area 1,000 14.60 1.09 $ 19.30 $ 40,140
Southwest Montana nonmetropolitan area 1,920 14.14 1.06 $ 22.28 $ 46,350

Top paying nonmetropolitan areas for Arts, Design, Entertainment, Sports, and Media Occupations:

Nonmetropolitan area Employment (1) Employment per thousand jobs Location quotient (9) Hourly mean wage Annual mean wage (2)
Northeast Virginia nonmetropolitan area 390 8.26 0.62 $ 28.88 $ 60,080
Connecticut nonmetropolitan area 260 8.53 0.64 $ 27.81 $ 57,850
Hawaii / Kauai nonmetropolitan area 890 9.64 0.72 $ 27.64 $ 57,490
North Coast Region of California nonmetropolitan area 670 6.78 0.51 $ 27.61 $ 57,430
North Valley-Northern Mountains Region of California nonmetropolitan area 580 5.96 0.45 $ 27.47 $ 57,140


About May 2020 National, State, Metropolitan, and Nonmetropolitan Area Occupational Employment and Wage Estimates

These estimates are calculated with data collected from employers in all industry sectors, all metropolitan and nonmetropolitan areas, and all states and the District of Columbia.

The percentile wage estimate is the value of a wage below which a certain percent of workers fall. The median wage is the 50th percentile wage estimate—50 percent of workers earn less than the median and 50 percent of workers earn more than the median. More about percentile wages.


(1) Estimates for detailed occupations do not sum to the totals because the totals include occupations not shown separately. Estimates do not include self-employed workers.

(2) Annual wages have been calculated by multiplying the hourly mean wage by a "year-round, full-time" hours figure of 2,080 hours; for those occupations where there is not an hourly wage published, the annual wage has been directly calculated from the reported survey data.

(3) The relative standard error (RSE) is a measure of the reliability of a survey statistic. The smaller the relative standard error, the more precise the estimate.

(9) The location quotient is the ratio of the area concentration of occupational employment to the national average concentration. A location quotient greater than one indicates the occupation has a higher share of employment than average, and a location quotient less than one indicates the occupation is less prevalent in the area than average.


Other OEWS estimates and related information:

May 2020 National Occupational Employment and Wage Estimates

May 2020 State Occupational Employment and Wage Estimates

May 2020 Metropolitan and Nonmetropolitan Area Occupational Employment and Wage Estimates

May 2020 National Industry-Specific Occupational Employment and Wage Estimates

May 2020 Occupation Profiles

Technical Notes

 

Last Modified Date: March 31, 2021